Welcome, everybody. Thanks for being here. This is a hearing for the Regulatory Affairs and subcommittee. Modernizing moving forward using Lessons Learned during the covid pandemic. We should have something good come out of the pandemic. This hearing is focused on what we can gain, whats already been learned, what gaps are still there and what to do to better improve the process. A decade was telework legislation and enhancement act of 2010 set the baseline standard for federal agencies to follow the telework. Over the last ten years, loosing advances in technology, expectations an increase in Cyber Security threats. So many changes in the world makes sense to take a close look at the current policies and strategies in the federal workplace. Its acting as a magnifying glass for improvement. In july with a panel of private industry witnesses during the hearing, we gathered valuable information concerning what private employers have done to support Remote Workforce and we are able to dra
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Publication the civil war in 50 objects. In this program they discuss documents related to slavery, abolition and recruising freedman to the union army. So now i would like to turn our to some objects to help us describe the civil war. As a curator in the museum realm, particularly the history museum, i am always struck by how art objects, documents on display, have the power to stand in for larger historical narratives, than what they are structurally defined by in an object. For those of you who missed last weeks program, lets talk about this book. How did it come about and how effective do you think it is at the narrative suite of the civil war in only 50 objects . Well, it came about as i confess last week because louise mirror asked me to undertake the project for the Historical Society. And it was a lucky day for me. And you remember we got to see three times 50 objects, an array before us on some conference tables in the Historical Society so it was a matter of picturing represe
Security department, i call myself one of its grandmothers and one of his grandfathers, im not sure is on this call with me and the rest of you children are the successors and its really wonderful today that we are having, i guess hes by phone, weve had a lot of zoom issues, phone conversation with the panel organized by the Wilson Center very own meg king who has our technology and Innovation Program and a number of the rest of you on this phone. The topic is what is critical, involving the security playbook for managing ten and everything in between, while its not as much fun to see you all in some of the online its not as much fun to see you in person and if anyone can make a conversation interesting, interscience technology and information program. Today as i said were joined by the nations chief risk officer, director of the department of Homeland Security cybersecurity and infrastructure, securing agency, leave it to congress to include security twice in your title, chris will ta
Congress where i played a role in the founding of the Homeland Security department. I call myself one of its grand mothers. One of its grandfathers that would be thad allen, or i think hes one of the grandfathers, im not sure, is on the call with me and the rest of you children are the successors and i think that it is really wonderful today that we are having i guess hes been phone now, a lot of zoom issues, with chris and a panel organized by meg king who heads our science, technology and Innovation Program and a number of a rest of you on the phone. The topic is whats critical, evolving the security playbook for managing ones, zeros and everything in between. While its not as much fun to see you all or some of you on line, chris is on the phone, its not as much fun to see you in person. If any group could make a conversation interesting its our science, technology and information program. Today were joined by the nations chief risk officer chris krebs, director of the department of