WH Names Cyber Adviser to Economic Council

A former technology counsel for the House Commerce Committee will be heading up technology and cybersecurity policy for the National Economic Council, the White House announced. Grace Koh’s official title will be special assistant to the president for technology, telecom and cybersecurity policy. Koh was previously a policy counsel for the cable company Cox, where she focused on video, data and broadband issues and represented Cox before the Federal Communications Commission and other federal agencies. Koh was one of 13 National Economic Council officials named by Director Gary Cohn. Other officials will focus on energy, infrastructure, health care and other topics.