The White House has eliminated the position of cyber security coordinator after President Donald Trump\u2019s first appointee for the job departed last week, a spokesman for the National Security Council confirmed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday\u2019s actions continue an effort to empower National Security Council Senior Directors. Streamlining management will improve efficiency, reduce bureaucracy and increase accountability,\u201d NSC spokesman Robert Palladino said in a statement replying to a question about the role\u2019s elimination.<\/p>\n
The NSC\u2019s two senior cyber policy directors sit near one another so will be able to coordinate matters in real time, Palladino said.<\/p>\n
Politico first reported earlier on Tuesday that the position had been scrapped, citing an email from an aide to national security adviser John Bolton that was sent to NSC employees, and provided to the newspaper by a former U.S. official.<\/p>\n
Rob Joyce, Trump\u2019s first coordinator, left the White House on Friday and planned to return to the National Security Agency where he had worked previously. His expected departure was announced in April.<\/p>\n
The position was established during the administration of President Barack Obama and was aimed at harmonizing government policy on cybersecurity and digital warfare.<\/p>\n
Cyber policy experts, legislators and former officials had urged Trump to replace Joyce and not abolish the position.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t see how getting rid of the top cyber official in the White House does anything to make our country safer from cyber threats,\u201d Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence committee, said in a Twitter post on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Politico reported last week that Bolton was trying to eliminate the top cyber policy role.<\/p>\n
Joyce\u2019s departure follows that of his boss, Tom Bossert, who oversaw his work on cyber security and was pushed out of the administration last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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