Any item, we request you submit a blue card. Please address your comments to the commission during Public Comment. In order to allow equal time, neither the commission or staff will respond to any questions, but the commission may ask questions of staff after the Public Comment is closed. If there is item not of interest to you, you may speak under general Public Comment and that is item 4. Please note if the fire alarms activate, you must evacuate the building in an orderly fashion with any exit. Our leaders will return to first floor and are not available for use. Please make your way to the closest area of refuge across the hall in the mens restroom. Let them know where you are and they will assist you. We are on item 2, president s report. President buell thank you. A couple of things. Even though commissioner low is not here, i would like this express my gratitude that he handled last months meeting when i was out of town and everything went quite well. Secondly, i wanted to read
David johnson Photo Processing Lab and create a reading space in the lobby of the center. We have received over 100 letters in support of the request and there have been two Community Meetings held on friday, september 27 and thursday, october 10. Based on the feedback from community members, organizations and rec and Park Department staff, the staff recommends that the Photo Processing Lab at the Harvey Milk Photo Center be named the David Johnson Photo Processing Lab and to create a Reference Library and reading space in his name as well. At this time i will take questions. President buell thank you. Clerk id like to acknowledge that david and Jackie Johnson are here. Theyve requested to come up last, so ill be calling them up after the other cards. I have michael and then barbara and then angela. My name is michael johnson. Full disclosure, i am an employee of rec and park. I work in the Park Rangers Division there. President buell welcome. Im sure ive talked to one or two of you. I
Our domestic our department on the status of women, and the staff and all our Community Partners that do the work we do. This is how we survived the Domestic Violence system in the city. Thank you. [applause] thank you so much. As president zawart stated, prevention is a critical part of our work to stop the cycle of violence. For over 20 years, asianPacific Islander legal outreach has engaged youth through its Youth Advisory Council to address genderbased and dating violence in asian and Pacific Islander communities. Please join me in welcoming the Youth Advisory Council at the youth coordinator. Give him a warm welcome. [applause] good evening, everyone. We are the Youth Advisory Council from the legal outreach. We strive for and accepting an equitable future in which everyone is helpfully loved. As youth in our communities, it is important we engage in work against a mystic violence to educate our peers and prevent its occurrence in our everyday lives. Through this work, we believe
Supreme Court Justice clarence thomas. He joined the court in 1991. He talks about his life and career. The event was hosted by library of congress and the Supreme Court Fellows Program. Good afternoon. Justice thomas who is in the room downstairs, distinguished guests, and congress. Thank you for joining the law library of congress and the United States Supreme Court today for the 2018 Supreme Court Fellows Program annual lecture. My name is jane sanchez, and i have the honor of serving as the 25th law librarian of congress. A little bit about the library the law library serves as the nations custodian of a legal and legislative collection of nearly three million items from all countries and Legal Systems of the world. Our foreign Law Specialists are a Diverse Group of foreigntrained attorneys who provide information and analysis on over 270 jurisdictions in the world. Our skilled law excuse me our skilled law library staff, both americantrained attorneys and law librarians, also prov
I recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. Mr. Lahood i want to welcome the witnesses here today and welcome chairman smith, Oversight Subcommittee Research and Technology Ranking member lipinski, our expert witnesses and members of the audience. Cybersecurity, a concept we hear mentioned frequently, especially in this period of rapidly emerging threats, is an everevolving concept. Maintaining an effective cybersecurity posture requires constant vigilance as new threats emerge and old ones return. Too often, however, when we hear about the importance of cybersecurity, we are left without concrete steps to take to ensure or systems are best positioned to defend against emerging threats. One of the goals of todays hearing is to learn about real, tangible measures the government can take to ensure its i. T. Security systems are appropriately reenforced, to defend against new and emerging threats, including novel and sophisticated ransomware threats. The specific focus o