Proposal for federal cyber scholarship, with service requirement, returns in House

Rep. Mark Green will reintroduce the PIVOTT Act to establish an ROTC-like scholarship for two-year cyber programs, with recipients serving two years in federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial cybersecurity roles under CISA. The measure—previously unanimously approved in committee—seeks to accelerate clearances and build a 10,000-person talent pipeline amid a national cyber workforce shortage and heightened concern over China-linked activity (e.g., Volt Typhoon and Salt Typhoon), while facing intra-party scrutiny of CISA’s past misinformation-related efforts.