March 29, 2024
Daily Briefs
DOE cyber office nominee files responses to Senate committee; vote still pending
Karen Evans, President Trump’s nominee to head the newly created cybersecurity office at the Department of Energy, touted the new DOE structure while sidestepping a question on the elimination of the White House cybersecurity coordinator position, in answers submitted to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
A committee spokesperson said a committee vote on Evans’ nomination was “likely” before the end of July.
“The cybersecurity threat is real and that is why [DOE] Secretary [Rick] Perry has created this...