The committee on homeland to get he will come t to order. Let me set the outset number of our members are still en route from the Prayer Breakfast this morning. They will join us accordingly. The Ranking Member being one of them. The committee is meeting today to receive testimony on the department of Homeland Security use of facial recognition and other biometric technologies. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a committee in recess at any point. Good morning. The committee is meeting today to continue examining the department of Homeland Security is use of facial Recognition Technology. The Committee Held part one of this hearing in july of last year, after news that thet department was expanding its use of facial recognition forth varying purposes, such as confirming the identities of travelers, including u. S. Citizens. As facial Recognition Technology has advanced, it has become the chosen form of Biometric Technology used by the government and industry. I want t
Security will come to order. Let me say at the outset a number of our members are still in route from the Prayer Breakfast this morning. And they will join us accordingly. The Ranking Member being one of them. The committee is meeting today to receive testimony on the department of Homeland Securitys use of facial recognition of Biometric Technologies. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the committee in recess at any point. Good morning. The committees meeting today to continue examining the department of Homeland Securitys use of facial Recognition Technology. The Committee Held part one of this hearing in july of last year after new ths that the department was expanding its use of facial recognition for varying purposes such as confirming the identity of travellers including u. S. Citizens. As facial Recognition Technology has advanced, it has become the chosen form of Biometric Technology used by the government and industry. I want to reiterate that im not holy op
experts on artificial intelligence share their concerns over private secretary e sector use of racial recognition technology. the committee is working to address the emerging technology. we come to order. good morning, everyone. without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. with that, i would now like to recognize myself to give an opening statement. today the committee is holding our third hearing this congress on a critical issue facial recognition technology. it is clear that despite the private sector s expanded use of technology, it s just not ready for primetime. during this hearing we will examine the private sector development, use and sale of technology as well as its partnerships with government entities using it technology. we learned from our first hearing may 22 of 2019 that the use of facial recognition technology can severely impact american civil rights and liberties. american civil rights and liberties inclu
recognition technology. it is clear that despite the private sector s expanded use of technology, it s just not ready for prime time. during this hearing, we will examine the private sector s development, use and sale of technology as well as its partnerships with government entities using this technology. we learned from our first hearing on may 22 of 2019 that the use of facial recognition technology can severely impact american civil rights and liberties including the right to privacy, free speech, and equal protection under the law. we learned during our second hearing on june 4th how federal, state, and local government entities use this technology on a wide scale yet provide very little transparency on how and why it s being used or on security measures to protect sensitive data. despite these concerns, we see facial recognition technology being used more and more in our everyday lives. the technology is being used in schools, grocery stores, airports, malls, theme park
I recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. Mr. Lahood i want to welcome the witnesses here today and welcome chairman smith, Oversight Subcommittee Research and Technology Ranking member lipinski, our expert witnesses and members of the audience. Cybersecurity, a concept we hear mentioned frequently, especially in this period of rapidly emerging threats, is an everevolving concept. Maintaining an effective cybersecurity posture requires constant vigilance as new threats emerge and old ones return. Too often, however, when we hear about the importance of cybersecurity, we are left without concrete steps to take to ensure or systems are best positioned to defend against emerging threats. One of the goals of todays hearing is to learn about real, tangible measures the government can take to ensure its i. T. Security systems are appropriately reenforced, to defend against new and emerging threats, including novel and sophisticated ransomware threats. The specific focus o