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The Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology and Government Innovation is a subcommittee within the U.S. House Oversight Committee. Previously known as the Subcommittee on Information Technology, its chair is Republican Nancy Mace. [1]
The Subcommittee has oversight jurisdiction over federal information technology (IT), data standards and quality, cybersecurity, IT infrastructure and acquisition, emerging technologies, privacy, cloud computing, data centers and intellectual property.
The subcommittee was merged with the Subcommittee on Government Operations in the 116th Congress. [2] The merger was undone in the 118th Congress.
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