President obama will unveil an executive order on immigration policy tomorrow night offering temporary legal status to undocumented immigrants. The measure could provide permits for up to 5 million people. You will have live coverage at 8 p. M. Eastern on cspan. A house panel looks at the technical and Security Problems with the healthcare. Gov website. We will hear from the chief Technology Officer todd park korea congressman paul brown shares the subCommittee Hearing. This hearing on the committee will come to quarter. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. Good morning and welcome to todays hearing. In front of you are packets containing the testimony, biography and the truth and testimony disclosure for todays witness. I recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. I want to thank my colleagues for being here today and i want to especially thank the witness for his presence. Weve been waiting a very long time to be a
What goods what merchandise, people are actually buying in stores. So on a hohum day where the dow gained 14 points, s p declined. 06 nasdaq did 1. 1 . Lets see how we can profit from the clues this market gives us every day, including today. I want to start by revealing a methodology i developed a long time ago, when i was a Hedge Fund Manager trying to figure out how to come up with new ideas that were off the beaten track but still had tail winds behind them that others might not know about. Bullish tail winds that produced long term gains. As i mentioned fridays game plan were in the heart of retail reporting season right now. Many big retailers tell you whats selling and whats not. During this period i try to find out what trends stand out as investable so i can pick stocks within those trends thats been my stock and trade. And more companies are doing well versus the performance of their own stocks. Remember companies and stocks often diverge. Thats often where the most lucrative
This is true because of the incredible success the Broadband Program has had across the country here and at the Brooklyn Library amazing things. Making Great Strides and addressing the digital skill divide. Many of us are wondering where the additional funding is going to come from . I should take a moment on the Digital Literacy spectrum to talk about the room we are sitting. This is a digital commons. It provides us through an increasingly sophisticated set of tools, faster connectivity. It cost around 34 million and how can we build more because we know the need is there. I am hoping the panel will talk about this. It is my pleasure to introduce the director of Library Services. Susan has done so much in her tenure to elevate libraries in the consciousness and we owe her gratitude and will be sorry to see her go. Susan, please, thank you. [ applause ] i would ask our gentlemen, the two toms if you dont mind joining me on the stage. Good morning, everyone. Well it is so wonderful to
Audience to pose questions. Here we go with our panel number one. We are looking at the vision. We will explore innovative practices and partnerships. Our first speaker will be the Senior Program officer at the bill and Melinda Gates foundation. Hoping to have leon mac, director of el paso Public Library. Unfortunately she had a family emergency and was not able to the year. We are excited to have clarence anthony, executive director of the National League of cities. We will start out with her. Well, thank you, director. The national museum, Library Services for holding this hearing. I appreciate the opportunity to talk about the experience that the bill and ellen Gates Foundation has had with in china access to technology through Public Libraries and our vision of our libraries can drive personal and Community Development. Today the foundation is composed of many programs and initiatives. Helping farmers in africa strengthen their crops, improving the educational system in the United
20th Century Technology to 21st century highspeed Broadband Technology. Its a reallocation of resourcef resources are never easy and never pleasant but they are essential if we are to keep pushing forward. We are moving to broadband to the person at the library. Its not just an external connection but its how do you get using wifi to the individual in a library . We are bringing the application and administrative process into the 21st century as well by using the same kind of ride band tools and we are focusing on fiscal responsibility. The key is not just more money although if more money is warranted we will deal with that but the key is money well spent by encouraging consortia, by creating longer support. So you can have longer contracts with lower rates and by establishing a system of reference phrasing so people know what is a fair price . We dont expect librarians to be Telecom Experts and able to go out there and haggle with Telecom Companies so how do we help in that regard .