# Sunshine Act Notice; Notice of Public Hearing Agenda
**AGENCY:**
U.S. Election Assistance Commission.
**ACTION:**
Sunshine Act Notice; Notice of Public Hearing Agenda
**DATE AND TIME:**
Tuesday, April 4, 2017, (10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.—EDT)
**PLACE:**
1335 East West Highway (First Floor Conference Room) Silver Spring, MD 20910
**AGENDA:**
Commissioners will hold a public hearing to discuss the implications for state and local jurisdictions following the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) recent designation of election infrastructure as a national critical infrastructure subsector. Commissioners will hear from a panel of state and local election administrators about their ideas and approaches for addressing new circumstances they expect to confront as a result of the DHS designation. Commissioners will hear from a panel of DHS officials on the implications of the critical infrastructure designation, and their work with state and local election officials to promote election security.
**STATUS:**
This hearing will be open to the public.
**PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION:**
Bryan Whitener, Telephone: (301) 563-3961.
Bryan Whitener,
Director of National Clearinghouse on Elections, U.S. Election Assistance Commission.