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Let's Not Wait On Infrastructure
| 题名： | Let's Not Wait On Infrastructure |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 摘要： | The American Society of Civil Engineers released its Infrastructure Report Card, giving Americas infrastructure a dismal grade of C-, on March 3. The report helped to galvanize interest in the Biden administration's proposed infrastructure bill, which is being debated in Congress right now, with a recently concluded meeting in the Oval Office between President Biden and congressional leaders. As we and others have noted, one of the sticking points is what counts as "infrastructure." The Biden administration is trying to use broad public and bipartisan support for infrastructure to include items like health care that are not traditionally thought of as infrastructure. Republicans also refuse to raise taxes substantially to pay for the Biden proposals. As if on cue, news came May 8 of a hack by cyber criminals of the Colonial Pipeline, which carries 45 percent of the Northeast's oil and gas supplies, 2.5 million gallons a day. The ransomware attack only targeted information systems, not operational controls, according to the pipeline's operator, but it took the pipeline temporarily offline as a precaution while it scrubbed its files. At this writing, the pipeline is back online, although experts said supply chain disruptions could continue for several days. The vulnerability of pipelines, the electric grid and other key parts of infrastructure to cyberattack has long been pointed out by experts. |
| 出版年： | 2021 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 135 |
| 期： | 7 |
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