This forum on u. S. Customs and Border Protection. And this event is being broadcast live by cspan. And as many of you may know customs and Border Protection is the largest federal Law Enforcement agency and also it provides the second largest revenue collecting source for the federal government. On a typical day, cbp seizes over 10,000 pounds of drugs, 650,000 dollars in undeclared or illicit currency, and 3. 4 million of products with intellectual property right violations. So needless to say this agency is working very hard to safeguard americas borders while also enhancing legitimate trade and commerce. Our feature speaker today is commissioner gil kerlikowske. Hes going to discuss his insights from his first year of leading this agency. Hes also going to look at some of the highlights in terms of his vision for moving forward. The agency has put out a new vision and strategy 2020 document that lays out what the agency would like to do in the future. The commissioner was nominated
Screeria nigeria. Eric can for and health and human secretary kathleen sebelius. Whistle blowers from the Veterans Department spoke about retaliation used against them for reporting wrongdoing. Employees told members of the House Veterans Affairs subcommittee that they faced demotions and public embarrassment for their actions. U. S. Special counsel carolyn learner was also a witness and spoke about the number of whistleblower protection claims. This hearing is two hours. Good afternoon. I would like to ask unanimous consent that the admiral seeing no objection additionally i would like to ask unanimous consent that three statements be entered into the hearing record two from whistleblowers. Hearing no objection, so order. The hearing will focus on the department of defense im sorry. Within the department of Veterans Affairs particularly, the types and levels of retaliation that they experienced when reporting problems. It will serve as a follow up to the hearing conducted by the commi
To create a tool thats expand and is available for anyone to upgrade leaseable rail space but as part of it were insuring that the corridors get listed with Property Owner approval, of course. Theres a few other Baseline Services that are imply programs. We started this and its basically roving business occurrences who are deployed to go doortodoor and determine what the services for our businesses. The other piece of invest in neighborhoods is a customized deployment of services and weve done in conjunction with the Planning Department is create an assessment process to find out what they need. There are some neighborhoods that need different things. So we came up with a way to determine the highest priorities and assigning a set of interventions that are needed in that neighborhood im with planning. Im going to talk about the Neighborhood Assessment step that the Planning Department prepared and also as amy listed were prepared for the purpose of providing quick concise information f
Noting the website where the public can download these assessments. As i mentioned those profiles are a product of a collaborative effort with o e w d and thats the local Planning Commission and part of it they conducted surveys and capital assessment. Lists also uses this Third Party Application to list the Employment Information as well as leakage analysis. The Planning Department was project for the store front inventor and the transportation section. O e w d staff are responsible for betting the project the store front inventory was involving a lot of work out in the field. We want to thank the senior seminar for taking on 8 of the neighborhood. It was a mutually beneficial opportunity for the Planning Department to have fourteen students help us do fieldwork and also for sf state to be able to provide real Life Training for graduating seniors. It was taken on by planning and led by the our graphics designer. Gary was responsible for the invest in the neighborhood including the log
Commissioners fong and another commissioner are expected to be absent. First on your calendar commissioners is consideration for items for continuance item one case and for 1301 is proposed for continuance until august 8th. For users were in a receipt for a continuance for item 9. The dr at 2529 pole street, however, i suggest you take that up when it is taken up. Only the one item proposed for continuance move to continue item 1301 van. I forgot to ask if theres Public Comment. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed move to continue item. On that motion to continue the item one until august calling names so moved commissioners that motion passes unanimously and places you under commission matters. Item 23 draft meeting for july 20th t is there any Public Comment on the draft minutes . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed i move to approve the minutes. calling names so move forward commissioners that motion passes unanimously and places you under item 3 for commission comments and ques