[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] if you missed any of our coverage of this live event you can see it on our web site at cspan. Org. There has been a constant procession of people all day as members of the public and Kennedy Family members have come to pay respects that president john f. Kennedy at the grave at Arlington National cemetery just outside washington, today marking the 50th anniversary of the assassination. The eternal flame the centerpiece of the grave site, when it was originally requested the eternal flame the centerpiece of the grave site was originally requested by first Lady Jacqueline kennedy. The permanent grave site was opened in march of 1967. Several remembrances taking place today, one just wrapped up in dallas, the site of the assassination and another at the jfk library in boston. We will get under way live at 2 30 eastern. We will have those tonight starting at 8 00 eastern. We will watch f
Is using airport kioskss, assessing a gms, using teleconferencing facilities obtaining Multimedia Digital content through their computer or cellphone any time any place of standard harmonization is absolutely vital to the u. S. And u. S. Based companies and we can see three reasons it can help. First, it embraces inclusion in a d a. And u. S. Access ability standards so for the u. S. Companies it is important to implement. These harmonize standards for investment in Accessible Technology and help us achieve positive return on investment. Finally, it helps the u. S. Ability to continue to lead innovation more wide as crpd countrys interest the accessibility leadership and our ability to influence them is diminishing. Onto the policy benefits it is no exaggeration to say that in many cases policies make markets. The u. S. Section 508 is a great example. Prior to the enactment of the federal procurement policy the accessibility marketplace was not an investment priority but section 508, t
Hearing. I appreciate all the witnesses who have come here today. Mr. Secretary, the floor is yours. Thank you. Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member corker, members of the committee, thanks very much for welcoming me here to talk about the disabilities treaty, which i am very anxious to do. Mindful of the comments of the Ranking Member just now, i would just start off by saying we are 100 prepared as we have been to work through what are known as ruds reservations, understandings, and declarations in order to pass this treaty. That is our goal. As we begin with a place that makes it clear that we do not believe this has impact among but we are happy to restate and reassert the law in ways that makes senators feel comfortable, obviously. We want to pass this. It is not lost on any of us that only 11 months ago the senate fell just five votes short of approving this treaty. So more than 60 senators have already resolved in their minds many of the questions that are reraised again and again. We c
[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] good morning. This hearing will come to order. Let the first start by thanking secretary kerry for being with us today for this second hearing on the ratification of the crpd, and i think, first, you have the thanks of us for the incredible work you have been doing on behalf of our country, and your presence today sends a strong message about the importance of this issue. We appreciate you taking the time to come back to the committee to support the treaty. We convene the second hearing on ratification, having received the support of thousands of people and organizations, all of whom are looking for us to finally take the treaty over the finish line. We have received compelling letters of support and Companies Like adobe, cocacola, nascar, and the Consumer Electronics association with over 2000 member committees. The u. S. Chamber of commerce, and i believe the chamber is re
Can see there is a lot of potential good data sources from psych evaluations and other interesting things for my Human Resources and excuse my ignorance here but i dont know what the limitations are. What are your limitations of your ability to pull those resources and utilize it for threat profiling . One of the limitations to the psych evaluation, and this is not limited to the geyer government am a but Industry Partners as well, but psych evaluations are considered medical and are protected under the laws under hippa laws. Where i think the community is going is figuring out ways to kind of take that diagnostic, you know, the diagnoses and break them down so they are not clinical, so you are so getting at the factors that are most important. Again, there are still a lot of work to figure that out. You cant use clinical terms from the dsm. That is where you draw that line from medical territory. That is what the biggest challenges. Biggest challenge is. You mentioned taking reports f