American veterans. We will hear the opening statements. I will remind you to pause two to three seconds before spe speaking, so the microphone picks up your words and so you can pause when answering questions so we capture your complete response. Thank you very much, ms. Barnes, you are recognized for five minutes. Ms. Barnes, you may have to unmute. I think were having trouble hearing you. Proceed, ms. Barnes. I think you just unmuted okay. Members of the subcommittee and task force, thank you for inviting me here to today to discuss Sexual Harassment at the department of Veterans Affairs. 2016 survey by the protection board estimated that 22 of va employees experienced some form of Sexual Harassment in the workplace. Va has several methods to address such Sexual Harassment complaints, but we found that the agency was falling short in a number of areas including one, the complaint structure, the [inaudible] and three [inaudible] to va employees. I will discuss issues with the complain
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Are streaming the number across the stream. And each speaker is allowed two minutes to speak. And the opportunity to speak during the Public Comment period are available by calling 1 408 4189388. And, again, that is 1 408 4189388. And the meeting i. D. Is 146 661 0524. Again, that is 146 661 0524. And then press pound and pound again. When connected you will hear the meeting discussion but you will be muted and in listening mode only. When your item of interest comes up, hit star, 3, to be added to the speaker line. Speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. Alternatively you may submit the Public Comment in either of the following ways. Email to myself, the rules Committee Clerk at bic. Org sfgov. Org. If you submit by email its forwarded to the supervisors and its included as part of the file. And finally items are expected to be on the board of supervisor agenda of july 7th, unless otherwise stated. Chair ronen can you call item one. Clerk item one is the Chart
Are streaming the number across the stream. And each speaker is allowed two minutes to speak. And the opportunity to speak during the Public Comment period are available by calling 1 408 4189388. And, again, that is 1 408 4189388. And the meeting i. D. Is 146 661 0524. Again, that is 146 661 0524. And then press pound and pound again. When connected you will hear the meeting discussion but you will be muted and in listening mode only. When your item of interest comes up, hit star, 3, to be added to the speaker line. Speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. Alternatively you may submit the Public Comment in either of the following ways. Email to myself, the rules Committee Clerk at bic. Org sfgov. Org. If you submit by email its forwarded to the supervisors and its included as part of the file. And finally items are expected to be on the board of supervisor agenda of july 7th, unless otherwise stated. Chair ronen can you call item one. Clerk item one is the Chart
Investigation and analysis that needs to be done on these topics . Were learning more information every day, supervisor. Thats the important of the tip line as well as the Public Integrity tip line, and our report will give you a breakdown of the large departments, so happy to talk to you about that as soon as we publish it. Supervisor haney are there specific topics that you identified in this report or more broadly that your office has identified as a need for a lot further investigation . And with that, what are the next steps for your office . I mean, one of the concerns that i have and i understand that we have, you know, recently been through a pandemic, and im sure you all are being pulled in all sorts of different directions. But it has been, i guess, about five months since this process first started, and theres a lot more that needs to be investigated and analyzed and reported on. What are the next steps for your office, and what topics are you going to be working on . How ca