But Boris Johnson warned it will take several months for highrisk people to complete their shots. The Prime Minister urged the public to keep taking preventative steps. Health secretary matt hancock revealed britain will get the first shipment of 800,000 doses. And people will start receiving shots early next week. Mass vaccinations will take place next year with priority placed on residents of homes for the elderly, nursing care workers and people aged 80 or over. As the vaccine has been developed with new technology, british authorities will continue to check its safety and efficacy. Challenges lie ahead as the vaccine needs to be stored and shipped at temperatures of minus 60 to 80 degrees celsius. Quality checks of the vaccine will take place upon its arrival in britain, and it will be sent to National Health Service Hospitals and other medical institutions. The government plans to create hubs to allow mass inoculations. Turning now to russia, president Vladimir Putin has ordered t
I have the pleasure today of moderating this conversation between two outstanding policymakers and scholars. And the us china relationship. And working in the Defense Department and mongolia and the commissioner congressionally mandated Security Review Commission and the author of a terrific new book which is called the china nightmare. And we will be talking about it with him and with retired Lieutenant General hr mcmaster. And a reputation and military service one of those adaptive mines in the American Military i am delighted to have both of them here with us today. I am sorry neglected to say hr is also the author of a new book called battleground. Thank you both for making time for china policy. Thank you very much thank you for your leadership at aei and mr. Mcmaster for joining us. And to have reshaped china policy last few years. I am very thankful as we all are for doing that. The china nightmare, what does my book mean by that . China certainly has grand ambitions and power b
Private companies and universities. It is an hour and 20 minutes. Members should keep their video feed on as long as they are present in the hearing. Please keep your microphones muted unless you are speaking. If members have documents they wish to submit for the record, please email them to the Committee Clerk whose email address was circulated prior to the hearing. Good morning, everyone. I would like to welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses and members and those viewing plotely. Cybersecurity and nasa, ongoing to challenges and emerging issues for increased telework during covid19. In early 2020 the world was caught off guard with the dramatic rapid onset of the coronavirus. It shifted to a telework operations to ensure the health and safety of its more than 17,000 Civil Servant employees. To its credit, nasa prepared for the transition having held an agencywide telework exercise in early march and expanded telework operations. Today 75 to 80 of Civil Servants continue to wor
Any time. Before i deliver my opening remarks, i want to note today the committee is meeting virtually and announce a couple of reminders to the members about conduct of this hearing. First, members should keep their video feed on as long as theyre present in the hearing and members are responsible for their own microphones. Please keep your microphones muted unless youre speaking. If members have documents they wish to submit for the record. Please email them to the Committee Clerk whose email address was committed prior to the hearing. Good morning, id like to welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses, members and those viewing remotely. Todays subcommittee hearing, cybering security at nasa. Ongoing challenges and increased telework during covid. In early 2020 the world was caught off guard with the rapid and dramatic onset of the coronavirus. Nasa and many agencies and consistent with the committee of budget. To ensure the health and safety of more than 17,000 Civil Servant empl
From, prior to the hearing. We welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses and those viewing dramatically with Cyber Security at nasa. Increase telework during covid19. In early 2020 the world was caught offguard by the coronavirus. The office of management and budget rapidly shifted to telework operations. 17,000 Civil Servant employees and extensive contractor work. To its credit nasa prepared for the transition having held in agencywide telework exercise in early march. It expanded telework operations and today 75 percent80 of nasa silver servants work remotely, with project oversight and inspections, development work, engineering analysis and other activities. The shift to increased telework raises many questions, front and center cybersecurity. The increase and extended worth of telework means for protecting nasas intellectual property, personally identifiable information and mission operations. How do cyber challenges relate to increase telework affect the agencys overall Cyber