Senate committee demands DHS explain alleged lack of support for cybersecurity office

The Senate Homeland Security Committee’s senior-most Republican is asking DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano to explain why the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC), set up within the department last year, has seemingly been marginalized by the agency.In a March 23 letter addressed to Napolitano, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) also demanded a detailed explanation from the DHS on how the $6 million that had been set aside for the NCSC last year had been spent. Collins said the letter was prompted by concern over several assertions made by former director Rod Beckstrom when he quit his job earlier this month.
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