Hearing on the Federal Government and AI

On Thursday I testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform at a hearing titled "The Federal Government in the Age of Artificial Intelligence." The other speakers mostly talked about how cool AI was--and sometimes about how cool their own company was--but I was asked by...

The Quiet Insurrection the January 6 Committee Missed

A former congressman who helped the House select committee investigate the Capitol attack says the US is losing sight of the big picture...

The January 6 Insurrection Hearings Are Just Heating Up

The US House committee has already uncovered a more organized and sinister plot than many imagined. But history suggests the worst may be yet to come...

The January 6 Hearing Was a Warning

The House committee's televised hearings interrogate the Capitol attack with damning new evidence. Whether it's enough to prevent another one is uncertain...

Department of Education Lambasted Over Database Vulnerabilities

Like the Office of Personnel Management before it, the Department of Education has failed to heed repeated warnings that its systems contain multiple weaknesses. In a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing held this week, Congressman and committee chair Jason Chaffetz R-Utah...

House Initiates NIST-NSA Separation on Crypto Standards

Eight months after an explosive revelation that encryption standards developed and evaluated by the National Security Agency were allegedly subverted by the intelligence outfit, a House committee has moved to sever the NSA’s involvement in the standards process. An amendment to the Frontiers in...

House Hearing to Address Capital Market Threats

The House Committee on Financial Services is hosting a hearing tomorrow in which they will explore the various cyber threats targeting capital markets and government sponsored enterprises. Entitled “Cyber Threats to Capital Markets and Corporate Accounts,” the hearing in front of the Committee on...