Sec. 401. Office of Policy Development and Cybersecurity
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Part A of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act ( 47 U.S.C. 901 et seq. ), as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following: There is established within the NTIA an Office of Policy Development and Cybersecurity (in this section referred to as the Office ). The head of the Office shall be an Associate Administrator for Policy Development and Cybersecurity (in this section referred to as the Associate Administrator ).
The position of Associate Administrator shall be a career position in the Senior Executive Service occupied by a career appointee (as that term is defined in section 3132(a)(4) of title 5, United States Code). The Associate Administrator shall report to the Under Secretary (or a designee of the Under Secretary). The Associate Administrator shall, at the direction of the Under Secretary, oversee and conduct national communications and information policy analysis and development for the internet and communications technologies.
In carrying out paragraph (1), the Associate Administrator shall, at the direction of the Under Secretary— develop, analyze, and advocate for market-based policies that promote innovation, competition, consumer access, digital inclusion, workforce development, and economic growth in the communications, media, and technology markets; conduct studies, as delegated by the Under Secretary or required by Congress, on how individuals in the United States access and use the internet, wireline and wireless telephony, mass media, other digital services, and video services; coordinate transparent, consensus-based, multistakeholder processes to create guidance for and to support the development and implementation of cybersecurity and privacy policies with respect to the internet and other communications networks; promote increased collaboration between security researchers and providers of communications services and software system developers; perform such duties as the Under Secretary considers appropriate relating to the program for preventing future vulnerabilities established under section 8(a) of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 ( 47 U.S.C. 1607(a) ); advocate for policies that promote the security and resilience to cybersecurity incidents of communications networks while fostering innovation, including policies that promote secure communications network supply chains; present security of the digital economy and infrastructure and cybersecurity policy efforts before the Commission, Congress, and elsewhere; provide advice and assistance to the Under Secretary in carrying out the policy responsibilities of the NTIA with respect to cybersecurity policy matters, including the evaluation of the impact of cybersecurity matters pending before the Commission, other Federal agencies, and Congress; in addition to the duties described in subparagraph (H), perform such other duties regarding the policy responsibilities of the NTIA with respect to cybersecurity policy matters as the Under Secretary considers appropriate; develop policies to accelerate innovation and commercialization with respect to advances in technological understanding of communications technologies; identify barriers to trust, security, innovation, and commercialization with respect to communications technologies, including access to capital and other resources, and ways to overcome such barriers; provide public access to relevant data, research, and technical assistance on innovation and commercialization with respect to communications technologies, consistent with the protection of classified information; strengthen collaboration on and coordination of policies relating to innovation and commercialization with respect to communications technologies, including policies focused on the needs of small businesses and rural communities— within the Department of Commerce; between the Department of Commerce and State government agencies, as appropriate; and between the Department of Commerce and the Commission or any other Federal agency the Under Secretary determines to be necessary; and solicit and consider feedback from small and rural communications service providers, as appropriate. .
The position of Associate Administrator for Policy Analysis and Development at the NTIA is hereby redesignated as the position of Associate Administrator for Policy Development and Cybersecurity. The individual serving as Associate Administrator for Policy Analysis and Development at the NTIA on the date of the enactment of this Act shall become, as of such date, the Associate Administrator for Policy Development and Cybersecurity.
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