Sentences with phrase «state election infrastructure»

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The measures would provide some variation of federal support, including grants, for states to beef up security of their election infrastructures.

Earlier this week, Georgia Representative Hank Johnson introduced two bills that he believes will help improve voting security a few years down the road: the Election Infrastructure and Security Promotion Act, which, if passed, would classify voting systems as critical infrastructure to be protected by the Department of Homeland Security; and the Election Integrity Act, which will map out a planned response for voting system failures and control the types of voting machines states are aInfrastructure and Security Promotion Act, which, if passed, would classify voting systems as critical infrastructure to be protected by the Department of Homeland Security; and the Election Integrity Act, which will map out a planned response for voting system failures and control the types of voting machines states are ainfrastructure to be protected by the Department of Homeland Security; and the Election Integrity Act, which will map out a planned response for voting system failures and control the types of voting machines states are allowed to buy.

It also suggested Congress take a larger role in addressing Russia's cyber activity and empower state and local authorities to secure election infrastructure.

During an August conference call with election officials from every state, Johnson reiterated that «we must ensure the security and resilience of election infrastructure,» and offered his agency's assistance.

If we consider how increasingly weaponized ad targeting has become, especially since this past summer when Google and Facebook consolidated our browsing histories into their user IDs, and we think about how anybody in the world could target anyone else in the United States with surgical precision by their susceptibilities and propensities, maybe this election was similar to a 9/11 moment, but non-violent and invisible, where we realize that our commercial infrastructure was used against us, and we don't realize it until after the catastrophe?

Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas has unleashed a spending spree in Tuesday's budget ahead of this year's state election with a record $ 13.7 b infrastructure spend.

That said, a new leaf seems to have been turned this year with hedge funds returning to positive flows in the first quarter of 2017.1 Renewed interest has been spurred by the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States, which some industry experts are predicting should bring meaningful tax reform, deregulation and infrastructure spending that we think could prove a boon to hedge strategies.

The Victorian government has unleashed a record $ 13.7 billion infrastructure spending spree in Tuesday's budget ahead of this year's state election, mostly across road, rail, hospitals and schools to meet the state's booming population.

Your Democratic State Central Committee has worked with county party organizations to build their individual capacity, increased our advocacy for the right to vote both in the legislature and leading up to election cycles, worked with volunteers to strengthen the Emerging Leaders Project, upgraded and invested in the Party's technology infrastructure, increased training and simply believe that being a «responsive resource» is the best way to build an organization.

Speaking during his citizens» engagement tour of some local government areas in the state, Prof. Ezeon explained that the said voting machines were designed by the Nigeria Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) and demonstrated to the National Assembly members for adoption for elections, adding that the federal government was yet to adopt the electronic voting procedure for elections.

The Tappan Zee Bridge, which crosses the Hudson River connecting Rockland and Westchester counties, was one of the first stops Gov. Andrew Cuomo made immediately after his election, saying the state has to do more to update its infrastructure.

Cuomo also announced plans to barricade New York's electoral infrastructure against cyberthreats, including the creation of a state - run «Election Support Center» and a cybersecurity tool kit for local boards of elections to use to identify threats.

Chaired by Eric Holder, the 82nd Attorney General of the United States, NDRC is the first - ever strategic hub for redistricting focused on winning targeted elections and ballot initiatives, advancing legal action, and building the infrastructure to achieve a fairer redistricting process.

She was testifying before the State Legislature in Albany, addressing ethics, election reform and infrastructure investment.

Yet due to the complex intricacies of establishing and sustaining a liberal democratic regime, many of these states in transition never quite moved past the initial steps of creating the requisite political infrastructure and staging regular elections.

«America Votes is the centerpiece of a permanent progressive campaign infrastructure nationally and in the states, benefiting hundreds of progressive organizations in both election and non-election years.»

CMD detailed Bradley's efforts to map and measure right wing infrastructure nationwide, including by dismantling and defunding unions to impact state elections; bankrolling discredited spin doctor Richard Berman and his many front groups; and more.

BJP chief ministerial candidate Harsh Vardhan assured that on winning elections he would launch a universal health insurance policy under where every Delhiite will be insured for a nominal sum of Rs. 6 and get covered with unlimited access to health infrastructure at state government facility.

However, recognizing that state and local officials should be kept informed about cybersecurity risks to election infrastructure, we are working with them to refine our processes for sharing this information while protecting the integrity of investigations and the confidentiality of system owners.

, a lead co-sponsor of the «Secure Elections Act» bill, said Thursday that the revised version «adequately helps the states prepare our election infrastructure for the possibility of interference from not just Russia, but possibly another adversary like Iran or North Korea or a hacktivist group.»

Specifically, the bill aims to streamline information sharing between federal and state election officials, revise the delivery of security clearances to state officials to allow them to view sensitive cyber threat information related to elections and provide aid to states to bolster the security around digital election infrastructure.

The bill, which is expected to pass later this week, includes $ 380 million for state grants to improve election infrastructure, as well as $ 307 million above what the Trump administration had requested for the F.B.I. that can be used to combat cyberattacks, election fraud and other crimes.

The bill, which senators have hinted at for several months, would push federal agencies to share election security information with state and local officials, establish voluntary cybersecurity guidelines for election systems, and create a federal bug bounty program for voting machines and other election infrastructure.