Officials from the Social Security administration, National Archives and state department testified about federal services backlogs due to the covid19 pandemic. Modernization efforts and staffing issues. The House Oversight and accountability subcommittee hearing is about three hours. The subcommittee on Government Operations and federal workforce will come to order and we will welcome everybody to this board hearing. Without objection the chair may declare recess at any time. I recognize myself forthe purpose of making an open statement. Before we go to the floor id like to if i can acknowledge that even formal settings like this we recognize that its important to remember we are all people. And we have families and understand that some of the people who do Business Today have been visited by some hard luck in their life with a loved one and without saying anything in particular. Perhaps many of us more than one or two are affected and its my wishes for them and their family in these
Representatives from the Social Security administration, the National Archives and state department highlighting the pileup, including increase in demand for passports. The subcommittee on Government Operations and federal workforce will come to order and we will welcome everybody good afternoon. The subcommittee on Government Operations and the adderall workforce will come to order and we would welcome everybody to this important hearing. The chair made it clear, recess any time. I recognize myself for the purpose of making an open statement. Before we go too far, i would like to, if i can, acknowledge that even formal settings like this, we recognize that it is important to remember that we are all people and that we have families. I understand that some of the people have been visited by some hard luck in their life with a loved one and i wanted to, without saying anything in particular to let those no perhaps many of us may be affected but that it is my wishes for them and their fa
Possessed a skill much needed by the army, fighting a war required Reliable Communications network but more than two and a half years of war had devastated the french telephone system. General john pershing, commander in chief of the American Expeditionary forces called on the expertise of women telephone operators. More than 1700 women applied and just over 200 serve the with the army. The services are documented in their personnel files now in the National Archives at st. Louis. A collection of archival personnel civilian records. After the war they were not deemed el visible for military benefits. It took until the 1970s for the girls to finally receive the benefits due them as the First Female Army veterans. In both the military and civilian Personnel Records Center we preserve records of millions of men and women who have served our country. Throughout the centennial observance, the National Archives is showcasing its unparalleled war holdings and the stories contained in them, in
Possessed a skill much needed by the army, fighting a war required Reliable Communications network but more than two and a half years of war had devastated the french telephone system. General john pershing, commander in chief of the American Expeditionary forces called on the expertise of women telephone operators. More than 1700 women applied and just over 200 serve the with the army. The services are documented in their personnel files now in the National Archives at st. Louis. A collection of archival personnel civilian records. After the war they were not deemed el visible for military benefits. It took until the 1970s for the girls to finally receive the benefits due them as the First Female Army veterans. In both the military and civilian Personnel Records Center we preserve records of millions of men and women who have served our country. Throughout the centennial observance, the National Archives is showcasing its unparalleled war holdings and the stories contained in them, in
First ladies during wartime. From Martha Washington visiting soldiers, to Eleanor Roosevelt shaking hands of an estimated of troops. The National Archive hosted this event. It is a little over an hour. [applause] good morning, and welcome to my house. [laughter] the National Archives was created by an act of congress in 1984. The mission to preserve the records of the United States government and make those records available so that every american citizen can hold its government accountable and learn from the past. Today that collection is over 13 billion documents. Miles of film a video and more electronicillion records. At valleyrds start forge and go all the way up to the techniques that are being created as im speaking the tweaks that are being created as i am speaking. We are a nationwide network of facilities, one of the busiest is the National Personnel Records Center in st. Louis which houses more than 56 billion veterans records. Central responds to a billion requests each yea