Senate schedules nomination hearing for new White House tech official

The Senate Commerce Committee has scheduled a nomination hearing for Philip Coyle March 10. Coyle was appointed by the White House to become associate director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).

Phil Coyle has been OSTP’s Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs since July. Before joining the Administration, Mr. Coyle served as a Senior Advisor to the President of the World Security Institute and the Center for Defense Information, a Washington D.C.-based national security study center. In 2005 he was nominated by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and appointed by President George W. Bush to serve on the nine-member Defense Base Realignment and Closure Commission. From 1994 to 2001 he served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Test and Evaluation."