https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2016/12/us-losing-influence-warfare-heres-why/133654/

U.S. lawmakers are finally getting serious about disinformation from nation states as a national security concern. The 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, directs the State Department’s Global Engagement Center, working with the Defense Department and other agencies to “counter foreign propaganda and disinformation directed against United States national security interests and proactively advance fact-based narratives that support United States allies and interests.”

https://www.state.gov/r/gec/

Global Engagement Center

The FY 2017 NDAA expanded the GEC’s mission to include countering the adverse effects of state-sponsored propaganda and disinformation. The GEC is currently consulting widely within the U.S. government, with allied governments, non-governmental organizations, and civil society, as well as with private-sector experts about best practices in confronting state-sponsored propaganda and disinformation. The 2017 NDAA also provided legal authorities, including a Privacy Act authorization, which will permit the GEC to meet the rising demand from the interagency and international partners for data analytics. The NDAA also expanded the range of support that the GEC could provide to foreign non-governmental organizations, think tanks, and other organizations.

The GEC is currently led by Acting Coordinator Daniel Kimmage.