.@MiekeEoyang will be the new deputy assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy, according to documents obtained by @KatieBoWill. https://t.co/c2F8GNQUIf

Check another position off the list of mid-level federal cyber jobs that we're waiting to see filled.

Biden cyber appointees so far:

▪️ Deputy National Security Adviser for Cyber and Emerging Tech: Anne Neuberger

▪️ NSC Senior Director for Cyber: Michael Sulmeyer

▪️ Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy: Mieke Eoyang
Biden has also named a bunch of cyber-related or cyber-adjacent appointees below the cabinet level. See next few tweets.

▪️ NatSec Adviser: Jake Sullivan
▪️ Principal Deputy NatSec Adviser: Jon Finer
▪️ Homeland Sec Adviser: Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall
▪️ Deputy HSA: Russ Travers
▪️ NSC Senior Director for Russia and Central Asia: Andrea Kendall-Taylor
▪️ NSC Senior Director for China: Laura Rosenberger
▪️ NSC Senior Director for Resilience and Response: Caitlin Durkovich
▪️ NSC Senior Director for Technology and National Security: Tarun Chhabra
And last but not least:

▪️ Office of Science and Technology Policy Director: Eric Lander
Biden has yet to appoint:

WH
▪️ Federal CIO
▪️ Federal CISO
▪️ OSTP Asst Director for Telecom and Cyber

DHS
▪️ CISA Director
▪️ Asst SecDHS for Cyber, Infrastructure, & Resilience Policy

DOD
▪️ Under Sec for Intelligence
▪️ Asst Sec for Homeland Defense and Global Security
Commerce
▪️ NIST Director
▪️ NTIA Administrator

DOE
▪️ Asst Sec for Cybersecurity, Energy Security, & Emergency Response

DOJ
▪️ Asst AG, Criminal Division
▪️ Asst AG, National Security Division

State
▪️ UnderSec, Arms Control & Intl Security
▪️ Head of new cyber bureau
Addenda:

▪️ Filled: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (Colin Kahl)
▪️ Not filled: Federal CTO; Under Secretary of Energy (supervises CESER); DHS Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans (supervises cyber policy office)

I might be missing others.
Errata: Does anyone know what happened to the position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs? It was given cyber responsibilities when it was created (https://t.co/zJHoUQh5g9) but I no longer see it on the DoD website. I assume I missed a reorg.
OMG, and of course I forgot perhaps the biggest unfilled cyber job of all: National Cyber Director, head of its own new White House office.
How will all the White House cyber officials work together? My read (Biden team mum so far):

▪️ NCD will be USTR-style principal adviser to POTUS.
▪️ Neuberger will oversee NSC's cyber work.
▪️ Sulmeyer will lead/co-lead NSC Cyber Directorate (& presumably report to Neuberger).
To get REALLY into the weeds: Neuberger's title (deputy natsec adviser) seems to place her on same rung as Sherwood-Randall (double title of homeland sec adviser & dep natsec adviser), but it's unclear if Neuberger will report directly to Sullivan or to principal deputy Finer.
Thank you, that's right. I just saw her name earlier today and can't believe I already forgot. My apologies to Ms. Jenkins. https://t.co/sWFivrGoSf

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Biden clearly should not do #1. The problem with #2 is that reconciliation delays the inevitable and creates a tiered system where issues that happen to be ineligible - like civil rights and democracy reform - are relegated to second-class status and left to die by filibuster.


This👇is the danger. By using reconciliation you’re conceding the point that major legislation deserves to pass by majority vote, but only certain kinds for arbitrary reasons. Plus the process itself is opaque and ugly. You risk laying a logistical & political trap for yourself.


All the “here’s what you can do through reconciliation” takes are correct but also look through the wrong end of the telescope. Any of the items mentioned, or a small number of them, would be relatively easy. But putting them all together in one leadership-driven mega package...

... with no committee involvement and no real oversight, enduring tough press for jamming a massive package through a close process and stories about lobbyist giveaways while dodging the adverse parliamentary rulings that are virtually inevitable and still maintaining 50 votes...

It’s possible! Maybe the mega-ness of the package ends up helping hold 50 votes. But the ugliness of the process is being underpriced. And to what end? You’re just delaying the inevitable since you can’t use it for civil rights nor can you allow civil rights to die by filibuster.

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5. Mrigashira - मृगशिरा

6. Ardra - आर्द्रा

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12. Uttaraphalguni - उत्तराफाल्गुनी

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Purva, Uttara prefixes come in other Nakshatras too. Purva= pehele wala. Remember.

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