White House To Appoint "Internet Czar"

An anonymous reader writes "The Washington Post reports that President Obama is set to appoint a 'Cybersecurity czar with a broad mandate': 'The adviser will have the most comprehensive mandate granted to such an official to date and will probably be a member of the National Security Council but will report to the national security adviser as well as the senior White House economic adviser, said the sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the deliberations are not final. The announcement will coincide with the long-anticipated release of a 40-page report that evaluates the government's cybersecurity initiatives and policies. The report is intended to outline a "strategic vision" and the range of issues the new adviser must handle, but it will not delve into details, administration officials told reporters last month.' Cynics are expecting the appointee to be a lawyer for the RIAA."

Comments

WTF "Czars"

[R2.0]

Is it really that necessary to appoint a czar fro EVERY issue? I'm waiting for the Toilet Paper Czar, who will coordinate government efforts to regulate both the orientation of the roll in the holder as well as the direction of wipe.

Re:WTF "Czars"

[Shakrai]

I'm waiting for the Toilet Paper Czar, who will coordinate government efforts to regulate both the orientation of the roll in the holder as well as the direction of wipe.

Nah, I like the idea I heard in another article. We need a Czar Czar to coordinate the activities of all of the Czar's that we are appointing ;)

Re:WTF "Czars"

[coopaq]

Yo Dawg! I heard you like Czars. So we put a Czar in your Czar so you can be be censored while being censored!

Re:WTF "Czars"

[maroonhat]

I know a James Binks who needs work

And I love the sound of Czar Czar Binks

XKCD

[Anonymous Coward]

http://xkcd.com/494/
through
http://xkcd.com/498/

what...

[night_flyer]

... could possibly go wrong?

Re:what...

[jonaskoelker]

I don't know, but I strongly object to an Internet CzNO CARRIER

G-d bless and keep the Czar...

[Mark Gordon]

...far away from us!

- "Fiddler on the Roof"

ah the internet czar

[circletimessquare]

if i recall correctly, after the browser wars of the 1990s, the internet czar abdicated following the y2k debacle during which he and his family were imprisoned first in a cisco router at a server farm in virginia beach, then later in a backup tape at an ibm server facility in omaha, and finally at an iPod nano in spokane. The internet czar, his wife, his son, his four daughters, the family's medical doctor, the czar's valet, the empress' lady in waiting and the family's cook were all killed in the same disk partition by the internet bolsheviks on the night of the release of google's ajax mapping software.