Title: Whole of Society Cyber Personnel Cooperation Resolution of 2017
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Whole of Society Cyber Personnel Cooperation Resolution of 2017
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Department of Defense (DOD) should fully use the Intergovernmental Personnel Act Mobility Program and the DOD Information Technology Exchange Program to obtain cyber personnel across the government by leveraging cyber capabilities found at the state and local government level and in the private sector in order to meet the needs of DOD for cybersecurity professionals, and (2) DOD should implement at the earliest practicable date a strategy that includes policies and plans to fully use such programs to obtain such personnel for DOD.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 22 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. CON. RES. 22

 Expressing the sense of Congress on the use of the Intergovernmental 
     Personnel Act Mobility Program and the Department of Defense 
Information Technology Exchange Program to obtain personnel with cyber 
          skills and abilities for the Department of Defense.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 20, 2017

  Mr. Rounds submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of Congress on the use of the Intergovernmental 
     Personnel Act Mobility Program and the Department of Defense 
Information Technology Exchange Program to obtain personnel with cyber 
          skills and abilities for the Department of Defense.

    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This concurrent resolution may be cited as the ``Whole of Society 
Cyber Personnel Cooperation Resolution of 2017''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON USE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL PERSONNEL ACT 
              MOBILITY PROGRAM AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INFORMATION 
              TECHNOLOGY EXCHANGE PROGRAM TO OBTAIN PERSONNEL WITH 
              CYBER SKILLS AND ABILITIES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the Department of Defense should fully use the 
        Intergovernmental Personnel Act Mobility Program (IPAMP) and 
        the Department of Defense Information Technology Exchange 
        Program (ITEP) to obtain cyber personnel across the Government 
        by leveraging cyber capabilities found at the State and local 
        government level and in the private sector in order to meet the 
        needs of the Department for cybersecurity professionals; and
            (2) the Department should implement at the earliest 
        practicable date a strategy that includes policies and plans to 
        fully use such programs to obtain such personnel for the 
        Department.
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