We focus on first in our Economic Development and then workforce development. Economic development we have bilingual staff who are specifically focussed on providing direct Business Service to Small Businesses in particular where they are located. This team in our office its part of the mayors jobs plan and its two team members. Working throughout the city to provide direct services to businesses. One of the key aspects of the job Squad Initiative is not waiting for a business to call us and saying i have a problem but being proactive how can we help. And the ada program but also to ensure that were selling other programs and making businesses aware of other programs. The office of Small Business which, supervisor, i know you were a leader in helping to create, continues to provide services to Small Businesses another key area where our Small Business team is focussed is on the implementation of outreach workshops designed specifically to address appropriate specific programs like the
Squad initiative is not waiting for a business to call us and saying i have a problem but being proactive how can we help. And the ada program but also to ensure that were selling other programs and making businesses aware of other programs. The office of Small Business which, supervisor, i know you were a leader in helping to create, continues to provide services to Small Businesses another key area where our Small Business team is focussed is on the implementation of outreach workshops designed specifically to address appropriate specific programs like the ada program and i want to spend a second talking about how we designed this program. This really came out of supervisors, you know well, many times just sending a letter to get a letter with all this intimidating language citing statute and with the support of all 3 of you supervisors weve implemented a program and expanding the program that works with these Small Businesses to provide information about what they need to grow and b
A seismic change in policy from the food and Drug Administration, one called unpress dated, one that impacts farms and people around the country. The agency is used to phase out poultry and milk. Ill talk to a medical doctor about what this means. First todays decision. Giving antibiotics to live took has been common practice on American Farms for decades. Consider that in 2011, 30,000 pounds. Drug was sold for meat and poultry production. It was used to keep stock healthy and for animals to grow faster. Theres a risk in people. New recystent strains of bacteria were allowed to einvolve, sickening millions of americans, killing 23,000 people. That is driving the f. D. A. To phase out antibiotics for food production. In a statement the f. D. A. Says the faze out would happen. After that it was be illegal to use antibiotics. Others say the guidelines, which have voluntary, will not do enough to keep people safe. Im concerned that therell be no change. They could continue to misuse antibi
Saying i have a problem but being proactive how can we help. And the ada program but also to ensure that were selling other programs and making businesses aware of other programs. The office of Small Business which, supervisor, i know you were a leader in helping to create, continues to provide services to Small Businesses another key area where our Small Business team is focussed is on the implementation of outreach workshops designed specifically to address appropriate specific programs like the ada program and i want to spend a second talking about how we designed this program. This really came out of supervisors, you know well, many times just sending a letter to get a letter with all this intimidating language citing statute and with the support of all 3 of you supervisors weve implemented a program and expanding the program that works with these Small Businesses to provide information about what they need to grow and be successful and we conducted a number of bilingual workshops
Breaking news. American University Students ordered to shelter in place for more than an hour earlier tonight after Campus Police reported a possible gunman on campus. They even released a picture of two people. Just a short time ago, students were given the all clear. Cops say there was no danger. Were on the scene right now to help us sort all of this. Reporter it turned out to be a big misunderstanding. Thats after a student here at American University mistook on offduty policeman for a campus gunman. There. We train students if they see something to say something. Thats what happened tonight. Reporter what a student thought they saw was a possible gunman on American University shuttle bus. What did the cops tell you . They say no, cant go here. There was no crime. No one injured. There was no display of a weapon. It was something with a hole ster. Reporter that someone wassance offduty police officers. They say a student spotted a gun hole ster and reported it, fearing he could be