Dust on the shelf and they put together citizens against government waste and the lobbying arm of that called the council for citizens against government waste. The job of the organization is to uncover, expose, publicize, and a limited government waste and fraud and mismanagement. Brian what is the pig book . Thomas it started in the early 1990s. Following the release of a list of unauthorized programs which was done under president reagan in 1988, we got the idea of taking that list and figuring out how those expenditures were getting into the bills if they were not supposed to be there. We worked with a Bipartisan Coalition of members of congress which was then called the congressional pork busters coalition and they came up with us, a definition. It was called porkbarrel spending. And then called earmarks. Then we started the pig book. The first was 3 billion and it went up to 29 billion in 2006. Every year and that we can find earmarks in the appropriations will, we release a cong
Other countries in the region are not spending massive amounts on defense. Although, australia and japan have committed to increase spending, particularly on maritime capability. Generally, were seeing a reduction in the resources of the u. S. And its potential Coalition Partners and an increase overall. So the task of managing this challenge and monitoring it is becoming greater. Then as i said, were seeing gaps in capability. Notwithstanding the u. S. Rebalance, there are limits to resources in terms of humanitarian assistance, in terms of amphibious capability, in terms of assets, undersea assets. The u. S. Attack submarine fleet actually around the mid 2020s will start to get smaller, not larger, for example. And gaps in cyber, Missile Defense and Maritime Security more broadly. For that reason, i really chose to focus my paper on Maritime Security and how we can take the framework of federated defense and start to actualize it in terms of real capability. In the region. Then i nar
Sorry. Go back. So, when we think about the internet of things, we in industry, in government, we think in history and government, we think about industrial control. We think about lighting, parking. Those are all very good and things that can save us money and increase our efficiency and do those things, but our users are thinking other things. Users are thinking about their smartphone, their smart thermostat, toaster, if you will, and all of the many devices they want to bring. To our users, this has become very important. Especially when you talk about the new workforce that is entering our businesses and our government, the younger generations are coming in with this preconceived notion all of these things are going to work. And in fact, bitcom did a study where they surveyed 14 to 29yearolds and they asked them, i cannot imagine life without . The answer was mobile phone was 97 . Internet was 84 . And a car, which was very becoming less important and most telling of this survey is
An operators standpoint, like i said, whether talking about Natural Disaster or terrorist attack, your defenses or your Safety Systems have be to able to handle all of them. U. S. Regulators trying them. Euatom has done a lot on that. They conducted stress tests. Its supposed to stress the reactor, simulate it stress the rea rea reactor, not result in release or radiation. Of course euatomorrow has all of the rebustness built in, if an operator fails that test, for political pressure to put on them online with requirement of the stress test but it has not happened. But if someone failed they could be brought to the European Court of justice and litigated against. And i assume if youre brought to the court of justice, that mean yours reactor has to shut down. Again, northeast asia, im not sure how you would put in that robust a system. Youre go back to the domestic regulator to make sure they do that. But certainly, then in this type of dialogue, in the four i mentioned, hopefully those
Rehabilitation services, into victim services. So if this proposition passes the people, the voter, will ship to many resources and lower the amount of time that people can spend in prison for substance abuse, for petty theft, receiving stolen properties. Theres six lowlevel offenses that will change. And it will also make people who have went to prison for those crimes eligible for an expungement. And im really excited about it because after being released from prison 20 years, after rehabilitating myself and hundreds and hundreds of others, jeanne, ill be eligible to get an expungement or ill be eligible to clean up my record. I will be eligible to not be punished anymore for medicating my grief with an illegal substance. And incarcerated when i lost my son. And thats not just me. Those are hundreds of thousands of more californians. So im really, you know, like gung ho. Don ho for prop 47. Prophet, i think you mentioned a little bit the political ship is going on and you saw that in