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Maryland Emergency Management Agency - Cybersecurity Coordination and Operations Office - Establishment

Sponsor: Katie Fry Hester (District 9)Committee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: Public SafetyStatus: First Reading Health and Government Operations (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing the Cybersecurity Coordination and Operations Office within the Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) to help improve statewide cybersecurity readiness and response; requiring the Director of MEMA to appoint an Executive Director as head of the Office; requiring the Office to be provided with sufficient staff to perform the Office's functions; requiring the Office to establish regional assistance groups to deliver or coordinate support services to political subdivisions, agencies, or regions; etc.

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Testimony (8)

MGA witness list
FAV 6FavorableINFO 2Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVBall, CalvinHoward County Office of County ExecutiveWritten (PDF)
FAVDay, RobertIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVHatch, JamesIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSenator Hester, Senator HesterlegislatorIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSingh, LindaIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVYelin, BenjaminIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
INFOKelly, CatherineMilitary DepartmentWritten (PDF)
INFOKemerer, HannibalOffice of Attorney GeneralWritten (PDF)

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