dr. rosekind. this may not be entirely within your area, but you're aware another subcommittee held a hearing on the volkswagen emission issue. do you know what are the standard allowable nitrous oxide emissions are? we were told in the other sub committee that 10 to 20 to 30 to 40% more than was allowable. can you give me a figure in grams or liters of what is allowable under nitrous oxide emission? >> i can make sure we send you a technical report so i can give you a specific number. >> that would be great. and i would like to know what that was in calendar year 2000 as a reference point. would that be possible? >> you bet. >> i will yield back. recognize the ranking member, ms. schakowskyschakowsky. >> thank you. i'd actually like the victims or their families of the gm switch failure to raise your hands. i want to thank you very much for coming today. i know this is of great interest to you. i have a question for dr. rosekind. so this draft would require nhtsa to coordinate with auto manufactur

dr. rosekind. this may not be entirely within your area, but you're a with another subcommittee held a hearing on the volkswagen a mission problem and the defeat device. do you know what is, what are the standard allowable night's oxide emissions under current epa guidelines for we were told in the other subcommittee 20-40% more than allowable. can you give me a figure in grams or leaders or what is allowable under nitrous oxide emission? >> i can make sure we send you a technical report so i could give you a specific number. >> that would be great. i would also like information as to what that was in calendar year 2000, just as a reference point. would that be possible? >> you bet. >> i will yield back and recognize the ranking member five minutes for questions. >> i would actually like the victims or the families of the gm switch fear delays raise their hands us a window where you, you are. i want to thank you very much for coming today. i know this is of great interest to you. i have a question

dr. rosekind.dexes of you should cybersecurity weaknesses -- in nhtsa that you should cybersecurity weaknesses betrayed the same as traditional safety vehicle defects? what safety to safety standard estimates of misusing to make that determination? if not, how is nhtsa addressing cybersecurity weaknesses in vehicles? >> so there are a few questions in the al-qaeda go to the core. you are right, things have changed dramatically. the secretary and nhtsa are excited about being technology innovation accelerate our work in safety. but sophistry is one of the areas of going to take a collaboration across government, the manufacturers and others who understand cybersecurity to forget what needs to get done. we have all kinds of tools from rulemaking to all kinds of voluntary efforts that manufactures want to do. we have to acknowledge that information sharing and analysis center was created by the automakers to make sure they could get together and identify and share information of the critical element.

dr. rosekind. in nhtsa's view, should cybersecurity weaknesses be treated the same way as traditional vehicle safety defects? if so, what federal motor safety standards is nhtsa using to make that determination? if not, how is nhtsa addressing cybersecurity weaknesses in vehicles? >> there are a few questions in there, and i'll try to go to the core. you're right, things have changed dramatically. the secretary and nhtsa are really excited about seeing technology innovations accelerate our work and safety. but cybersecurity is one of the areas that's going to take a collaboration across government, manufacturers and roothers to figure out what needs to be done. we have tools from rule making to all kinds of voluntary efforts that the manufacturers want to do. so we have to absolutely acknowledge that information sharing and analysis center was created by the auto makers, to make sure they could get together and identify and share information, a critical element. i point out that you can ask for all

dr. rosekind. ya recognized for five minutes for an opening statement. >> chairman burgess, ranking member schakowsky come its approach represented in one of the national average traffic safety administration in offering the agency's perspective on how to strengthen our safety commission our mission is focus on saving the 32719 lives lost, prevented to put 1 million injuries and reducing the 5.4 million crashes that occurred on american roadways in 2013. nhtsa will continue to use every tool available in pursuit of public safety and interests last 10 months the agency is done the following. strengthen our oversight and enforcement vehicle safety, issuing records civil penalties for recall and state reporting failures and making innovative use of consent order order to ie safety performance in the auto industry. secret for cybersecurity related to safety defect recall in automotive history and made unprecedented use of our authority to explore measures just because complex each of recall in american

dr. mark rosekind, the administrator of the national highway traffic safety administration and mrs. maneesha mithal, the associate director of the division of privacy and identity protection at the federal trade commission. we appreciate both of you being here today and sharing your time with us. we'll begin the panel with you, dr. rosekind, and you are recognized for five minutes for an opening statement. >> it's a privilege to rep the men and women of the national highway traffic and safety administration. our mission is focused on saving the 32,719 lives lost, prechting the 2.1 million injuries, and reducing the 5.4 million crashes that occurred on american roadways in 2013. in just the last ten months, the agency has done the following. strengthened our oversight and enforcement on vehicle safety, issuing penalties for recall and safety reporting failures and making innovative orders to improve safety performance in the auto industry. we've embraced secretary fox's call to accelerate technologies that can save lives. accelerating proposed rule making on vehicle to vehicle techno

dr. rosekind, i just wanted to make sure that we offer, once again, the concept of people checking their vehicle identification numbers against the database that you provide and perhaps you could just detail how someone would do that if they wanted to check. >> chairman burgess, every time i appear before you, you graciously make sure that we provide information for consumers to do something about recalls. i can't thank you enough for that. because i don't think we are ever done getting the information out. people can go to safer car.gov and look up their vehicle identification number. if they find something, they have to act on it. call their dealer, get it fixed. >> if like me, they don't know their dealer vehicle identification number off the top of their head. is there a place to find that identification? >> good point. i'm sure not man eve us wouy of know that. you can find it on the windshield, on the insurance card. we have a mobile app. >> very good advice. and our trip up to your location, your fine people informed me that i had a problem with my vehicle, not the one i was expec