Yes. And commissioner pearlman. Yes. So moved commissioners. That motion moves unanimously. Commissioners that places us on general Public Comment. At this time members of the public may address the commission on the items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction Commission Exceptions and with respect to agenda items your opportunity so address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. Each member of the public may address the commission up to three minutes. Okay. Seeing no one from the public to speak on items not on the agenda we will close Public Comment. Commissioners that places Us Department matters. Number one rec reak report. Good afternoon tim frye, Department Staff. The report is in your packets as you have seen. There is a short matter about our attendance about the preervation awards in anaheim last month and i am happy to answer questions if you have them. Item 2 review of the past event at hat Planning Commis
Cultural strategy resolution passed narm nam and the Planning Department has been directed to work with the Mayors Office for a working group to outline a cultural strategy citywide for the Lgbtq Community which you will see after we have actually prepared something but that should be the deadline of having a Progress Report or Implementation Plan is six months from yesterday so you will be seeing that shortly. I also wanted to make you aware that the lgbtq Historic Context statement is the civic center of a governors preservation award and that will occur next month so congratulations to the consultants and the Department Staff that worked on that effort. Also 140 lane and the gift shop and the proas Presbyterian Church pending this was scheduled at the Land Use Committee on monday. There was hold up in the language of the ordinance and sponsorship and theyre ironed out so staff is representing you monday at Land Use Committee. We dont anticipate there to be any changes to the designa
You think the source is . And i just to the extent that you can say time and date and if you will, accountable individual who you think is the Decision Maker or the impediment, i would like that answer as succinctly as possible. Miss buller . In my case its very easy to pinpoint the time and the person. The passage of the act mandating the restrictive reporting was the impetus. The person was the general counsel. Basically, he has taken the opportunity to interpret the act to impede our access. Mr. Elkins . In my case, you know, i have two agencies that i oversee, the csb and Environmental Protection agency. In both cases, i have to say that issues relative to access starts at the top with a clear message from the top that access will be granted, it will be granted. To the extent that there is a muddled message or the message is not clear, you end up in situations that we have here today. Some of the on the csb side of the house, the issues started back in 2010, 2011. On the epa side o
I recognize the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Cartwright. Thank you, mr. Their man. Thank you for the inspectors appearing today. As the committee has previously highlighted, the offices of inspectors general are essential to the efficiency of our federal government. They help hold agencies accountable identifying misconduct in programs and by personnel. They can highlight the whole amount of waste, fraud and abuse guaranteeing that american taxpayers get the most bang for their buck. The position of i. G. Is a difficult position to hold, and i. G. S are tasked with investigating alleged abuses among those with whom they work. Now, of course, however, a balance has to be struck between confidentiality and privacy rights of victims as well as whistle blowers and the needs of the inspectors general. Ms. Buller, i listened to your testimony closely and also your questioning by representative conl conley. As you noted, the o. I. G. Recently reached this memorandum of understanding with
Museum andtional spy Smithsonian Associates cohosted this 90 minute event. We are delighted to have our own historian. Dr. Vince houghton. He is the historian and curator of the museum. He holds a phd in military history from the university of maryland, where his Research Centered on u. S. Scientific and technological intelligence in the Second World War and the cold war. It makes them ideally suited to deliver todays talk. He also got his masters degree focusing on the relationship. Etween the u. S. And russia you may get some questions focusing on our current difficulties with russia. On thetalked extensively history of u. S. Intelligence, diplomatic history, the cold war. He is a u. S. Army veteran, serving in the balkans where he assisted in civilian and military intelligence activities. We are delighted to have you as our speaker. Please help me welcome vince houghton. [applause] thank you, peter. Thank you for coming here today. Any chance to talk about the atomic spies, Nuclear