clapping. there are going to the state commentship were definitely proud of them and tournament commentship section a no approval for board minutes as announced in the psa past few complete a speaker card and present it to the executive assistant. Speaker cards will not be accepted if an item is already before the board presentation to the board of education. And according to the board rules and procedures speaker cards will not be accepted for an item before the board and item two superintendants report. Thank you president walton im going to give a slightly longer report than most meetings i have a few different tops to touch on to first one i want to say to provide some Additional Information about the delay in our round one assignment letters that took place unfortunately over the past few dizzy want to provide an update for families who submitted application by january 13th of this year that was the round one deadline sfusd School Assignment so unfortunately, the assignment letter
Processes that will enable us to match individuals as mr. Scott described. There are multiple tony scotts so we are working through the pilot and i think this will be an ongoing process and where the places we need human intervention where the places that technology can help with that resolution. Mr. Evanina can you speak to some of the challenges associated with verifying social media data . I think challenges cannot be understated in terms of number one Identity Resolution as my colleagues mentioned the ability to identify mr. Scott and all that goes with it and the resources it would take to make sure we are firmly in agreement and mr. Scott. Is it investigated lee and adjudicated fully relevant . Is a make sense to put forward and if it is a gets put in the same box to make sure it follows the policy procedures and investigative standards and guidelines. I want to reiterate social media the application of information is in the same box as all other tools and take makes. Even after
Complete schedule. Next, house hearing on efforts to protect you from sports concussions. Then a house hearing on the government accessing social media is part of background checks for some employees. After that, pentagon briefing pentagon briefing on the fight against isis and a briefing on the annual report on chinas military. Now, to mothers testify before a house energy and commerce a subcommittee about concussions in youth sports. Their sons died after suffering multiple concussions. The hearing also addressed Current Research and efforts to protect Young Athletes from injury. This is two and a half hours. We are on a tight schedule today with votes. The morning and welcome to the oversight and investigation hearing. Were were here to continue the ongoing examination of concussions. The hearing follows an initial table we had in march but we had a constructive dialogue with leading experts on how to address the challenge of concussions. Well focus on youth sports, specifically the
A specific fashion, not in oblique mention in wind up statement or some generality. There needs to be specific requests made so that we can engage whether or not vietnam is about to move in the right direction or continue its deterioration when it comes to human rights. There are a number of areas where Human Rights Violations are worsening, human trafficking, religious freedom and administration could, today, designate vietnam as a cpc country, country of particular concern, the facts are warranted and they also could be known as a tier three country when it comes to egregious violations of sex and labor trafficking, especially labor trafficking in vietnam. So the president has tools in his tool box, the president of the United States, we hope that hef us he uses them. Well send per your request and your testimony your strong appeal backed up by our strong appeal, well do it immediately. I hope its specific some general statement about human rights. It hasnt in any other country aroun
The subcommittee on Government Operations and the subcommittee on National Security will come to order and without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Were here today to discuss incorporating social media into the federal security clearance and Background Investigations. Having a security clearance means by definition you have access to information that would hurt our National Security if it got out. And that is why we perform Background Investigations on individuals who want a security clearance. The goal of our Background Investigations must be to find out if an individual is trustworthy. Back in the 1950s, that meant talking to neighbors and family. Today, with more than a billion individuals on facebook, what a person says and does on social media can often give a better insight on who they really are. Since 2008, various federal agencies have conducted studies on using social media data in investigations and they all find the same thing, that there