mr. schoeller. >> i think the issue is broad enough that the coordination is good. and i think the ac in terms of the other areas they help out in terms of the clearing house for best practices of a local election officials, those types of things they provide the dhs is not going to provide. but i think when it comes to protecting ourselves in terms of the cyber world, i don't think it can be too broad at this point. >> and as an interface, you would be comfortable reporting things to eac that then they would report on to homeland security if they decide it necessary? >> yes. >> and, correct, we didn't -- the information sharing protocols that the gcc has developed, that's not the exact design. but i have no doubt that the officials at the hcc and gas will share information. >> thank awe of -- all of you. we started a couple of votes we need to go to. we appreciate you and the other witnesses being present today. the record will be open for a week from today and there may be some questions that come to you in writing. and if they do, we hope you would respond to tho

mr. schoeller. >> good morning, mr. chairman, ranking member klobuchar hand distinguished members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to offer testimony this morning. my name is shane schoeller and honored to serve. county clerk in green county, missouri. the county clerk is responsible for several administrative duties for the county. these duties include tax administration and licensing and notary issuance, county payroll and retention and archival county records, voter registration and election administration. election tracking is clearly the most visible duty of all that i just mentioned. duty that my fellow colleagues take seriously. as we work tirelessly to ensure the correct ballot is given to each voter and correctly tabulated. it's important in the context to recognize that each state is unique in how their elections are administered but not unique for several other administrative duties. this is decentralized state by state and county by county. which is advantage in protecting against cyber attacks