Hansworth. He has been a wonderful partner of our center in particular not only todays event but multiple reports we have done together and i think will play a Critical Role in advancing our national interest. Lenny, please. Thank you. Thanks for the introduction. Good morning everyone. An exceptional reputation about policy that will contribute to our collective ability to enhance the National Security of the United States and our alli s allies. As we commence Cyber Security Awareness Month starting next week i cant think of a better platform or a time for all of us to get together to discuss and pursue solutions that will enable to policy objectives for Cyber Security. As a company and a Mission Partner we are committed to full spectrum Intelligence Solutions to our customers across the department of defense, the inner agency and Intelligence Community and the federal space. From our work we see firsthand how the threat is growing expo th here and abroad. We believe it is necessary t
Speakers as well as an Awesome Group of participants in the room itself. Let me also welcome our viewers on cspan. Obviously they play an Important Role in Public Service and to better understand how washington does and does not work. But im going to be hyperbrief because youre going to get more than you want of me throughout the day, but im going to very quickly introduce my my partner in crime, or maybe better partner in countering crime, lenny hainesworth who is Vice President at Northrop Grumman. Northrops been a wonderful partner of gws, of our center in particular. Not only todays event, but multiple reports weve done together, and i think play a Critical Role in advancing our National Security and our national interests. So ill leave it at that. Lenny, please. Thank you. Thanks for the introduction. Good morning, everyone. On behalf of Northrop Grumman, we are just very pleased and honored to cohost todays event in partnership with gorge washington university. Frank and gwu in g
Most cios are appointees and maybe only stay two years. Very rarely they stay four years. I think one of the major problems is we dont have continuity of Technology Management because that position has been made an appointee, not not a permanent position, and this week, all the cios are going to be meeting at National Association of governors and cios and the governor across the way is being really strong in terms of bringing the states together and the state cios so could you comment on that . Sure, i completely disagree with your premise that im being tough on cios, because guess what . Im trying to get them more tools. Im the one trying to, i dont just bring them in front of my subcommittee. I bring the cto and the Deputy Agency headle is because they should be getting all the responsibility and authority. You didnt hold somebody accountable if they dont have the authorities to do their job, and so for me, everything we have been doing is to strengthen their authorities in order to
What is it . Rep. Hurd it is called the modernizing Government Technology act, or mgt. What it does is quite simple. If a chief Information Officer in the title government saves money by doing Something Like transitioning to the cloud, they saveble to use what they for up to three years in a working capital fund. Why is that important . The federal government why is that of . Why is that important . What the federal government spends on goods and services is outdated legacy systems. That is outrageous. We need to be using our dollars wiser. Cioing able to have the have the authority to introduce new technology, a widget on the widget on the a proverbial two guys in a garage, defendll help the cio our Digital Infrastructure, and this will make our agencies more efficient. Peter is it possible to standardize how the government urges his Information Technology . Purchases Information Technology . Rep. Hurd we should be thinking about outcomes. We should be giving the authority to the cios
His political right. Sunday night at 87 on cspan q a. Congressmen will heard is a republican from texas, he is chair of the Information Technology subcommittee. He is a former Cyber Security analyst and a former cia agent and he is our guest this week on the communicators congressmen heard, you have a bill that has passed the house that deals with Information Technology in the federal government. What is it . Is called the modernizing Government Technology act. What it does is actually quite simple. If a cio, chief Information Officer in the federal government saves money by doing Something Like transitioning to the cloud, they are able to use the money they save for up for three years in a working capital fund. Why is that important . The federal government is spending 90 billion. Year on purchasing it goods and services in 75 of that is on old, outdated legacy systems. We need to be using a taxpayer dollar wiser. By being able to have the authority to introduce new technology, that w