it was interesting to hear kshemendra dr. king strategy. i reminisce as he was talking, and i was in the room when that was released back in october of 2007. and a lot of time and effort and hard work went into that by many of you in this room. and also the criminal intelligence coordinating council that kshemendra spoke about before, that they've been pushing and leading a lot of these initiatives that have led the federal government to rally around the effort. and that's something that we certainly need to continue. in fact the global advisory committee also exchanged well, i see don roy here, and if of the things that are currently underway. so as we build that refresh, i'm sure, i'm confident, given, kshemendra, you've already spoken to the cic see, you write out that many of the and it's good to see that that integration is continuing. i think it should also be recognizable that the secretary's been very forward leaning as it relates to information sharing. in fact, she spoke about it within one week after taking office. and she's been

kshemendra, we appreciate the premarks. it's been a change of pace having been in the policy world for a little too long than i should have been in my naval career. but getting remarks from an engineer, there was actually substance in there and i'm not used to that. it was great. i was like wow, we're actually getting facts and details and a plan and how refreshing and then you also gave us homework, which is good, so for those of you who thought you were going to just get a free lunch and listen -- >> that's open government in action. >> so we are going to take those questions and we are going to try to address those for you. another reminder to everyone here before we go into the questions, in addition to c-span here, we also are live web casting this on our web site, there's a link at www.ise.gov, and this will be available for down load on itunes in the future, if you want to go back over kshemendra's very substantive remarks. it's very refreshing that we actually -- i think people like to roll up their sleeves and actu

kshemendra, we appreciate the premarks. it's been a change of pace having been in the policy world for a little too long than i should have been in my naval career. but getting remarks from an engineer, there was actually substance in there and i'm not used to that. it was great. i was like wow, we're actually getting facts and details and a plan and how refreshing and then you also gave us homework, which is good, so for those of you who thought you were going to just get a free nch and listen -- >> that's open government in action. >> so we are going to take those questions and we are going to try to address those for you. another reminder toveryone here before we go into the questions, in addition to c-span here, we also are live web casting this on our web site, there's a link at www.ise.gov, and this will be available for down load on itunes in the future, if you want to go back over kshemendra's very substantive remarks. it's very refreshing that we actually -- i think people like to roll up their sleeves and actually