Senate Communications and Technology Committee and Local Government Committee
Wednesday, January 31, 2024 | 1 p.m.
Hearing Room 1, North Office Building
Agenda
1:00 p.m. – 1:05 p.m. Opening Remarks
Senator Brown, Majority Chair, Local Government
Senator Pennycuick, Majority Chair, Communications & Technology
Senator Kearney, Minority Chair, Local Government
Senator Dillon, Minority Chair, Communications & Technology
1:05 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Panel 1: Local Government and Municipal Authorities
Pennsylvania Municipal Authorities Association
John Berti, IT and Telecom Manager – Testimony
Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority
County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania
Joe Sassano, Executive Director of IT & Chief Information Officer – Testimony
York County
Pennsylvania Municipal League
Ken Cochran, Information Technology Division Manager – Testimony
City of Reading
Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs
Mark E. Stivers, AICP, Borough Manager – Testimony
Borough of Columbia, Lancaster County
Brian Rengert, Deputy Director of Government Relations – Testimony
Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors
2:00 p.m. – 2:55 p.m. Panel 2: Cybersecurity Experts
Susan Parnas Frederick, Esq., Sr. Federal Affairs Counsel – Testimony, Powerpoint
National Conference of State Legislatures
Unisys
John D. Alwine, Region Director – Pennsylvania – Testimony, Powerpoint
Tom Guenther, Information Technology Sr. Client Executive
Clifford Shier, CCISO, CGEIT, CISM, Managing Principal
Mai Abdelhakim, Ph.D., Assistant Professor – Testimony
University of Pittsburgh
2:55 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Closing Remarks/Adjournment
Additional Written Testimony – Ferguson Township, Centre County