September 25, 2008

Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of theCommittee on Energy and Commerce U.S. House of Representatives

Statement of Gregory H. Friedman, Inspector General U.S. Department of Energy

Mr. Chairman and members of the Subcommittee, I am pleased to be here at your request to testify on matters relating to cyber security at the Department of Energy’s (Department) national defense laboratories. These laboratories, which are part of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), possess and process some of the Department’s most sensitive information; information which is critical to the Nation’s defense.