You to our event with the assistant secretary of defense for into security affairs. We have been fortunate to engage him on several aspects of our policy research over the past decade and while he is serving in the Administration Since 2017 and randy thank you for your service to our country an Important Role you play in the administration. Randall shriver was appointed as assistant secretary of defense i President Donald Trump on january 82018 previously having served as Deputy Assistant secretary for Pacific Affairs under which portfolio he covered china taiwan hong kong and australia all the easy stuff. Earlier he held the role of chief of staff to the deputy secretary of state from 2,122,003 and served as an activeduty nato Intelligence Officer deployed in operation Desert Shield and desert storm. Beyond his government career randy has been a leading thinker on wings of issues in u. S. China relationships over two decades and a robust voice on the future of that relationship asking
Regional power and president xi jinpings leadership. Good morning. My name is bruce jones. Im the Vice President and the director for Foreign Policy here at brookington. Its my pleasure to welcome you this morning. I see lots of old friends in the audience and several new ones and its a pleasure to invite you to our event with the assistant secretary of defense for endopacific affairs, randall shriver. Weve been fortunate to engage him on several aspects of policy research over the past decade, and while hes been serving in the Administration Since 2017, and randy, thank you for your service to our country and the Important Role you play in this administration. Randall shriver was appointed as assistant secretary of defense by President Donald Trump on january 8th, 2018. Previously having served as Deputy Assistant secretary for east asian and pacific affairs, under which portfolio he covered china, tie won, hong kong and australia, all the easy stuff. Earlier he held the role of chief
Supervisors agenda. Can. Chairwoman item number one. Resolution authorizing the office of Contract Administration to enter into a First Amendment for marketplace purchases between the city and computerland to increase the total contract not to exceed 23 million, with no change to the threeyear term, with two oneyear options to extend. Chairwoman madam clerk, could you always read number two. Authorizing the office of the Contract Association to enter into a First Amendment marketplace purchases between the city and xjv. For a total contract amount not to exceed 44 million, to expire on december 31st, 2021, with two oneyear options to extend. Chairwoman thank you very much. And i believe we have lauren how do you pronounce your last name . Endigraphenfreed. Chairwoman thats a mouth full. Thank you. Is supervisors. Thank you for hearing this item. Im going to give you a brief overview of the tech marketplace, and thats when these contracts come from, and also providing you an overview of
Projects, negotiated the ability to go up to one for one parking. This is far less than one for one. We added about 30 plus i think it is 39 spaces for over 137 units. The idea is that some of these families will have cars, that is a reality, and rather than impact the immediate neighborhood, well have them have this option. So all of those things together added to the cost, the time, the construction cost, the construction type, the size of the project, so we so excited about this. Weve gotten a commitment from the nonprofit partner and the Mayors Office that we should be able to break ground on this if all goes well, some time next year. Weve accelerated that timeline working wit chair anwith thechair and the committ, because there is eraf money that has enabled us to accelerate these projects. 4840 and upper yard are two of the highest priorities. So were ready to go. Were ready to build, and we really appreciate all of the hard work that the Mayors Office of housing and their team,
Its been around for a long time and computers didnt cause it. But when people die because of a tweet, there has to be a tech solution. Expanding the marketplace of ideas is all well and good to welcome you to brookings this morning. I see lots of old friends in the audience and its a pleasure to invite you to the event with randall schriver. Weve been fortunate to engage him over the past decade. While hes been serving in the Administration Since 2017, and, randy, thank you for your service to our country and the Important Role you play in this administration. Randall schriver was appointed as assistant secretary of defense on january 8, 2018. Previously having served as Deputy Assistant secretary for east asian and Pacific Affairs under which portfolio he covered, china, taiwan, hong kong, and australia, all the easy stuff. Earlier he held the role of chief of staff to the deputy secretary of state and also served as an active duty Naval Intelligence officer. Beyond his government car