The Hill on IT…

• DHS Acting Deputy Undersecretary, Greg Schaffer, testified in support of an Administration proposal that would require DHS to work with industry to identify the Nation’s core critical infrastructure and to prioritize the most important cyber risks to that infrastructure. • NIST Director Pat Gallagher stressed how critical it is for small and medium size businesses to ensure that their business related information is secure. Gallagher assured the Senate Committee on Small Business that the needs and requirements of small business would be considered as cybersecurity standards are developed. • House Homeland Security Subcommittee Chairman Michael Michael McCaul at a Hearing: Does the Department Effectively Leverage Emerging Technologies? “A recent DHS IG Audit found that 10 of 17 or 59% of DHS programs reviewed were acquisitions in which commercially off the shelf equipment or existing contracts could have fulfilled the mission requirements.” • The Senate Homeland Security Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight addressed the SBA’s IG Report that many contract awards are recorded as going to small businesses when they are actually performed by large businesses. • At the Ad Hoc Subcommittee hearing, Joseph Jordan, Assoc. Administrator ,Office of Govt Contracting and Business Development stated” The Small Business Jobs Act (SBJA ) of 2010 included 19 provisions related to small business contracting. We are in process of implementing these provisions and are excited about impact they will have not only on small businesses, but in also improving contract oversight process.”