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DESCRIPTION:   'Title: Not Your Parents’ Schoolhouse Rock: Getting Tech P
 olicy Done\n   in a Non-Functioning Congress\n   Tags: Policy @ DEF CON | 
 Creator Talk/Panel\n   When: Friday\, Aug 7\, 10:00 - 10:59 PDT\n   Where:
  LVCCW Level 2 W210-211 (Policy Village) - [1]Map\n\n   Description:\n\n  
  Forget "Schoolhouse Rock." In a modern\, gridlocked Congress\, laws\n   a
 ren't just made\; they survive a grueling gauntlet and get mangled\n   alo
 ng the way. Jeff Rothblum (Founder\, Plaintext Strategies\; former\n   Sen
 ate/White House) and Mike Flynn (Vice President & Counsel\, ITI\;\n   form
 er Senate/House) provide an unfiltered\, behind-the-scenes look at\n   the
  legislative combat required to pass the Cyber Incident Reporting\n   for 
 Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA)\, the most significant cyber\n   law 
 in a decade. This session breaks down the "Inside-Outside" game:\n   from 
 the "Prom" analogy that gave the bill room to breath\, the coming\n   toge
 ther of fractious industry groups\, and the internal administration\n   "c
 ivil war" between CISA and the FBI. We’ll explain how we used the\n   th
 reat of higher fines to force industry to the table\, how we dodged\n   ju
 risdictional minefields by avoiding the Judiciary and Oversight\n   Commit
 tees\, and why we eventually traded the bill's name just to buy\n   the Cy
 bersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) more time\n   to wri
 te the rules. This is your manual for how to actually "get shit\n   done" 
 in a non-functioning D.C.\n\n   Speakers:Jeff Rothblum\,Michael Flynn\n\n 
   SpeakerBio:  Jeff Rothblum\, Founder at Plaintext Strategies\n\n   Jeff 
 Rothblum\, founder of Plaintext Strategies\, has worked at the\n   interse
 ction of technology and policy for two decades. He has led\n   government 
 affairs at an AI startup\, served as a cyber threat\n   intelligence analy
 st\, led cybersecurity policy the Senate Homeland\n   Security and Governm
 ental Affairs Committee\, served as a Director of\n   Cyber Policy and Pla
 ns at the White House Office of the National Cyber\n   Director\, and co-o
 wned an artisan blacksmithing company.\n\n   SpeakerBio:  Michael Flynn\n\
 n   Mike Flynn is Senior Vice President and Counsel for Government Affairs
 \n   and Economic Security Policy at the Information Technology Industry\n
    Council (ITI). In this capacity\, he leads ITI’s advocacy efforts on\
 n   cybersecurity issues and the national security implications of\n   tec
 hnology and telecommunications. He has led technology policy in the\n   Se
 nate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee\, on the\n   Commi
 ttee on Oversight and Government Reform\, and the Committee on\n   Homelan
 d Security. Mike was also the lead cybersecurity oversight\n   attorney th
 at investigated the data breaches at the Office of\n   Personnel Managemen
 t in 2014.\n\n   '\n\n   1. #LVCCW_Level2_West\n\n\n
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LOCATION:Policy @ DEF  CON - LVCCW Level 2 W210-211 (Policy Village)
SUMMARY:Not Your Parents’ Schoolhouse Rock: Getting Tech Policy Done in a
  Non-Functioning Congress
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