Senate confirms Adam Cassady to run State Department cyberspace bureau
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ByDavid DiMolfetta,
Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW
August 7, 2026 03:24 PM ET
The confirmation comes as the tech diplomacy shop he would traditionally lead in his new role has seen significant reorganizations in the last year.
The Senate on Friday confirmed Adam Cassady as the new U.S. ambassador for cyber and digital policy, filling a high-profile role that had been vacant since the start of the second Trump administration.
Cassady, currently a senior official at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, was approved in a 51-47 vote as part of a package of some 70 nominees.
The Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, which traditionally is led by the person named to the position he was just confirmed for, has undergone significant workforce changes. A reorganizationlast year saw the bureau divided into three separate entities, including a new Bureau...
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