Efforts. Do the other two Panel Members want to weigh in on this concern that we have following disasters that there are entities such as russia, that are spreading misinformation to people who are already in great pain. No. You agree that we need to put in place ways that we can counter this kind of misinformation. Right, i think the challenge of misinformation with these tools, as i mentioned in my testimony, in my written testimony with the recent reports about what was happening with facebook and other kinds of social media. We see misinformation across a wide range of topic areas. From the natural disasters to as i mentioned in my opening statement, all kinds of activities of the u. S. Government are either doing or putting in place. So i think its a growing issue. Yes, i want to note that in the case of maui the families of federal agencies were there over 25 or so agencies with over 1,000 personnel and yet there was all this, this information, this information out there saying the response was lacking. And so this kind of sowing of mistrust by i would say russia was a big actor in this instance. Once again for mr. Stevens, i just want to note that your testimony highlighted some of the ways that ai can provide breathtaking opportunities for invasions. But what are the doe labs doing to ensure that the technologies youre helping to develop are accessible to Small Businesses to help them innovate. So were very concerned about the availability of Small Businesses and students and so on to learn about ai and to use ai. I think the, this concept is often called democatization. The different labs have programs to make access to our computing facilities and a. I. Models we produce that are open, that are safe and secure available to those communities and we provide help for those communities whether its Small Businesses or whether its local governments to gain access to our systems to do that. And i think its an ongoing effort. I think more needs to be done there and i think working in concert with other agencies particularly nsf Something Like the nair initiative could actually make a big impact on that. Its something we should do together. Thank you, thank you mr. Chairman. Thank you, senator. Now we have senator mckouski. Thank you. As was e lute now we have senator murkowski. Thank you, as you eluded to. Something that has been proven to be tediously long. Do you see application fors being able to streamline some internal government processes so that we can reduce the time for instance that it might take for an agency to deliver on a permit. Or to really just kind of process any paper work, reduce workloads. How do you see this being utilized for the good . I think the short answer is absolutely. Were sitting on a treasuretrove of data from previous applicants for different permits out there. We can shrink the time lines with permitting, we can take advantage of that data and the way that allows us to do what we need to do is build out our infrastructure, so theres no doubt in my mind theres an awful lot of good that can happen in the energy space including renewables. We have a lot of Renewables Coming into place. Youve had a couple of opportunities to come to alaska. You have been ready and very well as to many of the unique aspects. Unfortunately one of the unique aspects that we have is sometimes we have a lack of data. We just havent done the mapping. We havent done the review. The analysis, your outbook is your outlook is as good as your input. Making sure that some areas some states like alaska where data is just not complete. That theyre not actually disadvantaged. Have you given some thought to that . Yes, and its been a pleasure to work with your staff. I have had the chance to come to alaska and anchorage and really help from folks in terms of what we can do from the department of energy what we can do. I think you raised a great point. A. I. Is only as good as the data you pour into it. I think its a continuing effort on our part and eager to work with you in our Arctic Energy office so that were doing everything we can, working with others in the federal department. So that it can be feeding into these a. I. Models. So its an ongoing effort. Were trying to make sure that were bringing that in to everything that we do. So its an ongoing effort and something that we will continue working on. We do need to Work Together on it. As we identify, i spend a fair amount of my time on the appropriation side with the department of interior budget. And recognize that were still directing a lot of resources, federal resources to just basic mapping. Just basic mapping. So weve got a long ways to go there. Let me ask you about, department of interior. About a month ago the i. G. For interior Mark Greenblatt noted in an oped in the Washington Post that there had been an inspection under taken by his office. And they were able to use a simple tool to crack more than 18,000 or 21 of the documents pass words. This included Senior Department officials. Hundreds belonging to employees with elevated privileges. More than 14 of these pass words were cracked within the first 90 minutes of testing. And he noted that his office was able to do this by spending less than 15,000. That should alarm all of us. Probably a general question, and i hope you answer yes, but, we understand what happens or happened at interior. Is department of energy any better prepared to ward off nefarious actors than we saw at doi. Were trying to continuously improve one of the things that makes me most nervous. And youre right to point out the benefits of a. I. But one of the Biggest Challenges and the technologies only improving and improving. Whether its Cyber Security or a number of other things. Bio hazards and proliferation as well. We need to take that head on. Thats why we need to make the investments. So we can detect these type of things and be alead of the curve as much as we can. This is something we need to be working on every day, the Energy Sector and private companies as well. This should be a wake up call. The pandoras box is open now we need to deal with it. We need to take these challenges head on. Were not there. Were not there where we need to be. Thats why we need to put together with our ideas to do what we can with the Department Energy side. Have the back and forth with you and others here in congress to make sure that we are as prepared as we possibly can. We have work to do. We have work to do. My fear is what we saw with the department of interior its just one department of 12. And where the vulnerabilities may be a little bit different but the impact can be equally. Huge. Equally disastrous. Mr. Chairman, thank you. Thank you. Now we have senator cortez masto. Thank you, in nevada we have and i want to thank also hewelett packered they Hewlett Packard, they were a part of this. I think those red team hacking weekends are just as important. Thats the manual piece of it. I think dr. Stevens you mentioned we need to continue. I know this weekend in particular that we were talking about in august in las vegas. It was designed around the White House Offices of policy blueprint for a. I. Bill of rights and its a competition that happens regularly. My question here is one that needs to continue. Two though, is also building our cyber work force. Right. Thats whats key to this as well that we need to have more engagement in building that work force. I am proud that, unlv was the host of this and will continue to be the host of these type of red team hacking exercises. But it also is part of this idea that we have to create these Academic Centers of Excellence Center of defense. Which unlv is, i think many of you are participating in those exercises. I think my question to you deputy turk is, what else should we be doing to build out that work force. How does that fit in to what we are trying to achieve with developing that cyber work force. What else do we know to be known here in congress to support it . So the work force piece is absolutely indispensable. I think theres a number of ways we need to come at it. We need to have a coherent strategy. If you want to have top talent come into government for all the functions we need to serve you have to have cutting edge facilities and capabilities right. The fact we have the largest super computer is a pretty nice atractor attracter for those wanting to do the work. The private sector is going to be able to pay more than the government. Although we have bonuses and things we can do. Having the a lab gives us more flexibility than if we were the private kind of sense. Professor stevens can talk about using those partnerships. Argo labs has a partnership with chicago, cutting Edge University there. That helps in important ways to try to channel as much folks as we can into this sector. I think theres no way we have a successful a. I. Strategy as a country unless we have the work force and pipeline for the work force making sure we have that capability not just in the private sector, incredibly important but in the government for all the functions that we need to have here. And as were building out that work force, im going to ask Hewlett Packard if you can, they have a future work academy for community and technical colleges and theyre involved with nearly, i want to say 100 institutions and over 5,000 students. The infrastructure is correct. Absolutely. I want to say the years that weve had, that really is the best practice once you have the center with the compute capability but you bring together those domain experts that are local to that institution. You know you bring the universities that are local there as well. And it really does allow you to develop that local work force and as we think about a. I. And needing more and more of that expertise. Its a great best practice to again help develop that work force locally. And just kind of grow and innovate together. This is the opportunity and maybe dr. Steven i want to talk to you. Its great to overlay a frame work. And develop principles in that frame work. This is an opportunity as we are building out that cyber work force to grow those values and principals around a. I. Is that the goal as we develop this curriculum. Yeah, absolutely. As a. I. Becomes more powerful has already been mentioned, it does two things. For somebody who knows how, knows something it empowers them to do more. Whether thats somebody whos defending our system from a Cyber Security stand point. It allows them to be more powerful. To address more systems, to be more powerful. But it also empowers the other side to be more aggressive on hold up they might attack systems. We need to of course win those battles and we have to create a community and a new way of thinking. A. I. Enabled a. I. Strategy. Thats something we want to start teaching. I think we have an opportunity to bring more people into the work force with this by attaching it to a. I. Agenda. Thank you, mrs. Puglisi. It really what does it take to have that technically proficient that doesnt really need a degree or advanced degree. I would venture to say thats really important to start and begin that at the k through 12 level. And really lay that ground work because thats whats really going to take to compete. That appears to be happening. With the different competition and whether its the federal government or private sector thats the focus, correct. Correct. And theyve done a lot of work with the importance of competitions as well as looking at the demographic of that work force so that we make sure we have that. Thank you. If we could, we have those two votes 1145. We have to keep our questions. I know we went to several five minutes, if you need a little longer fine. If you can stay closer to five, that would be great. Senator holly. Mr. Turk, since i had you before me last time we talked. We talked about the radio active contamination that the federal government has delivered to the st. Louis and st. Charles regions of our state. In particular we talked about gena Elementary School in the greater st. Louis region which was then and is now closed by Nuclear Contamination after tests in schools. When we visited last, this was in february you told me you were having conversations about it. Im just looking at the transcript here. I asked you about the department of energy requesting additional testing. You said ive seen the letter, were talking about it. Were having conversation including with the army corp. You said again were having conversation with the army corp. I asked what you were going to do about it, you said you were working on it. Can you tell me what you have done. Theres a letter thats going to come out. The secretary and myself, the head of my legacy team, carmelo is working with the army corp. And others on this front. And on the testing side in particular, i pushed the team several times. I said what can we do. Is there something we can do on our side. And we have been working with the army corp. Were playing more of a supporting role but were happy to not only play that supporting role but push and work to be responsive. Certainly to listen to the concerns that you have expressed. Its a horrific situation. Im a parent, if this were happening at their schools i would be nervous. If it was a school close by, i would be nervous as well. Thank you for all your focus on this very important issue. When you say youre happy to do it. Are you doing it to do the additional testing . We are having active conversations with the army corp. Thats what you said in february. Its because its under foos wrap to do. We are having conversations about what more they are doing right now and they are doing more right now. I will let them talk to you about other testing. Im aware of what theyre doing. Listen, let me tell you what the situation is. Just a few days ago, the army corp. Reported they removed 301 truckloads, 301 truckloads of radio active dirt from the bank of the creek thats right near the Elementary School. Now this comes after they said for months there was no contamination any where near the Elementary School. Thats what they said. Thats what they said to the community, to parents and the school district. They said they werent going to do any more testing, it was your responsible to do more testing. You said no its not its their responsibility. So currently nobody is doing anything more additionally. This isnt just a few months mr. Turk. This is 70 years. Since 1949. 1949. There has been contamination, radio active contamination in water, in the soil, all over the st. Louis region. Thats a heck of a long time. And for 70 years what we now know we discovered even since you and i talked last, because of the efforts of st. Louis residents that got foya materials that show the federal government knew from the 50s and 60s forward that there was significant radio active contamination and they did nothing about it and they systematically lied to the people of st. Louis. They said no its okay, play in the creek its fine. Theres nothing we can do here. Its the same old story over and over. I dont want to hear about conversations i want to hear about action. I want that school reopened. Now tell me about the well and spring site which another one of these Nuclear Contamination sites. You have total ownership of that. When is it going to be totally remediated. The response we got you tells the history. I know the history. Tell me how it will be remediated. We have precursor agencies that are responsible for the kinds of time periods youre talking about and we lay that history out just from our records. But happy to go into any level of detail of what the government did, 20, 30, 40, 50 years ago based on our record along those lines. Were very focused on the creek. Ive got a map here right in front of me looking at all the schools and others in the vicinity of the water. When is the well and spring site which is squarely under your legislation. Under your administration. Were getting to that. You didnt think i was going ask about that. You were before me in february and said ive had a lot of conversations, ill get back to you. Now youre saying, im going to have a bunch of conversations, ill get back to you. I can get you that information today. Good, today will be good. I will get it back to you today. Ill hold it to you, im glad were in an open forum. Lets get that done and lets get a date fixed of the remediation of well and springs. When people are saying, theres a remediation. And for those of you saying, boy he was talking about an Elementary School before and now theres another site. Yes theres multiple sites and theres nothing being done about it. I recently submitted a request that would provide compensation to the victims of this Nuclear Contamination. I am delighted to say it passed the senate and as ive looked across here, just about every person on that side, voted for it. I thank each of you. Senator lou and i worked on it. The president , President Biden has said he thinks it is vitally important to get these folks compensated for what happened to them. Do you agree with that . Do you support our legislation to compensate the victims in st. Louis and elsewhere of Nuclear Contamination and radio active waste. I certainly support the intent behind the legislation. I cant speak for them or the administration. You will not agree with the president . I will always agree with the president. Do you support the legislation. Senator, can we hold. To compensate the victims. I will leave it to the president to talk about Administration Policy on this. If you can go to the second round. Let everybody get their first round and well come back okay. Thank you. Thank you mr. Chairman, a tool that is a detection system it was used to help ukraine and some of the maui aftermath. Others in the institute for maui environment have shown how they have helped in enforcement and surveys of our land for conversation purposes. So we need to invest i believe in more invasion.