Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne.
Building off the momentum of launching its National Risk Management Center last month, the Homeland Security Department has renewed its pitch to Congress to approve an agency reorganization that would streamline DHS’ cybersecurity functions.
Matthew Travis, the deputy undersecretary of DHS’ National Programs and Protection Directorate (NPPD), urged lawmakers to approve a long-awaited name change for the organization, which he said would better advertise its role in protecting agencies from cyber threats.
“I’m not a grammar snob, but when you look at that construction, it’s problematic on a number of fronts,” Travis said Tuesday at the Digital Government Institute’s 930gov Conference in Washington. “One, cyber’s not in the name. Two, if they just called us the National Protection Directorate, that would be fine. That covers what we do. And if they called it the National Protection Programs Directorate, that’s fine. It’s a little wordy, but we do run programs. But it’s the…
