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Blowers complaints seriously. Within vha, the problem of intimidation, retaliation may be magnified by what some consider a protective culture of the medical profession. It is often thought to be against the code to point out colleagues mistakes or where a nurse or a tendant is told it is appropriate to question a physician or surgeon. The natural tendency is to close ranks, to not die that problems exist or mirs stestakes were ma. So after we listen to the testimony before us this evening from the whistle blowers, the office of special counsel and the va will anything change after we hear wha...

Acting secretary gibson recently stated that he was deeply disappointed not only in the substantiation of allegations raised by the whistle blowers but also in the failures within the department to take whistle blowers complaints seriously. Within vha, the problem of intimidation, retaliation may be magnified by what some consider a protective culture of the medical profession. It is often thought to be against the code to point out colleagues mistakes or where a nurse or a tendant is told it is appropriate to question a physician or surgeon. The natural tendency is to close ranks, to not die ...

Good morning, everyone. Thank you for being here. You know, as we look through this year, theres obviously some incredible events that have occurred. And for me as mayor of San Francisco, i know that the chief and i and supervisor cohen and dr. Campbell and the whole Public Health staff have always had dialogue and been concerned especially when there is an uptick in june of this year on Violent Crime and homicides in San Francisco. And, so, weve been working together on creating a program which i announced some months ago, the ipo program, the ability to work on things that would interrupt an...

Community coming together with Law Enforcement so we know what people are doing and a simple question can be asked and if its for target practice, thats fine as long as its not the most lethal ammunition. The leadership in this country, you know, weve been divided for a while over small ideas and now were coming together unfortunately after this tragedy over a big idea. And thats gun control. Cant tell you how much the Major City Police chiefs of this country support the mayor. Senator feinstein, congress, state senators, and mayors like mayor lee that were fortunate to have, on gun control. S...

Perpetrators of Violent Crime in our city. To support the Police Department and Law Enforcement system of doing more predictive policing using both data and technology to help us do that. And then, of course, i think the most important part is to organize our communities and work with communitybased organizations, families, religious groups, and everybody thats on the ground to find more ways to intervene in violent behavior out there and utilize resources such as education systems, our Community Jobs programs, others that might allow people to go in different direction. The unfortunate and ve...