July 2018

Sponsor 

Senate Rules Committee

Date 
Wed, 07/11/2018 - 15:30

Witnesses

Panel I

  1. Commissioner Thomas Hicks

    Chair

    U.S. Election Assistance Commission

  2. Commissioner Christy McCormick

    Vice Chair

    U.S. Election Assistance Commission

  3. Charles Romine

    Director of the Information Technology Laboratory

    National Institute of Standards and Technology

  4. Matt Masterson

    Senior Cybersecurity Advisor

    Department of Homeland Security

Panel II

  1. Scott Leiendecker

    CEO

    KNOWiNK



Sponsor 

House Homeland Security Committee

Date 
Wed, 07/11/2018 - 15:30

This hearing will examine the work that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is doing to assist state and local officials secure election infrastructure, including voting machines, vote tallying systems, and voter databases.  The hearing will also provide Members an opportunity to hear about DHS’s role working across all 16 critical infrastructure sectors because a cyber threat to elections may pose a similar threat to other critical infrastructure sectors.

Witnesses



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