Trump to nominate former RNC official to be national cyber director

Sean Cairncross, CEO, Millenium Challenge Corporation, speaks onstage during the 2019 Concordia Annual Summit in New York on September 24, 2019. President Trump intends to nominate Cairncross to be national cyber director. Riccardo Savi / Getty Images

President Donald Trump intends to nominate Sean Cairncross — a former RNC official and CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation humanitarian agency during the president’s first term — to be national cyber director, according to two people familiar with the matter and a document obtained by Nextgov/FCW.

Cairncross, who appears to not have any formal background in cybersecurity or intelligence, would be tasked with overseeing the office that has served as a key public-facing White House cyber policy interlocutor between federal agencies and Capitol Hill. He would replace Harry Coker, who led the office until departing with other colleagues last month when Trump took over at the White House.

The document, obtained late Tuesday ...