By the time i took this job in 2015, having come out of the private sector. All the loan funding had been obligated and my principle focus was to ensure we had the best possible oversight practices, one of the first things i did was hire an independent Consulting Firm to do a Risk Assessment of all the companies fresh. Our approach was driven by three unique challenges. First, the challenges coops have had should not be viewed as a co op problem. But as a Small Business startup problem in a very difficult industry. I hazard to say that all the Small Companies experience similar challenges. Co op and nonco op. While we were making loans with companies to 30 to 50 employees, they are competing with companies with multiple thousands of people and worth tens of billions of dollar s in capital. Trial and error is a part of creating success. In this situation, with the limited capital available, and competing against giants. The coops had very little room for error. Second, as mr. Cumaha the
Generating 46 million in proceeds. Beyond our brick and mortar infrastructure is our Information Technology infrastructure in which the government and the Global Economy depends. Reliable i. T. Is vital to all of the services the government provides. However, many agencies are not able to effectively have i. T. Infrastructure, emission writ call systems due to large upfront Capital Investment needs and increasing share of costs that maintaining these older systems occupy in technology budgets. To address these issues, the budget includes requests to establish a 3. 1 billion Information Technology fund, which would be used to retire and modernize legacy and Information Technology systems to improve Cyber Security and the delivery of services as well as reduce costs. In closing, gsa has made significant progress in fulfilling our mission to delivery the best value and Real Estate Acquisition and Technology Services to government and the American People. The president s fy2017 request wil
This morning by the Prime Minister of israel, b of terrorism and radical islam please join me in welcoming Benjamin Netanyahu and first lady, sarah netayahu. [applause] mr. Prime minister. Todays key american proisrael community is gathered, 14,000 strong, to send a clear message to the people of israel, those of us in this room, and millions more support israels struggle for peace and security. Thank you for your leadership and thank you for being with us today. Ladies and gentlemen, it is my great honor to welcome the Prime Minister of the state of israel, Benjamin Netanyahu. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. I bring you greetings from jerusalem. The e eternal, undivided capital of israel and the jewish people. [applause] i want to thank all of you for working so tirelessly to strengthen the alliance between israel and america. Americans support for israel, for that alliance, is at an alltime high and i can tell you there is no coun
They are out of town for the holiday recess, but work continues behind the scenes. Heres the president legislative director on fox news sunday. Where are we with health care . We are getting close. The American People know that obamacare is failing. They know rates will skyrocket. They know insurers are flea markets. Last year alone, 83 insurers left the market. People know this is a dramatic situation. The president this week is making calls to members to try to get this package across the finish line. Heather mike emanuel life rest in washington. My, where do things stand now . Hello. Theyre analyzing a couple different versions of the Senate Health care plan. One includes amendment from mike lee and ted cruz. It is called the Consumer Freedom act which will allow plans that do not meet all of the obamacare requirements. That should make some insurance premiums a lot cheaper. Theres also a push to split, repeal, and replace. We try to get 50 of 52 and the present to agree on a combin