Engineering as a focus area or something we should spend more time on. Im actually going to go to rob first just from an industry perspective, i mean, thats i will give you the first crack at it and if anybody else wants to weigh in briefly, happy great. I will be quick. Cyber security is a top priority and security across the board for that matter, but cyber is one of the big big issues we are paying a lot of attention to. Its a continuous, you know, challenge because the enemy gets better, weve got to get better, they get better, weve got to get better and we are continuing to try to keep that advantage versus what our adversaries are doing to basically steal our technology. So its at the forefront of what were doing every day. I would also say that theres an element of taking the fight to the enemy, if you will, that offensive cyber. So you dont want to just be playing defense all the time. And there are things that are happening that will keep them playing some defense. I will leav
She buffered access to the president as he recovered from a massive stroke in 1919. For our complete American History tv schedule, go to cspan. Org. U. S. Geological survey Deputy Director testified recently on cases data manipulation at the agency between 1996 and 2014. An internal investigation on of a laboratory in lakewood, colorado confirmed the misconduct and also identified personnel and management problems. The subcommittee on oversight investigation will come to order. The subis to hear decades of data manipulation at the United States geological survey. Under Committee Rule 4f, any oral statements are limited to the ranking minority member. I ask unanimous consent that all other members Opening Statements be made part of the hearing record if they are submitted to the clerk by 5 00 p. M. Today. Hearing no objection, so ordered. I will now recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. Today well be examining decades of data manipulation that occurred within the u
Experts testify before a House Oversight and government reform subcommittee on whistleblower protections. Witnesses discuss the benefits and shortcomings of a 2012 whistleblower law. This is about an hour and a half. The subcommittee on Government Operations will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. I will defer at this time to the Ranking Member of the subcommittee for an Opening Statement. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I know mr. Meadows will be here shortly. Federal employees who blow the whistle on waste, fraud and abuse are in the front lines in the effort to ensure that our government functions efficiently and effectively. This committee has a long history of strong bipartisan support for those whistleblowers and i want to thank the chairman, mr. Immediameadows fo holding todays hearing. Whistleblower protection is rooted in Civil Service protections. Due process and meritbased hiring and promotion free of discrimination, retaliati
Experts testify before a House Oversight and government reform subcommittee on whistleblower protections. Witnesses discuss the benefits and shortcomings of a 2012 whistleblower law. This is about an hour and a half. The subcommittee on Government Operations will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. I will defer at this time to the Ranking Member of the subcommittee for an Opening Statement. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I know mr. Meadows will be here shortly. Federal employees who blow the whistle on waste, fraud and abuse are in the front lines in the effort to ensure that our government functions efficiently and effectively. This committee has a long history of strong bipartisan support for those whistleblowers and i want to thank the chairman, mr. Immediameadows fo holding todays hearing. Whistleblower protection is rooted in Civil Service protections. Due process and meritbased hiring and promotion free of discrimination, retaliati
Ranking member of subcommittee for Opening Statement. Thank you, there chairman. And i know mr. Meadows will be here shortly. Federal employees who blow the whistle on waste, fraud and abuse are in the front lines in the effort to ensure that our government functions efficiently and effectively. This committee has a long history of strong bipartisan support for those whistleblowers and i want to thank the chairman, mr. Meadows, for holding todays hearing. Whistleblower protection is rooted in Civil Service protections. Due process and meritbased hiring and promotion free of discrimination, retaliation and political influence form the bedrock of the very whistleblower protections we are concerned about and have been for a long time on this commit even subcommittee. Five years ago, the bipartisan whistleblower protection enhancement act of 2012 significantly strengthened the rights of federal employees who disclose waste, fraud and abuse. This legislation marks substantial progress but a