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As a people feel that the policy issues of privacy. The commission has been in the spotlight with major cases in the Facebook Cambridge analytical and that youtube settlement and a series of hearings on competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st century with with a lot of that focus with data and privacy. We are fortunate to have with us today to commissioners, rebecca slaughter and christine wilson, both of whom have long background in Public Policy and becca slaughter is on the hill and wilson previously as chief of staff at the commission and both experienced in private law practice and other capacities so i want to jump right into it. Lets begin, if we could with an overview. You started in may of last year, christine in september so you both are about a year on and have experience in cases and hearings. How do you see the privacy we have today . What do you see as the key issues as we move forward . You are the senior commissioner on the panel [laughter] , 18 months of experi
On theprivacydebate. Please feel free to live tweet on that. Its been at the center of the that debate as Congress Moves forward and as we as a government, a as people, deal with the policy issues of privacy. The commission has been very much in the spotlight with major cases, the Facebook Cambridge analytica settlement, youtube settlement, and a series of hearings on competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st century. Were focused to have with us today two commissioners, Rebecca Kelly slaughter and Christine Wilson, both of whom have long backgrounds in public policy. Becka slaughter on the hill, Christine Wilson previously as chief of staff at the commission and both experienced in private law practice and in other capacities. Want to just jump right into it, and just kind of begin if we could with an overview. You now, i think, becka, you started in may of last year, christine in september, both of you are about a year on. Youve had the experience of the cases, the hearings. Ho
But in particular with regard to underground Natural Gas Storage, theres a very collaborative atmosphere over the course of two decades already worth of information study and sharing, and now with the recommended practices that have been developed, the question now is how do we best set the minimum Safety Standards that could be national in nature and then recognizing that any state could of course go beyond those minimum Safety Standards and advance whatever additional Safety Measures they would want to undertake that are specific to their particular operating atmosphere. We have two more and then well come back here. We have about five minutes left so maybe if i can take all four quickly but you have to be quick. I want to see, are you issuing like a notice of proposed rule making for these underground gas storage standards or is it something else. If it is a notice, are you trying to finalize it later this year also . Hold on. Raise your hands if you had one just so she can find you
There is a yen and again. I get the sentiment. I want to correct the record where i can. Dan diamond a very provocative way to end the panel. If you disagree or agree with any panelists, find them in the lobby. Ununfortunately, no more time for questions. For those of you in the room, thank you very much. Those watching on the live stream, thank you also. A final thank you for philips. Make sure to join us for cocktails. Please drink responsibly. Do not share your medical information. Thank you, everyone. Thank you. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] announcer tomorrow, president obama gives the commencement speech to students at rutgers university. Coverage begins at 12 50 on cspan. Fcc chair tom wheeler dement defended the privacy rules for Internet Service providers. He testified before the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on te