They are telling me to give them a second. Chair connolly can you unmute and acknowledge that you are with us . I am here, mr. Chairman. Chair connolly if you would stay unmuted so i can swear you in. Ms. Counsel, are you with us . Yes, chairman. Chair connolly and mr. Spires . Yes, chairman. Chair connolly thank you. If all three of you would raise your right hand. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth or affirm the same, so help you god . Let the record show all three of our witnesses in the second panel have affirmed in the positive. Thank you. If you are ready, i will call on you for your fiveminute Opening Statement. And welcome back to our subcommittee. It is good to be back, mr. Chairman. Chair connolly im sorry, i didnt see you. Go ahead. I do not have an Opening Statement. I was told to do something in the Previous Panel, with unanimous consent to enter a document into the record on supply chains vulnerability. Chair connolly yes. If you di
Modernize Information Technology across government agencies. Hearinge subcommittee is from the Personnel Management , the one Budget Office and the education department. This is about 2. 5 hours. 2, one. [gavel] welcome, everybody to the Sub Committee on government operations. And our hearing. Pursuant togin, house rules, most members today webex, remotely. Some members are appearing in person, or at least this member is, let me remind you that all individuals attending the hearing in person must wear a face mask. I am dropping mine only to speak. Maskrs not wearing a face will not be recognized. Let me also make some reminders for those appearing in person. You will only see witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you. In activeare speaking speaker view. A timer is visible in front of you. Remotely,attending let me remind everybody about points. First, you will be able to see each person speaking during the hearing whether they are in person or remote as long as you ha
Chair connolly the subcommittee chair connolly the subcommittee will reconvene. Are you with us . They are telling me to give them a second. Chair connolly can you unmute and acknowledge that you are with us . I am here, mr. Chairman. Chair connolly if you would stay unmuted so i can swear you in. Ms. Counsel, are you with us . Yes, chairman. Chair connolly and mr. Spires . Yes, chairman. Chair connolly thank you. If all three of you would raise your right hand. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth or affirm the same, so help you god . Let the record show all three of our witnesses in the second panel have affirmed in the positive. Thank you. If you are ready, i will call on you for your fiveminute Opening Statement. And welcome back to our subcommittee. It is good to be back, mr. Chairman. Chair connolly im sorry, i didnt see you. Go ahead. I do not have an Opening Statement. I was told to do something in the Previous Panel, with unanimous consent
Hearing will come to order. I welcome everybody to this hybrid hearing. Both Ranking Member mister heiss and myself have wanted to have hearings resume in person. Especially when we are in session i made a promise to mister heiss that i would fight for that and today is the fruit of that effort i believe when we were in session, to the extent possible, protecting everybodys health and safety, we can and should be meeting like this. At least in hybrid form those members who are not comfortable or who physically cannot join us in the hearing room are more than welcome to join us through the web. We are happy to have them. We ask everybody, when they are not speaking, to wear a mask that is the guidance and the capitol hill position. That is the guidance of the chairwoman of this committee. It protects everybody i really appreciate that cooperation. Let me see. For members appearing remotely, just a few reminders before i get my Opening Statement. House rules require that we see you so pl
Do we ask everyone to turn on their cameras . Were getting ready to get started. The hearing will come to order. I welcome everybody to this hybrid hearing. Both ranks member mr. Hysse and myself have wanted to have hearings resume in person especially when we are in session. I made a promise that i would fight for that, and today is the fruit of that effort. I believe when were in session protecting everybody, those who are not comfortable or physically cannot join us in the hearings room, are more than welcome to join us through web i no noor. We ask everybody when they were not speaking, to wear a mask. I really appreciate that cooperation of for members appears remotely. House rules require that we see you, so police have your cameras turned on at all times during the course of the hearing. If they can let us you can use the chat function to send a request. And if that doesnt work, you can unmute and seek recognition. These arent ideal circumstances, but we are in the midst of a pa