Involved helping to craft the grand constitution which we put out to the community over six months ago and the response was overwhelming 500 institutions put in applications for innovative practices that they wanted to experiment with to try to improve access and outcomes and drive down cost and the fact that 500 institutions are responding so yes we have to do our part, too. So at the state level i think that our work is to help identify some of the things we are learning from the first in the world grantees and scale them up so they can become more common state practice. In the same vein, one of the areas in which the states and federal government and the k12 system have a common interest is in the teacher preparation. In a particular area of overlap working with the states now to create a set of regulations that will put more tools in the hands of the states to be be a lot of work with institutions to raise the level of the teachers which we think is a key leverage not just in the H
It would end as we know it. I voted to protect the Affordable Care act. 700 billion from a day care. Schneider and they said the Affordable Care act doesnt cut medicare benefits. You try to save Medicare Advantage was cut by 150 billion that is absolutely false. Moderator we are going to move on and another viewer related question this isnt from an individual bible to you it is a comment we have heard from many viewers that have written to the Facebook Page and it has to do with the tune of campaigns specifically but it goes beyond that it has to do with the negative tone in terms of the political ads that are being run and my question for you is what do you see as the impact on voters are they disillusioned or how are they supposed to respond . Dold let me start by saying me saying we have for adults with regard to our campaign and every single one of the most positive. We are trying to tell the voters what we want to do in our vision Going Forward and i think think that is inherited.
Host joining us this week is Meredith Attwell baker who is the new president and ceo of ctia. Tell us about the industy. Guest thank you for having me. It is great to be back representing this industy where everything is growing off of. We are the network operators, we build them, manufacture App Community and the new silicone valley. We are hoping to educate washington about that. Host as of today, what is the biggest industy facing yo your issue facing your industy . Guest i think the biggest problem is also going to be spectrum. It has been six years since having an auction. We have two coming up in the next couple years. The one starting in two days and we have the incentive auction coming next summer. They are fantastic. If we talk about the networks the phones are on that was coming from the aws1 auction that lasted last time. We will be working on spectrum for quite a while. Host are you satisfied with the progress especially on the ince incentive auction . Guest i was at the Co
Meredith Attwell Baker is the new presidd ceo of ctia, the wireless association. Commissioner, tell us about your association, who do you represent, what industry . Guest well, first of all, thanks for having me here. Its delightful to be back, especially now that i am representing this amazing industry that is really the platform where everything is growing off of. Who is ctia . We are not only the network operators, we are the people that build those networks, we are the manufacturers, and we have the App Community as well as the new Silicon Valley. We are, we are the connective life, and thats what ctia represents, and what we are hoping to educate washington about, and i just couldnt be any more thrilled to be with them. Host what is the Biggest Issue facing washington and your industry . Guest i think our top priority is always going to be spectrum. Spectrum is what the Wireless Industry needs, its what we run on. Its been six years wince receive had a since weve had a spectrum au
To bring them together, we need to accelerate the integration of those six technologies, and then we need to build that proactive model for security. This will make it far more difficult for the adversary to gain access and persist. If theres an insider threat, it will make it far more difficult for him to breach out and grab information hes not permitted to have. So if we want our systems to be more resilient in the future, we need to think about making them disposable. Thank you. And i guess well take some questions now. Thank you very much. [ applause ] ive been given the opportunity to ask the leadoff question. And im going to seize that opportunity. So, first of all, vern, i love this image that you present of moving the momentum from the attacker to the defender. And its very helpful to look at the three core and three supporting technologies that could create a disposable system. Within those three, is there an area that your team is thinking most about, and or a next step in th