2022: Fitzpatrick Voted To Authorize An Annual Cybersecurity
Competition To Award Cash Prices To The Best Cybersecurity Practitioners
And Teams Among Federal Civilian Workers Or Armed Services Members. In
May 2022, according to Congressional Quarterly, Fitzpatrick voted for
the President's Cup Cybersecurity Competition Act, which would
"authorize the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to hold
an annual cybersecurity competition to award cash prizes to the best
cybersecurity practitioners and teams among federal civilian employees
or members of the armed services, across offensive and defensive
cybersecurity disciplines. It would authorize CISA to make one or more
awards of up to $10,000 each and the Homeland Security Department to
make one or more awards of up to $25,000 each. It would require the
agency to annually report to Congress on lessons learned from each
competition and how such lessons may be applied to improve DHS and CISA
cybersecurity operations and recruitment." The vote was on passage. The
House passed the bill by a vote of 386-31, thus the bill was sent to the
Senate. [House Vote 183,
5/16/22; Congressional
Quarterly, 5/16/22;
Congressional Actions, H.R.
6824]