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Witnesses: Ms. Katherine Archuleta, Director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management Ms. Donna K. Seymour, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Office of Personnel Management The Honorable Patrick E. McFarland, Inspector General , U.S. Office of Personnel Management Ms. Ann Barron-DiCamillo, Director, U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Mr. Eric A. Hess, Chief Executive Officer, KeyPoint ...

PURPOSE: To provide Members an opportunity to gain additional information on the security of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) information systems and the data it is entrusted to protect. To examine OPM compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA).   BACKGROUND: On June 4, OPM announced a data breach and its plan to notify approximately 4 million individuals whose ...

PURPOSE: To examine the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) implementation of the President’s executive actions on immigration. To review the approval of benefits to aliens unlawfully present in the United ...

Witnesses: Michael Whitaker, Deputy Administrator, U.S. Department of Transportation John Cavolowsky, Director of the Airspace Systems Program Office, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Mr. Brian Wynne, President & CEO, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International Mr. Paul E. Misener, President & CEO, Amazon, Inc. Mr. Harley Geiger, Advocacy Director and Senior Counsel, Center for Democracy and ...

PURPOSE: To discuss the challenges and economic impact of regulating emerging technology for personal and commercial uses, as well as the privacy concerns inherent with the proliferation of unmanned aerial vehicles, referred to as “drones.”   BACKGROUND: On February 15, 2015 the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released a proposed rule on the commercial use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). ...