Now to a hearing on diversity and inclusion in the Intelligence Community. Witnesses included three officials from military and civilian Intelligence Agency who talked about recruitment efforts to include more women and people of color into the workforce. The committee will come to order. Before we begin i want to remind you we are in open session and as such we will discuss unclassified matters only without objection, the chair may declare a recess at anytime. I welcome our members and witnesses to todays hearing. Im grateful you joined us today to discuss the mission imperative in the Intelligence Community, significant improvement of Diversity Inclusion at all levels entrylevel to Senior Leadership and within all disciplines. There has been some improvement in recent years the demographic profile of the workforce still does not mirror of the Wider Population is lighting and attracting the best and brightest from all walks of life. Only taking advantage of the diverse and correct inn
Hosted this event. The committee will come to order. Before we get our termite all members we are in an open session and as such will discuss unclassified matters only. Without objection, the chair may declare in recess at any time. I welcome our members and witnesses to todays hearing. Im grateful you have joined us today to discuss admission imperative in the Intelligence Community, significant improvement of diversity and inclusion at all levels, from entrylevel to Senior Leadership and within all disciplines. While there has been some improvement in recent years, the demographic profile of the ic workforce still does not mirror that of the Wider Population and is lagging in attracting the best and the brightest from all walks of life. Fully taking advantage of the diverse intellect, innovation, and experiences here at home better prepares the ic, and our nation, to address tomorrows most pressing challenges and analyze an increasingly complicated and integrated world. In holding th
We welcome your comments via text. That is 202 7488003. Tell us your name and where you are texting from and you can post your comments on facebook, x and instagram cspanwj. The Biggest Challenges you see facing American Workers, things like job security, pay, remote work, unions, etc. 202 7488000 is the line to use for those of you who are working. 202 7488001, if you are unemployed or looking for work. We will get to your comments and suggestions momentarily on washington journal. We will start with nerd while its look at seven stats about American Workers. They do a lot of financial facts. Labor day snaps not, seven thats about American Workers. When labor day became a federal holiday in 1894 before Artificial Intelligence and remote work, the American Workforce faced other significant disruptions. Workers were beginning to leave the farming jobs that up until the 1800s had made over half the work force. According to a 19 66 Wesleyan University study, many of those farmers as well a
Living paychecktopaycheck and the sector of Union Strikes looms larger than it has in years. A partial look at how things are on this labor day. Welcome to washington journal. We begin asking you about the Biggest Challenges you see facing American Workers. Going in the discussion. If you are currently employed and working, the line is 202 7488000. If you are looking for work, unemployed, 202 7488001. If you are retired, use 202 7488002. We welcome your comments via text. That is 202 7488003. Tell us your name and where you are texting from and you can post your comments on facebook, x and instagram cspanwj. The Biggest Challenges you see facing American Workers, things like job security, pay, remote work, unions, etc. 202 7488000 is the line to use for those of you who are working. 202 7488001, if you are unemployed or looking for work. We will get to your comments and suggestions momentarily on washington journal. We will start with nerd while its look at seven stats about American W
We have more people arriving but they will be uh sherdsherd. I want to thank you for joining us today for this lunch of our lunchtime dialogue series americas rural opportunity, i want to thank all the people in the room, as well as hundreds of people livestreaming and those watching live on cspan3. I wonder how many there are. I am jeanette executive director of the Aspen Institute director, we do a lot of work out in the country connecting, motivating and equipping local leaders to build more prosperous regions and advance those living on the economic margins, since 1985 Aspen Institute has focused most of its work in Rural America and through our experience over those years we have learned full well that Rural America is not fly ovover country, rather live in, work in, start a business in, and raise a family in country, recent media headlines have focused on the decline of critical sectors, Community Health crisis and more. It reveals an important but less publicized invasion and co