You will fall asleep annual Pay Attention for the controversial things so the chairman is a native oregonian coming in a covered wagon to serve in both houses and in 1998 and they lived in hood river with her son anthony. Where he racked up the larger majority and has been chair of the House Energy Commerce with limited jurisdiction since 2016. But there are a few numbers and letters that are important as an amateur radio license. So lets jump right in with the new cycle one of which has to do with the National Security council. The next Generation Network with private risk capital should be nationalized. Owned and operated by the federal government. I dont know if you want to think about that a little longer . [laughter]. So we can expand and be the center for innovation and increased conductivity. When i wrote about this issue yesterday when it broke, the first thing that came to mind obviously we care about the security of their networks, but the first thing that came to my mind is
Alerts like we saw with the hawaii Ballistic Missile warning earlier this month. Ensuring state and local governments have the proper safeguards to properly alert the public of an impending emergency is absolutely critical. False alerts not only create unnecessary panic, they undermine the Emergency Alert system leading to public distrust and what happened in hawaii must be addressed to make sure it never happens again. It is essential that americans have an Emergency Alert system they could trust and i believe they do. There is much that is working well with the Emergency Alert system. In fact it is arguably a model Public Private program through the warren act. Industry partners including those represented here today have been investing to improve the system and working collaboratively with government and Public Safety officials to carry out the mission. We special did not want to overlook the successes but as recent events have shown, there are problems that must be addressed. Today
And your attendance here today and we look forward to hearing from you. The subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness response medications will come to order. The subcommittee is meeting today to receive testimony on the state of First Responders medications. I now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. I want to welcome all witnesses here this morning on an issue that is vital to our Homeland Security. The ability of our First Responders to communicate. As noted in the 2006 National Baseline survey, there is a direct correlation between effective medications, interoperability and First Responders ability to save lives. In my hometown of new york city, we know ther this all too well. Both the first, both the office of emergency medications and First Responder network of authority were established in the wake of the medications failures of 911 and later in hurricane katrina. We have made a great deal of progress since those fateful disasters. States and localities have invested billion
All right good morning, ladies and gentlemen, it is good to see you this morning, my name is malia cohen you have joined us on the regular meeting of the budget and finance committee, and i am the chair of which knit i committee and to my right is supervisor norman yee and katy tang and the clerk is linda wong and i would like to thank and acknowledge sfgovtv for broadcast thanksgiving methis meeting for us. Please silence your phones, and files to be submitted items today will be appear on the january, 31st, agenda, unless otherwise stated. . Ethank you very much, ladies and gentlemen just for your edification today is my first day of budget chair and so bear with me if i stumble and it is a privilege to serve San Francisco in this cape capacity. Could you call item . Resolution retroactively authorizing the San Francisco department of Public Health to accept and expend a grant in the amount of 367,968 from California Department of Public Health to participate in a program entitled ca
And files to be submitted items today will be appear on the january, 31st, agenda, unless otherwise stated. . Ethank you very much, ladies and gentlemen just for your edification today is my first day of budget chair and so bear with me if i stumble and it is a privilege to serve San Francisco in this cape capacity. Could you call item . Resolution retroactively authorizing the San Francisco department of Public Health to accept and expend a grant in the amount of 367,968 from California Department of Public Health to participate in a program entitled california project launch for the period of december 1, 2015, through june 30, 2019; and waiving indirect costs. Thank you. First we are going to hear from miss diane besum and followed by mr. David bell from the department of Public Health to speak on this item. Are you both here . Good to see you, the floor is yours. Thank you, i am the director of Public Health nursing in the San Francisco department of Public Health and maternal child