Daily Digest 7/10/2018 (Introducing Judge Brett Kavanaugh)

Chair
U.S. Election Assistance Commission
Vice Chair
U.S. Election Assistance Commission
Director of the Information Technology Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Senior Cybersecurity Advisor
Department of Homeland Security
CEO
KNOWiNK
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

In 2016, Libraries Without Borders established the Wash and Learn Initiative (WALI) to expand the access and accessibility of information to families waiting for their clothes to wash and dry in laundromats. This article discusses the private-public partnerships between small, mom-and-pop laundromat businesses and library branches that have made this work possible. For our laundromat partners, we have heard that WALI libraries provide them with a direct means to give back to their communities.
Judge Brett Kavanaugh's past rulings suggest a reliably conservative voice on tech. His addition to the highest court in the country could vastly reshape the digital landscape.
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