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March 29, 2021
DougOlenick) • January 28, 2021
Christopher DeRusha (Source: Columbia University s School of International and Public Affairs)
Former Obama cybersecurity official Chris DeRusha has been appointed federal CISO by the Biden administration after having served as CISO for the Biden campaign.
Welcome aboard Chris DeRusha, our new Federal CISO! @ciodotgov Maria Roat (@RoatMaria) January 26, 2021
DeRusha s position, which falls under the Office of Management and Budget, entails serving as the federal government s lead cybersecurity strategist, and he will act as the liaison between the White House and the departments of Homeland Security and Defense, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and agencies CISOs for all federal cybersecurity activities (see:
DeRusha, a cybersecurity official on Joe Biden’s presidential campaign and the former cybersecurity chief for the state of Michigan, has been appointed federal chief information security officer.
GOOGLE SUSPENDS DONATIONS: Google late Monday announced that its political action committee will not make donations this election cycle to members of Congress who voted against certifying the 2020 presidential election results.
The decision comes after the tech giant implemented an internal review on its political contributions following the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, which was spurred by unsupported claims from former President Trump and his allies that the 2020 election was rigged in favor of President Biden.
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“Following that review, the NetPAC board has decided that it will not be making any contributions this cycle to any member of Congress who voted against certification of the election results,” Google spokesperson José Castañeda told The Hill.
Quick Hits Federal unions may be waiting a while for President Joe Biden s reversal of Trump-era union policy to materialize in their bargaining agreements.
Biden s executive order issued last week instructed agencies to reverse actions taken related to the 2018 orders as soon as practicable. Officials at the
American Federation of Government Employees said on a Jan. 16 call with reporters that they ve voiced their readiness to returning to the bargaining table or revert to contract terms that existed before Trump implemented new policies in 2018, or work on supplemental agreements.
But AFGE officials haven t heard much from agencies so far, they said at a press call on Tuesday. It may take guidance from the