Welcome and thank you for being here this is a hearing for the Regulatory Affairs for the subcommittee modernizing the federal telework moving forward using the Lessons Learned during the pandemic something good to come out of this pandemic. This hearing is focused on what we can gain it has been a decade since the last significant piece of telework legislation the act of 2010 set the baseline standard for agencies to follow over the last ten years weve seen great advances in Technology Workforce expectations in the increase of cybersecurity threats and to take a little policies and strategies for the federal workforce acting as a magnifying gap on dash this Committee Held a hearing in july during the hearing we could gather Vital Information and also able to draw Lessons Learned of the federal workforce the strategy and policy and during the hearing we also gain some insight of the diet workforce is demanding with the environmental challenges we now face to create remote work policies
Those meter lights were turned on at 5 37 this morning. We are starting to see the crowding, the brake lights forming. It is starting to get slow from the east bay to San Francisco. We do have a trouble spot. Westbound 80 at magazine street. The ride into vallejo is pretty slow. We already have brake lights. A slow right into the Altamont Pass with a 38 minute drive time. We just got this new video in, the aftermath of a deadly siege that is now over. It happened in afghanistan. At least 19 people have died. 22 are injured. Three attackers stormed the schools campus. All of them were killed in the firefight which lasted for several hours. The taliban just issued a statement, denying they took part in this. This comes as they are continuing peace talks with the u. S. Backed government. Eventually the aim is to have the u. S. Withdrawal from afghanistan completely but that is not helping matters. One more day until election day but for many voters actually going to the polls on the first
We will talk about our cool down coming up in just a few minutes. Be careful if you are hitting the roadways this morning. We will be dealing with some limited visibility as you head into San Francisco. A live look at the olden gate bridge. So far, traffic is doing okay for the drive out of marin into the city. Super commuters, gear up. You have a slow ride out of tracy right around Mountain House. That extends all the way to northglenn. Once you pass this point, everything is clear to the dublin air change. Travel time 32 minutes from 205 over toward 680. The east shore freeway, highway 4 and 101, all clear. Just one more day until election day. For many voters, going to the polls on the first tuesday in november is a thing of the past. Kpix 5s emily turner joins us live with the early voting numbers. Reporter and they are staggering. They have sent records pretty much no matter where they are whether you are dropping it off, mailing it in or youre going to come down and cast your bal
By your television provider. Now an update on cleanup efforts related to water contamination at u. S. Military bases. A task force was created in july last year to address the issue. Military representatives on the task force testify about cleanup efforts, coordination between various governmental agencies involved and research on a safe chemical replacement. Ladies and gentlemen, i call this committee of the readiness subcommittee to order. Ive got to do the boilerplate, so stand by. Ill do it as quickly as i possibly can. I would like to welcome the members who are joining todays markup remotely. Those members are reminded they must be visible on screen within the Software Platform for the purposes of identifying verification when joining the proceeding, establishing and maintaining a quorum participating in the proceeding and voting. Members participating remotely must continues to use the Software Platform video function while attending the proceedings unless they experience connec
Coming after yesterdays euphoria that is part of the momentum growth trade materials and industrials are the only sectors in the green. We have a few more ipos and awaiting more news on tiktok and oracle it will be busy coming up on todays show, mohammed elerian will join us on the on going stimulus stalemate and well speak with Jim Fitterling and shares of Cybersecurity Firm Palo Alto Networks up 80 from the march lows as companies boost protections for employees working from from home the ceo will join us to discuss that trend and much more lets focus first of all on the big stories youre watching. Mike santoli is tracking to days volatile Market Action we have the latest on stimulus in washington and sara has new reporting on the oracletiktok sag yachlt mi saga mike, markets down 1. 4 . The ive been heavy tape all day. We continue this process of sort of undoing that august overshoot to the upside. Ive been focused on levels that we saw back on august 11th thats about 3333 we closed