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Its critical that we allow telework to minimize the number of people in federal buildings. With that, mr. Chairman, i yield back and i look forward to hearing from our witnesses today. Thank you. At this time i want to proceed with testimony from our witnesses. Let me do a quick introduction of the four of them. Joining us remotely is Michelle Rosenberg and the Strategic Issues team where she is on capital issues and she served for over 20 years on gaos tenured team. Shes been recognized with He...

Modernizing the teleworking moving forward using Lessons Learned during the covid19 pandemic. We should have some good come out of this pandemic. This hearing is focused on what we can gain, what gaps are still there, and what better we can do for this process. Its been a decade since the last telework legislation. The telework enhancement act of it set the baseline standards 2010. For them to follow with telework and over the last 10 years, weve seen great advances in technology and workforce e...

Learned and what to better improve the process. Its been a decade since the last significant piece of the telework legislation, the telework enhancement act of 2010 and it set the baseline standards for them to follow with telework and over the last ten years, weve seen great advances in technology and workforce expectations and the increase in cybersecurity threats. So many changes in the world it makes sense to take a close look at the telework policies and strategies than the federal workforc...

Drop them in the chat room. Voting is on everyones mind at the moment in with the coronavirus especially more voters than ever are trying mailin ballots are voting early and as we are talking about our usual voting methods so many things have moved to on line and people are asking will voting become digital as well . I want to start the conversation by asking why would you even want to on line voting and i will say im coming from Seattle Washington where we have a robust mailin ballots system an...

And larryt nbc news norden, the director of the Election Reform Program at the Brennan Center for justice. Just a reminder, if you have questions as we chat, feel free to drop them into the chat below. Voting is on everyones mind at the moment, and with coronavirus, more voters than ever are trying mailin ballots or voting early. Alternatives to our usual voting methods, a lot of people are asking will voting become digital, as well . Thent to kick off conversation by asking, why would we even w...

Not a pretty chart. How concerned is the governor of the bank of england . Governor is extremely concerned. We also had forecast this morning from the ob are, the fiscal watchdog, suggesting unemployment is going to remain extremely elevated and is likely to rise into next year. That will make the governors job in the chancellors job very difficult. The real question is, where does the stimulus come from . Does it come from the treasury in westminster, or does it come from the bank of england . ...

In the last 10 days. The u. S. And china trade new barbs. Washington rejects chinas claim to the South China Sea. Top u. S. Senators are facing mainland sanctions. Haidi u. S. China sentiments dominating again with the grim overlay of rolling back restrictions around the world. This is how we are shaping up when it comes to u. S. Futures contracts, up by. 2 after what was a truly volatile session. We had the s p 500 touching levels prepandemic and we also have the nasdaq hitting a fresh record b...

The s p 500 has climbed all the way back from down 2. 5 to flat. A little bit of strengthening from last week in the dollar index, but weaker on the day. The 10 year yield at 69 basis points. And a little return to climbing higher for crude, but it is lower on the equity downdraft. Halfway into the trading day, lets go to scarlet fu for more details. Scarlet you mentioned the paring of losses. Futures, the s p 500 futures have almost wiped out its early decline. And we are looking at that in the...

Or was it the real economy rearing its increasingly ugly head every day that the average goes down, the dow slipped 102 points, s p shed 7 p. 8 , are we having Great Depression style unemployment 38 million jobless claims or another garden variety sell off in the wake of another major rally . Ill give you a hint its not the economy driving the bus. I know the markets incredible rebound the last two months seems totally out of sync with whats happening in the rest of the country. Wall streets bec...

World Health Organization wants a pandemic is getting worse but says there is still hope to change its trajectory. Also the u. S. Secretary of state makes a brief visit to afghanistan seeking to salvage a deal between washington and the taliban. Mozambiques army battles fighters in a northern town close to a 1000000000. 00 energy project. To italy has reached another grim milestone in the corona virus pandemic the number of dead now exceeds 6000 and that is almost double the number of deaths rec...