mr. ware and mr. shear, thank you for being here and for keeping this committee updated and well informed on the sba's endemic response. i know that this has been a significant challenge for the small business administration over the last just over a year now and we appreciate the work that the sba and its employees have undergone to make sure that our small businesses as many as possible could survive this public health crisis. it's clear from testimony today though that there has been some internal controls that are lacking an action in the sba has resulted in several issues that ultimately harm the people that we're trying to help, those small business owners get while the sba should certainly work towards corrective actions based on experience over the last year, we have an opportunity to add more internal controls and address these issues as we stand up new programs such as the shuttered venue operators grant and the restaurant revitalization fund. so in questioning a moment ago touched on this b

mr. ware and mr. shear, thank you for being here and for keeping this committee updated and well informed on the sba's endemic response. i know that this has been a significant challenge for the small business administration over the last just over a year now and we appreciate the work that the sba and its employees have undergone to make sure that our small businesses as many as possible could survive this public health crisis. it's clear from testimony today though that there has been some internal controls that are lacking an action in the sba has resulted in several issues that ultimately harm the people that we're trying to help, those small business owners get while the sba should certainly work towards corrective actions based on experience over the last year, we have an opportunity to add more internal controls and address these issues as we stand up new programs such as the shuttered venue operators grant and the restaurant revitalization fund. so in questioning a moment ago touched on this b

ware we're receiving from our suppliers is more secure. thank you any time is expired. >> i have one follow-up question and i think mr. mccann might be best for you but whoever -- could help me with this i would appreciate it we're all aware of how destabilizing cybercapabilities can be and makes them extremely valuable especiallyow when you consider investment required to conduct cyberoperations protecting in cyberattacks, as much more difficult process, with every pieceta of personal equipment network that is potential vulnerability, it is our job to ensure that we're investing the resources into the proper programs. to maximize our defensive and offensive capabilities. you stated that an identity credential access management system or i-cam is critical because we have to constantly verify identify and access of everyst sector of the network so request that being said have we budgeted for that and are we acquiring that or moving in that direction? >> chairman manchin yes, we have budgeted for that. right now, we have a solution an enterprise level solution or i-cam that has been developed by defense agencies, we're