The greatest means to combat these threats is a whole-of-society effort. In past election cycles, reporting by Americans about suspicious activity provided valuable insight which has made our elections more secure. We encourage every American to report any suspicious activity to their local officials, the FBI, or DHS. Americans should go to trusted sources for election information, such as their state and local election officials. An informed public is a resilient public. government will defend our democracy and maintain transparency with the American public about our efforts. While at this time we have no evidence of a compromise or disruption to election infrastructure that would enable adversaries to prevent voting, change vote counts or disrupt the ability to tally votes, we continue to vigilantly monitor any threats to U.S. Adversaries may try to accomplish their goals through a variety of means, including social media campaigns, directing disinformation operations or conducting disruptive or destructive cyber-attacks on state and local infrastructure. Russia, China, Iran, and other foreign malicious actors all will seek to interfere in the voting process or influence voter perceptions. Renegotiated in 2016 with the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (replacing the 1978 AuG- Interim Guidance as of December 1, 2016) the JPS clarifies the roles of the lawyer, the client and the auditor in the preparation of. Our adversaries want to undermine our democratic institutions, influence public sentiment and affect government policies. The Joint Policy Statement ( JPS) on Audit Inquiries addresses communication between lawyers and auditors. We remain firm in our commitment to quickly share timely and actionable information, provide support and services, and to defend against any threats to our democracy. territories, local officials, and private sector partners to identify threats, broadly share information, and protect the democratic process. government is working with all 50 states and U.S. In an unprecedented level of coordination, the U.S. The federal government is prioritizing the sharing of threat intelligence and providing support and services that improve the security of election infrastructure across the nation. Building on our successful, whole-of-government approach to securing the 2018 elections, we have increased the level of support to state and local election officials in their efforts to protect elections. Election security is a top priority for the United States Government. “Today, dozens of states and local jurisdictions are hosting their own elections across the country and, less than a year from now, Americans will go to the polls and cast their votes in the 2020 presidential election. Paul Nakasone, and CISA Director Christopher Krebs today released the following joint statement: Cyber Command Commander and NSA Director Gen. Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan, Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire, FBI Director Christopher Wray, U.S.
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