Strategic and International Studies and the International Security program and director of the Defense Industrial initiatives group that focuses on defense acquisition and increasingly on what i call the defense trade or the cooperation in the acquisition of the deal with our allies and partners. Im going to introduce the panel and maybe kick off the question and answer session with the group. Our panel is divided into two folks that are presenting and will speak to the presentations and other issues. The topic for the panel is finding opportunities to precipitate the u. S. Defense r d cooperation and we have a strong panel to present. On my left recently completed service in the last several months completed surface as the assistant secretary oassistant e Research Engineering at the u. S. Department of defense. He was the chief Technology Officer of the u. S. Department of defense and advisor to the secretary on all matters relating to Research Engineering until january of 2017. He ha
Joining us after the coffee break i hope everyone had a chance to refresh themselves and maybe chat with a new person youve met today. My name is andrew and i am a senior fellow at the center for strategic and International Studies and the International Security program and director of the Defense Industrial initiatives group that focuses on defense acquisition and increasingly on what i call the defense trade or the cooperation in the acquisition of the deal with our allies and partners. Im going to introduce the panel and maybe kick off the question and answer session with the group. Our panel is divided into two folks that are presenting and will speak to the presentations and other issues. The topic for the panel is finding opportunities to precipitate the u. S. Defense r d cooperation and we have a strong panel to present. On my left recently completed service in the last several months completed surface as the assistant secretary oassistant e Research Engineering at the u. S. Dep
Production in the United States this is good news for the us economy is trades and i am quoting you here, combined with the right policies. When you make that statement, are you referring to tax policies, energy policies, a combination of all of that . If you could go into that i would be curious. Very fortunate because we have oil, gas, Renewable Energy sourceand business here. By improvement of the technology you look more and more oil and gas, existing resources if the right incentives are provided to the industry. Number 2, i believe, huge potential to make more use of urban energies, solar and wind especially. I was able to see support for Renewable Energy policies. The production tax credit. Exactly. Third, very important, the Independence Energy dependence and Energy Dependence is based on two factors, one is encasing production and seconds, keeping consumption at a certain level and not to waste Energy Efficiency so i imagine Domestic Energy policies, in addition to supplyside
Bomb. There is no count of how many potentially suspect structures exist in the city. How many such structures are out there . How many occupants are out there . This type of tragedy may occur tomorrow, in a month. Berkeley city councilman also thinks the current proposals fall short. Its become clear that we do need more regulations to ensure balcony safety. There are more steps we can take as a community. The current ordinances would require mandatory ventilation and inspections every five years. Beyond that eric wants notice to residents that dont use steel in their structures but the family of one collapse victim wants to go further. Attorneys wrote, quote if the city wants to prevent another tragedy, these required inspections should be done at minimum, every year. Whatever the final forum if approved tonight it would go into affect immediately, requiring initial inspections within six months. In berkeley abc7 news. A bill that would have let regulators keep an eye on Construction
Barrier. Two lanes are now open. You can see where the stein is supposed to be. Crews removed it before 5 30 but the scene is dangerous for drivers. Southbound 101 lanes are open. And its now expected to reopen at 8 00 tonight. You can see traffic is slow and backed up in that area. Good evening thanks for joining us. Im matt keller. Im ama daetz the Berkeley City Council is poised to pass strict new guidelines tonight for the construction and inspection of apartment balconies. This is followed the collapse that killed six students. Some think the guidelines dont go far enough. That meeting set to begin here in about an hour, theyre looking at a series of ordinances urgency ordinances theyre calling them, to beef up construction here in the city. Some think that more needs to be done incding the family of a young victim from the north bay. Theyre a ticking time bomb. There is no count of how many potentially suspect structures exist in the city. How many such structures are out there .