Present. John baptiste is not here but expected. Director lipkin. Why present. Why director syed. Here. Director tumlin. Here. Vice chair mandelman is not here but expected and chair gee. Present. We have quorum. Next item. Communication. We would like to note the process for members of the public to make comment members may comment during Public Comment in person or remote. Call in line is a courtesy and availability may be disrupted due to technical difficulties and in person will be taken first and remote taken after. The call in line is on the agenda and dialing instructions should be scrolling on the screen on sfgovtv. There are other communications . I want to say thank you to director shaw. Come on up. Thank you for your service on tjpa and all you criminalitied to the board and to Sales Force Transit Center and positioning the portal project for success. And wish you well on your next assignment the mtc committee. And we know where to find you. Questions and comments and though
Shortages . In. If i heard i think there are many questions embedded in there. Lets take one at a time. We put in place a policy to allow safe, nutritious formula to come into the country to make sure parents could find product on store shelves during the period of the national shortage. We had certain labelling requirements and they are primarily for things like safety. For example, a baby that has a cows milk aller by the were leaving this here you can watch it in its entirety if you go to our website. Live now to capitol hill where Veterans Affairs Department Officials will testify in their efforts to upgrade technology and improve Financial Management at the v. A. Live coverage here on c span. Good afternoon, the subcommittee will come to order. Were here today to review the vas progress in the transformational Business Program or fmbt. Its the vas third attempt to modernize the aging inadd watt financial and accounting systems. Material witnesses and deficiencies for decades. At t
Is extremely rare. But friends dont have to be. When youre connected, youre not alone. A house Veterans Affairsn. Subcommittee hears testimony about efforts to improve the va Financial Management. Officials from the Veterans Affairs department spoke specifically about the agencys Financial Management Business Transformation Program which is the third attempt to modernize its financial and Accounting Systems good afternoon. The subcommittee will come to order. We are here to review the progress in the Financial Management Business Transformation Program with efm bt, the vas third attempt toie modernize the hodgepodge of aging and adequate financial and Accounting Systems. The systems are a serious problem. Every year the va barely manages to pay the Financial Statement audit with a clean opinion despitefi carrying the same Material Weaknesses and deficiencies. At the same time the departments Spending Continues to be much similar to the wild west. Its been nearly ten years since the for
Yvonne present seyed. Present. Mandelman. Present. Gee. Communication the press for members to make Public Comment members of public may meant on the meeting during comment importance in person or remote the call in line availability may be disrupted due to technical difficulties in person first and remote after the call in line is on the agenda and dialing instructions should be scrolling at the bottom of the screen on sfgovtv. There are other communications . We will call the next item 4 the now and or old business. Not aware of any. All right. None. Item 5 screwive directors report. Good morning. Happy holidays nice to seeow our last meeting of 2023. A couple of updates before we come to you with hopefully exciting news on advancement and funding and prosecute curement next year. At the Transit Center nice to see you at the holiday lighting on friday. Where our chair and vice chair and many here today were present to light up the park for the holidays. Had a group of children pull t
We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders and relatives of the romantic ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Item two is the approval of minutes for the november 14th, 2023, Port Commission meeting. So moved. Second. We have a motion and a second. All in favor . Aye. Aye. Any opposed . Motion passes unanimously the minutes of the november 14th, 2023, meeting are adopted. Item three is Public Comment on executive session on. We will now take Public Comment on executive session. Seeing none in the room. Do we have anyone on the phone . There are no callers for Public Comment. For callers on the line, please dial star three. If you wish to make Public Comment. The system will let you know when your line is open. Others will wait on mute until their line is open. Comments will be limited to three minutes per person. The queue is now open. Please dial star three if you wish to make Public Comment. Thank you. Public comment is cl