House Science Panel Plans Cyber Hearings
House Science Committee Chairman Bart Gordon is ready to launch his panel's examination of the Obama administration's recently completed 60-day review of the U.S. government's cybersecurity posture as soon as the highly anticipated document is made public. Gordon told the Computer and Communications Industry Association's annual meeting Wednesday that he expects the report, written by Melissa Hathaway -- a top adviser to Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair -- to surface in a matter of days. A spokeswoman for Hathaway could not confirm when the document would be released. Gordon said his committee has already scheduled a hearing later this month that will focus on recommendations of the report. Witnesses could include representatives from the Homeland Security Department, National Science Foundation, National Institute of Standards and Technology, he said. Follow up hearings will ask industry representatives, watchdog groups and other stakeholders for their thoughts on the matter. Gordon hopes the hearings will serve as a basis for legislation that would improve network security. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John (Jay) Rockefeller and Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, were the first to introduce a cybersecurity bill this Congress. Other committees are expected to offer their own measures in the coming weeks and months. Read more about CCIA's summit in CongressDaily.
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