I find it even more troubling that OMB, which is known for their budget prowess, has never asked for a detailed accounting of what an agency spends on cyber security.

I think contracting. All this really comes down to contracting, and when it is done ad hoc in stovepipes by different agencies, not sharing information, not building it together, you get a lot of systems that, at the end of the day, some…

Thanks for being a good role model over at the State Department and USAID for the rest of us.

I like your concepts that you have in this bill, government using its power. I think that will drive a congruity of products that is absolutely necessary in this case to get this solved.

Imagine the terrifying scenario of a hacker creating uncertainty as to the validity of the data residing on the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) air traffic control systems.

Agencies are making the decision right now to spend another $1.3 billion to produce the paperwork we see here. Is there anything we can do about that?

Other than support at the top, what were the other key elements in your success?

Why do you suppose the folks at the top were so supportive?

The issue du jour is cyber warfare. It isn't science fiction. It is reality.

we simply need to do a better job in contracting to make sure that the systems that we are buying as a government... are better technology

several years from now, when people come to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, and they look out to the east, they will see something sticking up above the horizon about half the size of my thumbnail, and it will be a windmill farm generating…