Inside AI Policy

February 8, 2025

Fick steps down as State Dept.’s first digital policy bureau chief

By Charlie Mitchell / January 20, 2025

Nathaniel Fick, the State Department’s inaugural Ambassador at Large for the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, has stepped down after a two-plus year run in Foggy Bottom where his efforts focused on cybersecurity as well as artificial intelligence.

President-elect Trump has yet to announce a nominee for the position, which was launched in April 2022 by the Biden administration with significant industry support. Fick was nominated two months later to be its first confirmed leader.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)...


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