you will come to order good morning pursuant to notice the subcommittee on research and science education meets to consider the following measure the committee prints of the cybersecurity research and development amendments act of two thousand and nine we are now proceed to the markup this morning subcommittee will consider the committee print of the cybersecurity research and development amendment act of two thousand and nine and the private sector and a training i q workforce that can meet the growing needs of both the public in private sectors our witnesses also stressed that cybersecurity research needs and compass all stages of hardware and software design from project management to social and behavioral factors arising from human computer interaction legislation we are considering today addresses these concerns first it requires federal agencies to development implement a city jik plan for the federal cybersecurity r and d portfolio the plan must be based and an assessment cybersecurity risk to make sure the taxpayer dollars fund the are in the needed to meet this is dziedzic needs of our country and to keep the internet users safe from cyber crimes this dziedzic land will also contain a description of how the program will transfer technology from our national labs and universities to industry and how our federal r and d objectives complement rather than duplicate r and d occurring in the private sector developing a strategic plan informed by industry and academia the bill of sale issue is a university in the free taskforce to explore mechanisms in models for carrying out collaborative research in cybersecurity the legislation addresses cybersecurity workforce needs for the federal government and for the nation by requiring an assessment of needs in providing scholarships and fellowships to students to pursue advanced degrees inside security related fields filey the bill reauthorizes and expands and assess trustworthy computing programs placing a new emphasis on research into social and behavioral aspects of cybersecurity an important area identified by our witness cyber threats are constantly evolving in d must evolve also in concert with a combination of near term fixes and long term projects that build a more secure foundation a cybersecurity r and d amendment that will ensure an overall vision and implementation plan for the federal cybersecurity r and d portfolio and will train the next generation of cyber security professionals i want to take members for their participation this morning and i look forward to a productive markup and with that i will now recognize dr eyler to present his opening remarks thank you mr chairman today we are examining cybersecurity research and development act with a rapid evolution of information technology fields it is critical that we had the policies that keep us head of impending cyber threats this subcommittee has held a series of hearings this year focused on the state of federal cybersecurity research and development the testimonies we receive from industry experts and federal agency officials all pointed to a serious lack of coordination in our cybersecurity strategies building on the information we have gleaned i am hopeful this legislation will fact of they refine our efforts by establishing a strategic research and development plan and road map as an educator i'm particularly interested in how we will further support the education of training and training of students in this rapidly changing field consequently i am pleased that the draft legislation codified as a scholarship program at the national science foundation to promote undergraduate and graduate degrees and cybersecurity fields i personally did not realize how important this was until i met here ago with a professor of computer science in which pointed out the declining enrollment so students in computer science and the decline has can has been going on for several years to the point that there is a severe shortage of computer scientist and obviously if you're going to do a service security you have to not only be a computer scientist but a very bright computer scientist so i'm very pleased with the national science from program national science foundation program must have missed in this legislation as we become more dependent on virtual information services security becomes more difficult to manage attaining and maintaining a safe and trustworthy information technology and communications infrastructure is imperative and we must not forget that it is an ongoing challenge forgery finding and promoting this legislation as it moves through the legislat process and i'd like to add a note here also regarding cybersecurity i do not claim to be an expert in the field but some years ago i was on a nato task force studying the issue and i ended up being assigned the task of writing a report it was astounding to me to recognize how vulnerable we were to cybersecurity attacks and also how ill prepared to work to deal with the problem we have made some progress since that time but we have quite a ways to go and it's it's downright frightening to recognize what damage can be done through cyber security attacks so i'm very pleased to support this bill and to appreciate your contributions and certainly as this we know with everything that is now available everything that is done electronically recognized that we will move on to the markup i ask in consent that the committee print is considered as read and open to amendment any point in the members proceed with amendments in the order of the roster without objection so word first amendment on the roster is a manager's amendment offered by that year the clerk will report the amendment a minute to the committee print and then that number zero four two offered by mr the pisky of illinois i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the reading without so ordered i recognize myself for five minutes to explain the amendment this amendment makes technical corrections to the committee print including language for the reauthorization of n s f cybersecurity research center fiscal years twenty ten to twenty fourteen it also clarifies responsibilities and requirements of scholarship recipients in awardee institutions in the monitoring and reporting of information related to a scholarship recipient service obligation and i urge my colleagues to support this amendment is there any further discussion on the amendments mr chairman and support in fellow members of committee my management to the cyber security research and development amendments act of two thousand and nine contains several changes for to the legislation all changes are intended to make this  inclusive to under represented minorities this week the congressional black caucus is busy with meetings panel discussions briefings and other events that are part of the annual legislative conference as a matter of fact i'm hosting this my african american community into the broader public policy community the c b c foundation is the host in the science and technology brain trust is friday at nine am in row one for three a if anyone is willing augustine will be there as well as several of the panelists at this free internet that is open to the public we will be discussing models of education excellence and this would be one of the things that we continue to emphasize and that is more diversity along these lines programs such as a federal cyber scholarship for service program is well as the research program can do much to engage under represented when the art is in the area of computer science my minute of eggs for parts of the bill first it states that the cybersecurity strategic research and development plan should include a description of how the research program will include women and minorities to help to foster a more diverse workforce in this area secondly mad men but says that in developing the plan the agencies involved still seek advice from an artist serving institutions in addition to stakeholders in the industry academia and other r organizations and third it addresses a federal cyber scholarship a service program which seeks to recruit and train the next generation of federal cybersecurity professionals and increase the capacity of the higher education system  training such a workforce the real states that merit refuse grants will support several different activities to increase the capacity of colleges universities to train such individuals and i mean with state said one of those activities in support of institutional partnership especially including minority serving institutions and because these institutions historically receive a disproportionately small share of federal research and education funding more should be done to help them and found him i mean addresses a selection process where the cyber scholarship for service program scholarship awards will reflect the goal of promoting broader participation in under represented on artist and  chairman i understand that you will support these changes and i want to express my gratitude for your partnership with this endeavor we really must be proactive through the various federal powers and programs that that moat inclusiveness of diverse groups house concurrent resolution fifty three that i introduce this march celebrates the strides that latin american african americans students have made in terms of educational attainment in computer science and two thousand six african americans made up twelve point four percent of the candidates receiving computer science degrees a proportion almost equal to their representation in the united states population which is to a point eight percent this good news can be examined in more detail in an article published by the national society of black engineers call blacks in computer science the secrets of their success the progress has been slow mr chairman but i believe that we are making a difference and i want to thank you for work on on this issue and seeing as there is no further discussion but will occur on the amendment all in favor say aye those opposed say no the ayes have it in the amendment is the motion will signify by saying i oppose no the ayes have it in the print is favorably reported without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table members will have t subsequent calendar days in which to submit supplemental minority or initial views on the measure i want to thank the members for their attendance it was a very quick markup but a very critical important issue and look forward to working with all of us as we move