I am honored that brian from nevada will serve as our vice chair. We will make quite a team working together. Brian and i are committed to making sure the role of the nga is recognized as we embark on a new administration coming in we want to make sure the governor is at the forefront and the new president elect to talk about the issues of join concern among all of us. I plan to move the National Governors Association Forward through my initiative which is meet the threat states confront the cyber challenge. It is important for all of us. This initiative will highlight an issue i have been focused on since first day as governor cybersecurity. In addition to providing states the cairo sources they need to meet the threat. We know firsthand that i hit this issue as soon as i took over as governor of the commonwealth of virginia. Just an example, since january 1st, virginia has had 53 million Cyber Attacks. That is a cyber attack every four seconds and 300,000 Cyber Attacks a day. We succ
Interesting, when the breach occurred for us, how many folks said we have time, we do not need to go to market. We just have to figure this out. Lets run and out as long as we can. Contrary to that, i collect human nature, wanting to slow. Alk it within the boundaries of regulation, do not get me wrong, we made the decision to get to market faster get the message by to our 40 million members both email as well as firstclass mail in order to inform them of the breach. So is something you have to deal with and overcome the personal sense of threat that people have that it exposes, that they do not know what they do not know. Is, thelast thing considerations, which is, i do not have the dollars or whatever i do not have, and therefore i cannot. It is that old saying, if you say you cant, then you wont. I think the final piece of the puzzle, leadership has to project a commanding presence that this is not going to be business as usual. The realization whether it is me as a ceo or anyone of
What sunny i am afraid, that is what matters. Lets move onto the New York Times, and they mention how your police put under scrutiny because of these protests, we were talking about the ones in the uk but also in germany, france. Joe questioned my for Police Forces not just in france. Joe questioned my for Police Forces notjust in the United States but whether they behaved ethically when it comes to racism. Joe, questions for many police. The french come in for criticism in that particular article in the New York Times but as it also mentions, this is not something that is happening just in britain and United States. It is certainly not just just in britain and United States. It is certainly notjust happening in the United States was that this is now a cry for people who feel that they have been wet down, treated badly across the world, across europe, treated badly across the world, across europe , across treated badly across the world, across europe, across america. And i think its a
Jeffrey John Hommes, beloved man of family and deep faith, inspirational coach and mentor, of River Falls, WI, passed away on February 10th from colon cancer at age 56. He
Jeffrey John Hommes, beloved man of family and deep faith, inspirational coach and mentor, of River Falls, WI, passed away on February 10th from colon cancer at age 56. He