What im going to do is flip that question and ask each of you to give us an idea or two about some things that dont work. And that we really shouldnt do that. What are some things you think that dont work . Especially in the day and age we had all the money in the world. We dont. We have a lot of debt and were going to get in more. What are some things we ought not do, you dont think they work. Theyre not worth the money . Mr. Hollis . Good question, sir. Im full of them. Thats my best one today, so. Im struggling with that one. In terms of because most of the stuff is, i think, that does not work is stuff that we actually stop doing. So one of the things we went through in our own office was to analyze across all of our offices which ones were most effective, most efficient and then reorganize our structure based on that. So we actually look at that pretty regularly year over year to see whats not working and then to either adjust our organization and our assets to rid ourselves of th
Of the future. Weve adopted that as a way forward. We interact quite a bit with leadership and Law Enforcement, and the stone Garden Program that Congress Gave us several years back after the department was created is a very useful tool for us and is very well thought of by state and local. Could you give me your assessment of Border Security in the indian reservation, for example. I dont want to single those out. With the reservation compared to others, areas on the northern border, would you say its equivalent, better, worse . Im not aware of any deficiencies we have specifically. How about with the park . Glacier National Park . Same. We have an ongoing working relationship to be present and understand their concerns as well as being present on the border and patrolling. So the need for additional tools and i dont want to put words in your mouth. Need for additional tools, youve got it with operation stone garden, with the park service relationships, memorandums, whatever . Correct,
In, i believe, five in between 2005 and 2008 and that certainly assisted Border Patrol in expeditiously constructioning hundreds of miles of fence along the southwest border. There were legal challenges brought to halt certain border projects. But when dhs would show Waiver Authority, the courts would dismiss those challenges. I will note it is not absolute. Besides the constitutional limitations, you cannot waive the constitution. Another thing is that it refers specifically to the construction of barriers and roads. There is certainly some question as to whether it would apply to tactical infrastructure that is not a barrier or a road. Like sensors or cameras. Dhs when it has exercised Waiver Authority to border projects, it has often mentioned things like radio towers and cameras in addition to the fence. But whether Waiver Authority could be used exclusively for a say, a project to install towers or sensors along a particular stretch of the border dhs has never done that and that w
Priority of the agency now. I have one more question. You recently stated that the sole basis for recommendation to the ban of most widely used chemicals was cumulative Risk Assessment which found the majority of Citizens Advisory Panel recommendation which found the majority of risk associated with chemicals was from another chemical, dehp. Can you explain concerns for using cumulative Risk Assessment as a basis for such regulatory determination . Thank you. The chap and the proposed rule is of great concern to me has been of concern to me since the chap issued its report because i believe the chap report should have been a public should have been subject to public peer review at that point. From that point onto me the system and whole process has been flawed. The cumulative Risk Assessment youre talking about is one of my concerns in that the process thats used, thats not well accepted in the Scientific Community, cumulative Risk Assessment, so i think that goes to the process and va
Yes, sir. What im trying to say is its a challenge in a sense that that in the way the budget is structured. Uh just talked in my opening remarks. These are undergoing operational assessment right now. Our two organizations sat down, and tried to put in the budget on my side ready for acquisition in that time frame and delivered in that time. And the cost is the acquisition and maintenance of that. I frankly doubt that the budget that he put in will get get approved. Its the way the structure, the budget is structured. Being an operational department, cbp have many urgent needs. And if otaa come up and ask for budget for a possible technology that may or may not be successful three years from now, it doesnt come as a very strong argument against other very urgent needs. So the problem of what we call wedging the budget, if we dont do that, then, of course, theres no smooth transition. To deliver a technology in fy 18, if by that time we pass all the assessment, and lets say obp asks, m