They are drowning in guidance documents--and 'Dear Colleague' letters is actually how they are coming from you.

There are a lot of folks that are not content with that allocation.

We are pushing on banks, calling banks predatory and putting all kinds of new regulations on banks on campus.

The good news--and I think it differs a little bit from what you--my view differs a little bit from what you have heard this morning--is that there is tremendous innovation afoot.

So we will continue to explore that together in the days ahead.

They feel like they have to take it, where other entities, obviously private businesses, they get a guidance document come down, they file lawsuits, and they challenge and they push back on it.

That is not just a broken process; that is a shattered process, and it has got to be fixed.

Typically when you have rising costs, you have--competition floods into the market, and you have innovation that occurs.

I want us to get to the appropriations process.

Currently the agencies have responsibility to be able to take on and make sure that their systems are all protected.

What else can NSA do to help other agencies deal with cyber deficiencies?

I would argue at the moment the nation-state represents the greater national security challenge, if you will.

I do not find a lot of Americans that say, do you know what I really want? I want an unsafe working environment.

that rule as it stands now, and that conversation about that from the NLRB, could have some of the most significant long-term impact on our economy

the real issue is here there seems to be a change in the reg on it

Agencies have only as much rulemaking power as we grant them, so it is incumbent on us to use our legislative power judiciously.

This is an issue governmentwide. We do have to solve this.

that closes the door to rising, and that is a serious problem.

Well, since we are jumping in here, can I just ask a quick follow up. How many agencies have a process where they are systematically going back through their guidance documents...

That is a change, where someone who is not under it now suddenly is under it by a shift, by design.

So, you literally had entities that were--previously, let us say, two of those were met, but not three. They are not affected. Now, they are affected.

Even the Department of Education put out a press release related to that saying that this is groundbreaking.

OK. Same thing. Do you think that is agency guidance on that one?

the assumption is made, of course, everyone is keeping up to date with our guidance

could there be a court challenge to them creating their own regulatory process