Cyber Command nominee sets sights on powerful new budget authority

Published: July 27, 2023, 11:48 a.m.

b'The nominee to lead Cyber Command is eyeing new programming and budgeting authorities that will allow CYBERCOM to set training standards, build out its warfighting forces and partner more closely with industry.\\nThe bureaucratic but significant change was included more than two years ago in the Fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act. The law says that, starting with the fiscal 2024 budget, the head of CYBERCOM will have direct control over the planning, programming, budgeting and execution of resources for the Cyber Mission Force.\\nLt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, who currently serves as the deputy commander at CYBERCOM, called the forthcoming change a \\u201ccritical moment\\u201d in the 13-year-old command\\u2019s history that will put it on par with more established warfighting organizations like U.S. Special Operations Command.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'