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Of your words and you can pause when answering questions so that we capture your complete response. Thank you very much and ms. Barnes, youre now recognized for five minutes. Ms. Bans, yrnes, you may have t unmute. I think were having trouble hearing you. Proceed, ms. Barnes. I think you just unmuted. Okay. Chairman pappas, chairwoman brownley, Ranking Member bergman, chairman takano, members of the subcommittee and task force, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss gaos work for Sexual Harassment at the department of veteran affairs. I will talk about statements from my june report released last week. The protection board estimated that 22 of va employees experience 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, its complaint structure, collection of incidents on Sexual Harassment and actions taken, and, three, provision in
Im delighted to welcome you to the first discussion this fall in our president ial distinguished event series. We launched this series to provide more ways for you to hear from renowned leaders. The individuals who bring illuminating dialogue, insight and inspiration to our gw community. This year in a virtual environment we have been able to extend the reach of this against even more. We hope to host these opportunities often over the coming months. For many in our community this will be the first of countless only at gw experiences to come. Our gw community is fortunate to her directly from the leaders, doers and thinkers who make many of the decisions that affect us each day. With our students, faculty, staff and alumni are not just passive blisters in these events. You are leaving the discussions and actively creating solutions. And youre leveraging this universities teaching to drive positive change in the world. Today on Constitution Day we are honored to host u. S. Supreme Court
Res have already azed through the state. More than 3 million acres have burned in 2020. Surpassing the previous record, set in 2018. Nearly 15,000 firefighters are battling 28 major blazes e. Ross the st they have also claimed at least 12 lives. But amid the destpoction comes unity, guided by science, San Jose State University has just inaugurated a new Wildfire Research center. The largest one of its kind in the nation. The scientists span a range of disciplines from meteorology, to ecology to a social science. They are pioneering new niols and tees to better study, predict, and adapt to living with wildfires. Joining me now by skype is craig clements, the director of plthe wildfire interdisary research center, and a professor of meteorology at San Jose State University. Also joining us from san jose st is amanda sel with. Assistant professor of wildfire management at the center, hello to you both. Hello. Craig, lets start with you, you look at thskies thisweek and thought things like
To work toward building that a relationships within their communities. And thanks to todays sponsors, target and Thomson Reuters, two Companies Whose core values clearly reflect their desire to connect Law Enforcement with communities, by helping the national Law Enforcement museum to accept the table for meaningful and impactful conversations. Housekeepingbrief items before i introduce our keynote speaker. All attendees are muted. If you like to ask a question, please cement your question through the q a tap. Tab. Note that everyone in the webinar will see your question. You can up about questions submitted by other attendees questions as metaby other attendees and we will prioritize questions that received the most votes. A link to this webinar would be sent to everyone, and will also be available on that museums youtube channel. Panelists, please room ever to keep yourselves on mute when you are not speaking. I would like to introduce our keynote speaker. Belton, the Vice President