Bush official to lead U.S. cybersecurity

From: The Washington Times | December 23, 2009 

The White House has tapped a corporate cybersecurity expert and former Bush administration official to lead the effort to shore up the country's computer networks and coordinate better with companies that operate 80 percent of those critical systems. Howard A. Schmidt, a former eBay and Microsoft executive, will become the government's cybersecurity coordinator, weathering a rocky selection process that dragged on for months as others turned the job down. In a letter posted on the White House Web site Tuesday, John Brennan, assistant to President Obama for homeland security and counterterrorism, said Mr. Schmidt will have regular access to the ...

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