It is not enough to praise you, we have to protect you. We have to pay you, and you deserve leadership that listens to you and that works as hard for you as you do for the families in your community. Because you are in your own communities. You know the people that you are caring for. So i want to hear from you today, what is on your mind, what you think is needed most, what i can do as your president to help you and your colleagues and the challenges you have. Can do as your president to help you and your colleagues and the challenges you have. Im not going to talk much more, but i would like to hear from each of you, and then what i would like to do how are we doing this . Thank you so much, president elect biden. We agree. Agree, its time to hear from our guest. So ill turn it over to mr. Tony murray. Please, tony, introduce yourself and share with us your experience. Hello. First of all, thank you for the opportunity, and dr. Smith, this great panel of people. Its such an opportuni
And for being willing to share what youre going through, because i want to know first hand. I dont want to know from reading about it in the press. This crisis has shown the nation we literally couldnt surviveow without you all. I mean thatt sincerely. You always have been essential, even if most of america has learned that term until recently. You have been protecting our b communities vermonts, being called on once again as the fiber surges across the nation and i think in each of your errors thats basically doubled. Its not enough to praise you. We have to. Protect you and pay you, and you deserve leadership that listens to you and that works as hardan for you as you o for the families in your communities because you are ine your own communities, you know the people you are caring for. I want to hear from you today whats on your mind, what you think is needed most, what i can do as your president to help you and your colleagues and the challenges you have. But im not going to talk m
Modernizing the teleworking moving forward using Lessons Learned during the covid19 pandemic. We should have some good come out of this pandemic. This hearing is focused on what we can gain, what gaps are still there, and what better we can do for this process. Its been a decade since the last telework legislation. The telework enhancement act of it set the baseline standards 2010. For them to follow with telework and over the last 10 years, weve seen great advances in technology and workforce expectations and the increase in cybersecurity threats. So many changes in the world, it makes sense to take a close look at the telework policies and strategies than the federal workforce. Current pandemic has acted as a magnifying glass for telework policy improvement. This Committee Held a hearing in july and during the hearing we were able to gather valuable information concerning what private employers have done to support the Remote Workforce and we were able to draw Lessons Learned with ho
How are you doing, will . Super bowl weekend. Will right here. Good morning to you both. Thats right. Im live here in tampa. Super bowl lv. I know you are very excited about that jedediah. We will get your picks later. We know you will change the chiefs or the punxsutawney. For now a hometown battle in tampa. Hometown bucs look to be pretty popular, pete. Pete whats the feel . You are there on the ground. Its a little bit different everything is a little bit different whats the vibe in tampa . Will its excited because there is a Hometown Team for the first time Playing In Home Stadium for the super bowl. Its tampered by the bittersweet relation what would it be like if it were a normal year. Street packed and cash registers ringing they recognize its a little down from expectations. Pete absolutely. Jedediah i know you are waiting for my pick. Im waiting for yours, will cain. I had a conversation about it yesterday. You know what . Im going to wait and hold my pick and see who will pic
Seen across the country. We will speak to raj patel, author stuffed and starved the hidden battle for the worlds food system. Then a betting pool . That is what managers at a tyson pork slaughterhouse set up a to bet on how many workers would get covid. Six workers died at the iowa plant. More than 1000 were infected. Finally, 2020 has become the deadliest year on record for transgender and gender nonconforming people. We will speak to tori cooper of human Rights Campaign. Vionce iibly toxic and all of these Different Things that make trans lives being devalued. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The Trump Administration has cleared the way for president elect joe bidens transition after 16 days of delay that threatened to derail the incoming administrations preparations for reviving the economy and battling the coronavirus pandemic. Emily murphy, the trumpappointed head of the General Services administ