Security department, i call myself one of its grandmothers and one of his grandfathers, im not sure is on this call with me and the rest of you children are the successors and its really wonderful today that we are having, i guess hes by phone, weve had a lot of zoom issues, phone conversation with the panel organized by the Wilson Center very own meg king who has our technology and Innovation Program and a number of the rest of you on this phone. The topic is what is critical, involving the security playbook for managing ten and everything in between, while its not as much fun to see you all in some of the online its not as much fun to see you in person and if anyone can make a conversation interesting, interscience technology and information program. Today as i said were joined by the nations chief risk officer, director of the department of Homeland Security cybersecurity and infrastructure, securing agency, leave it to congress to include security twice in your title, chris will ta
Ways to improve cyberSecurity Issues for the Energy Sector. Witnesses stressed the importance of protecting the Us Energy Grid and what the government can do now to help prepare for potential attacks, held by the Senate Energy committee, this is almost two hours. Good morning, the committee will come to order. We are here this morning to examine federal and industry efforts to improve the cybersecurity of the Energy Sector including efforts to improve collaboration on Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure protection initiatives. It has been more than a year since we last held a hearing on cybersecurity for the Energy Sector but it is fair to say this is always a timely topic. A critical priority we cant lose sight of even as we grapple with covid19, which becomes the source of our next national crisis. There have been a few noteworthy developments since our last year. Earlier this year the president issued an executive order focused on securing our system from the cyber and physic
Remotely. R by webex, appearing members are in person, let me remind everyone that pursuant to the house attending physician and guidance come all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. I am dropping mine only to speak. Members who were not wearing a face mask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders to those members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when they are speaking in what is actives webex speaker view. A timer is directly in front of you. Remotely,s appearing let me remind everybody that first, you will be able to siege person speaking during the hearing whether they are in person or remote as long as you have your webex set to active speaker view. If you have any questions, Contact Committee staff. They will try to be helpful. A timer thatve should be visible on your screen when you are in the active speaker with thumbnail view. Members who wish to pen the
House hearing on the lessons being learned from the coronavirus and how its affecting critical supply chains. Live coverage here on cspan3. Community safe, all started to become familiar with navigating this technology, i do want to remind members of a few procedures. First, consistent with the regulations, the committee will keep microphones muted to limit background noise. Members are responsible for unmuting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for their five minutes. Members and witnesses must have their cameras on at all times. Weve got to keep track of you even if you step away from the proceedings. Please leave your camera on rather than logging out. Finally as you know, we may have votes during todays hearing. It looks like theyre going to be later. If we do have votes, it would be my intention not to recess. Members should vote when their group is up and come back immediately. If your turn for questioning comes up while youve stepped away, i will get back t
Cspanstore. Org. Next, a look at efforts to modernize Information Technology across government agencies. The House Oversight subcommittee hearing includes the chief Information Officers from the governmental accountability office, the office of Personnel Management, the white house budget office, and the education department. This is about 2 1 2 hours. Begin in 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1. Welcome, everybody, to the subcommittee on government operations. And our 10th hearing on fitara. Before we begin, pursuant to house rules, most members today will appear by webx remotely. Since some members are appearing in person, or at least this member is, let me remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance, all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. Im dropping mine only to speak. Members who are not wearing a face mask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for those members appearing in person. Youll only see witnesses appearing remotely on the moni