Communications & Technology Committee

Senator Tracy Pennycuick, Chair

Communications & Technology Committee

Senator Tracy Pennycuick, Chair

Joint public hearing on cybersecurity issues for local governments and municipal authorities

Senate Communications and Technology Committee and Local Government Committee

Wednesday, January 31, 2024 | 1 p.m.

Hearing Room 1, North Office Building


Agenda

1:00 p.m. – 1:05 p.m.                   Opening Remarks
                                                                Senator Brown, Majority Chair, Local Government
                                                                Senator Pennycuick, Majority Chair, Communications & Technology
                                                                Senator Kearney, Minority Chair, Local Government
                                                                Senator Dillon, Minority Chair, Communications & Technology

1:05 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.                   Panel 1: Local Government and Municipal Authorities
                                                                Pennsylvania Municipal Authorities Association
                                                               John Berti, IT and Telecom Manager – Testimony
                                                               Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority

                                                               County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania
                                                              Joe Sassano, Executive Director of IT & Chief Information Officer – Testimony
                                                              York County

                                                              Pennsylvania Municipal League
                                                              Ken Cochran, Information Technology Division Manager – Testimony
                                                              City of Reading

                                                             Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs
                                                             Mark E. Stivers, AICP, Borough Manager – Testimony
                                                             Borough of Columbia, Lancaster County

                                                             Brian Rengert, Deputy Director of Government Relations – Testimony
                                                             Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors

2:00 p.m. – 2:55 p.m.                   Panel 2: Cybersecurity Experts
                                                             Susan Parnas Frederick, Esq., Sr. Federal Affairs Counsel – Testimony, Powerpoint
                                                             National Conference of State Legislatures

                                                             Unisys
                                                             John D. Alwine, Region Director – Pennsylvania – Testimony, Powerpoint
                                                             Tom Guenther, Information Technology Sr. Client Executive

                                                             Clifford Shier, CCISO, CGEIT, CISM, Managing Principal
                                                             Mai Abdelhakim, Ph.D., Assistant Professor – Testimony
                                                             University of Pittsburgh

2:55 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.                   Closing Remarks/Adjournment

Additional Written Testimony – Ferguson Township, Centre County

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