Its critical that we allow telework to minimize the number of people in federal buildings. With that, mr. Chairman, i yield back and i look forward to hearing from our witnesses today. Thank you. At this time i want to proceed with testimony from our witnesses. Let me do a quick introduction of the four of them. Joining us remotely is Michelle Rosenberg and the Strategic Issues team where she is on capital issues and she served for over 20 years on gaos tenured team. Shes been recognized with Health Care Team awards including two Meritorious Service awards and shell be testifying first and joining us remotely. Mr. Keith waington is with the u. S. Department of troilgz. Has been with the Department Since 1991 and in hiscurrent position he provides leadership and oversight in the areas of Human Resources, security, audit relations, acquitions and gras and transportation and facilities and space management. Maybe you can lead nasa for us next since we need a new director for nasa since yo
Modernizing the teleworking moving forward using Lessons Learned during the covid19 pandemic. We should have some good come out of this pandemic. This hearing is focused on what we can gain, what gaps are still there, and what better we can do for this process. Its been a decade since the last telework legislation. The telework enhancement act of it set the baseline standards 2010. For them to follow with telework and over the last 10 years, weve seen great advances in technology and workforce expectations and the increase in cybersecurity threats. So many changes in the world, it makes sense to take a close look at the telework policies and strategies than the federal workforce. Current pandemic has acted as a magnifying glass for telework policy improvement. This Committee Held a hearing in july and during the hearing we were able to gather valuable information concerning what private employers have done to support the Remote Workforce and we were able to draw Lessons Learned with ho
Learned and what to better improve the process. Its been a decade since the last significant piece of the telework legislation, the telework enhancement act of 2010 and it set the baseline standards for them to follow with telework and over the last ten years, weve seen great advances in technology and workforce expectations and the increase in cybersecurity threats. So many changes in the world it makes sense to take a close look at the telework policies and strategies than the federal workforce. The current pandemic has acted as a magnifying glass. This Committee Held a hearing in july and during the hearing we were able to gather valuable information to what theyve done to support the Remote Workforce and we were able to draw Lessons Learned with how they recalibrate the telework strategies and policies. During that hearing we gained insight into what the current private workforce is demanding. This, coupled with the environmental challenges we now face will help us create remote wo
Griego. Weve just learned bart is one of the agents getting federal financial help. President trump tweeted hours ago saying im proud to announce the San Francisco bay area will receive over 700 million in federal funds to support continued operations and support workers at sfo and for transit on muni and bart. This money will aid in economic recovery. And just this morning bay area transit officials announced a start date for the long awaited bart extension into Santa Clara County. We have the update. June 13, just 26 days from now. Wow, isnt this a great day. Its wonderful to be able to celebrate, isnt it . Every single taxpayer in Santa Clara County its because of you that i can stand here today and say were almost there. But this is what happens when we flip me on our head in Silicon Valley and make it we. Bart received 251 million of the federal money President Trump tweeted about to buy time and keep trains running through the end of the fiscal year on june 30 and into the summer
Deaths. At sfo theres a new travel ban. President trump announcing the u. S. Is suspending travel from europe. Gary, we started out with sprinkles. Its all clear this morning. We are going to have a nice start to the day. Its like its going to be milder than we see with temperatures in the upper 40s. Its going to be a beautiful afternoon. We are watching an incoming storm for the weekend, and i will track the timing of that and what to expect for weekend plans. Over here were looking at the golden gate bridge. All week we have seen light traffic overnight and continuing into the morning. The rest of the bay, no major problems declared. Well track this. Thanks, mike. Turning back to breaking news and the coronavirus pandemic. First lets get to pete with more on the push Governor Newsom is making when it comes to events of over 250 people. Pete . Reporter yeah, governor gavin newsom making that big decision to cancel large gatherings in california, and that comes after the city of San Fr