On the director at the Lincoln Network. Project 2020 and procuring the election ahead of november. Thank you for taking time out of your day. The Lincoln Network, we connected technology and communities to make the future happen sooner to build a better tomorrow. To advance this mission, our Cyber National Security Team works to inform National Policy discussions. And in Silicon Valley another tech pubs to develop tech cups. 2020, one of the Biggest National challenges we face, is all the National Challenge or elections during the covid19 pandemic. Today we are honored to host leading experts from the National Intergovernmental communities that administers our nations elections and protects state and local governments informations. First we will hear a presentation from jeff perry health for the director at the department of Homeland Security. His presentation will be followed by discussion by including questions from the audience and we will be using the chat function here and zoom to
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Senator angus king and congressman Mike Gallagher. If i lived further north congressman al gore would be my member of congress. We are pleased to welcome Suzanne Spaulding who ill introduce people more formally prior to their also thomas fanning, two of the commissioners of the commission. First of all i want to thank the cochairs and that commissioners for the important work on the Cyberspace Solarium Commission. I think the end product is excellent. I think it has solid recommendations that a number of these are within our committees jurisdiction over the working hard to evaluate those and the ones that we can get them passed into law of these recommendations can be done through executive action. What id like to spend my time just enter my formal written state into the record, i just want to talk about two of the commissions recommendations. When i i got here in the congrs in 2011, cybersecurity was a hot issue. It still is. Its not going away. I remember the buzzword back ban is we
Introduce people more formally prior to their also thomas fanning, two of the commissioners of the commission. First of all i want to thank the cochairs and that commissioners for the important work on the Cyberspace Solarium Commission. I think the end product is excellent. I think it has solid recommendations that a number of these are within our committees jurisdiction over the working hard to evaluate those and the ones that we can get them passed into law of these recommendations can be done through executive action. What id like to spend my time just enter my formal written state into the record, i just want to talk about two of the commissions recommendations. When i i got here in the congrs in 2011, cybersecurity was a hot issue. It still is. Its not going away. I remember the buzzword back ban is we have to do something about this. Weve made a number of attempts and quite honestly we made a fair amount of progress. My own sense is the bad guys, the people and often always have
T the committee is meeting today to receive testimony on ministry request for the department of Homeland Security. Without objection, the chairs authorized to declare the secrei committee in recess at any point. Acting secretary wolf, you are here today on an extraordinary troubling circumstances. Americans are rightfully concerned about the coronavirus that spreads across the blue of globe and claims the lives of thousands, including at least work six here at home. Theyover are looking to their government for leadership and guidance. Ualunfortunately, the Trump Administration has not been equal to the task so far. Oin the face of this potential pandemic, the president hase toa downplayed his threat, overstated high close scientists are to developing it ad vaccine, and muzzle experts in administration who continued disagree with him. Po as a crisis unfolds, the president has continued to hold political rallies including ax. Recent one where he called the coronavirus a hoax perpetrateda