NTIA Policy and Cybersecurity Coordination Act

This bill creates a new Office of Policy Development and Cybersecurity inside the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). The office will guide national policy for the internet and other communications technologies. It will study how people in the U.S. use the internet, phones, and digital media; develop market‑based policies that boost innovation, competition, consumer access, digital inclusion, workforce skills, and economic growth; and lead open, public processes to shape strong cybersecurity and privacy practices. It also encourages teamwork between security researchers and companies that run networks and build software.

The office will push for policies that make communications networks more secure and resilient, including safer supply chains, and help prevent future vulnerabilities. It will advise leaders on cybersecurity issues, speed up innovation and commercialization in communications tech, identify barriers like limited access to capital, share data and technical help, and improve coordination within the Department of Commerce, with states, and with other federal agencies—especially to support small businesses and rural communities. The office will also seek feedback from small and rural communications providers. The current NTIA official in charge of policy is renamed to lead this new office, effective when the law takes effect.

Key points

• Who is affected: Security researchers; communications service providers and software developers; small businesses and rural communities; federal and state policymakers.
• What changes: A new NTIA office will set and coordinate internet and communications policy, strengthen cybersecurity and privacy efforts, study how people use digital services, and support innovation and commercialization.
• When: The current NTIA policy leader becomes the head of the new office upon enactment.