Proposals and great work from the staff of those of republican and the democrat side and i look forward to seeing progress. The bills to be extended are targeted and promoting innovation, cutting the red tape and advancing Public Safety. To highlight each though i do want to call attention to a couple of resolutions expressing the Guiding Principles on broadband infrastructure that should underpin our efforts first. Any funds for broadband in an infrastructure package should go to underserved areas. Second, as noted, the federal government should not be picking winners and losers in the marketplace. It should be competitively and technologically if we adhere to these principles im confident we can avoid the pitfalls. Most Important Congress should be mindful of the significant amounts of private capital to support broadband deployment. Since the passage of the bipartisan 96 act, the private sector has invested roughly 1. 6 trillion in the networks. To classify the competitive broadband
Good afternoon. This cybersecurity subcommittee meets this afternoon to receive testimony on the department of defenses role in protecting the u. S. Election process. The witnesses are mr. Bob butler, cofounder and managing director of cyber strategies, llc. Adjunct senior fellow at the center of new america operations for acom. Heather conley the Senior Vice President for europe, youre asia and the arctic and director of the Europe Program at the center for strategic and international studies, dr. Richard hartnet ahead of Political Science at the university of cincinnati an a former scholar and residence at u. S. Cyber command and the National Security agency and dr. Michael sum wrryer, at the harv kennedy school. At the conclusion of Ranking Member nelsons comments, we will have a round of questions and answers. There is no dispute about what russia did during the 2016 election cycle. There is clear evidence that russia attempted to undermine our democratic process through the hackin
Sen. Rounds good afternoon. The Cyber Security subcommittee meets to assess the role mike rounds good afternoon. The cybersecurity subcommittee meets this afternoon to receive testimony on the department of defenses role in protecting the u. S. Election process. The centw american security, Senior Vice President of Critical Infrastructure protection, operations for a calm. Ms. Heather conley, the Senior Vice President for europe, eurasia, and the arctic and for the of the Program Center of strategic and international studies. Dr. Richard hartnett, had a full andpe Political Science Cyber Command and the director of the Cyber Security project at the Harvard Kennedy school. At the conclusion of Ranking Member nelsons comments, we will ask our witnesses to make their opening remarks. After that we will have a round of questions and answers. There is no dispute about what russia did during the 2016 election cycle. There is clear evidence that russia attempted to undermine our democratic pr
Got a lot to talk about. With 25 bills introduced in time to be a part of todays hearing. I very much appreciate all of the thoughtful proposals and the great work from the staff, both the republican and the democrat side, and i look for to seeing progress as a move to the next few weeks. These legislative initiatives follow the leadership of President Trumps recent efforts on broadband infrastructure. The bills to be examined in this hearing are targeted at promoting the innovation, cutting red tape, and advancing Public Safety. Its impossible in my a lot of time to highlight each bill butt i do want to call attention to a couple of resolutions expressing the Guiding Principles on broadband infrastructure that should underpin our efforts. First, as noted by vice chairman lance, any funds for broadband inan infrastructure package shod go toac unserved areas. Second, as noted by congressman lotta, the federal government should not be picking winners and losers in the marketplace. Any fe
Use by executive land holding agencies. In your opinion do you believe that gsa has done everything in its power to give life to the directives embodied in section 6409 which you referenced in your testimony of middle class tax relief act . Have they done everything they can . Mr. Chairman, i do not believe they have. As a matter of fact, im a former administrator myself of the federal agency and if i had implemented something too poorly that congress instructed me to do id be embarrassed. Theres an executive order by the president of the United States correcting gsa to move faster to get these contracts together and to date nothing has been done. Three years after Congress Enact this legislation, progress has been slow gsa hasnt been proactive. Proactive. I think our members are having to negotiate for each and every site individually just as they have in the past. Gsa has not implemented the intent of congress and we cant wait three more years for whats needed i think today. Theres a