Whole of Society Cyber Personnel Cooperation Resolution of 2017

Bill: 115-sconres-22
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2017-07-20
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4119-4120)

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-20
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Whole of Society Cyber Personnel Cooperation Resolution of 2017</b></p> <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: III 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. CON. RES. 22 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 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.

1. Short title This concurrent resolution may be cited as the Whole of Society Cyber Personnel Cooperation Resolution of 2017 . 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.