mr. kshemendra paul, program manager for the information sharing environment at the office of the director of national intelligence. as program manager mr. polis governmentwide authority to plan, oversee the build up and managed use of information sharing environment. he also co-chairs the white house information sharing and access inner agency policy committee. picture now recognizes mr. paul for his testimony. >> chairman mccaul, ranking member keating, distinguished members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today. my name is kshemendra paul. i am the program manager for the information sharing environment. by training and profession i am an information technologist. formally i was the chief architect of the federal government. my office works with mission partners, federal, state, local, tribal, private sector and internationally. together, our focus is on improvement of the management, discovery, fusing, sharing delivery of and collaboration around terrorism related for me. the role of my office is planning oversight and management. we span a variety of communiti c

mr. kshemendra paul, the program manager for the information sharing environment at the office of the directorof national intelligence. as program manager mr. paul has governmentwide authority to plan and receive the buildout and managed use of information sharing environment. he also co-chairs the white house's information sharing and access to inter-agency policy committee. the chair now recognizes him for his testimony. speech airman mccaul, ranking member keating distinguish members of the committee thank you for inviting me to testify today. my name is kshemendra paul. i'm the program manager for the information sharing environment. my training and profession i'm an information technologist. formerly i was the chief architect in the federal government. my office works with mission partners, federal, state, local, tribal, private sector and internationally. together our focus is on the improvement of management, discovery, using, sharing, delivery of and collaboration around terrorist related information. the role of my office is planning oversight and management. we span a variety of comm

mr. kshemendra paul for the information sharing environment at the office of the director of national intelligence as program manager, mr. paul has government-wide authority to plan, oversee the buildout and managed use of information-sharing environment. he also co-chairs the white house's information sharing and access interagency policy committee. the chair now recognizes mr. paul for his testimony. >> chairman mccaul, ranking member keating, distinguished members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today. my name is kshemendra paul, i'm the program manager for the information-sharing environment. my training and profession, i'm an information technologist. formerly, i was the chief architect of the federal government. my office works with mission partners, federal, state, local, tribal, private sector and internationally. together our focus is on the improvement of the management, discovery, fusing, sharing, delivery of and collaboration around terrorism-related information. the role of my office is planning oversight and management. we span a variety of communities; law enf

mr. paul for his testimony. >> chairman mccaul, ranking member keating, distinguished members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today. my name is kshemendra paul, i am the program manager for the information-sharing environment. by training and profession, i'm an information technologist. formerly i was the chief architect of the federal government. my office works with mission partners, federal, state, local, tribal, private sector and internationally. together our focus is on the improvement of the management, discovery, fusing, sharing, delivery of and collaboration around terrorism-related information. the role of my office is planning oversight and management. we span a variety of communities; law enforcement, homeland security, defense, foreign affairs and intelligence. as my office and our partners continue to implement responsible information-sharing practices, we reflect on the progress we've made across the nation as well as recognizing that work remains. in january director clapper spoke of the national responsibility to share information. he encapsulated our vision. he said, and i quote: the right data anytime, think place --