Senate committee hears debate on bill to create Texas Cyber Command at UTSA amid security, governance and procurement concerns
Lawmakers and witnesses debated House Bill 150, a proposal to create a state cyber command administratively attached to the University of Texas System and housed at UTSA, with questions about governance, transfer of DIR functions, emergency purchasing powers, donation limits and campus security.
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Senators heard more than three hours of testimony and questions on House Bill 150, a proposal to create a Texas Cyber Command that would assume the state's cyber responsibilities now housed in the Department of Information Resources and be administratively attached to the University of Texas System, with an initial operational home at the UT San Antonio downtown cyber campus.
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