Get started let me center best wishes for a speedy recovery to President Trump, the first lady, as well as all the officials who work closely with the president. One month out from november 3 americans across the country have already started voting in the most important president ial election in a generation. President elect joe biden for reelected President Donald Trump will face a double digit unemployment situation and a global pandemic, a reckoning on racial inequality and a divided nation. The one institution that could help address these problems is the federal government. The federal government needs to be effective if it will deliver for the American People. That is why preparation and planning today is critical for effectiveness on january 20. Regardless of your wins a smooth transition this year is not enough in this year we need the best transition ever in american history. Should Vice President biden win the challenges are truly daunting. In normal times a new president fac
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We have taken a two track approach. One track is to put in fixes to our Current System knowing that is not the solution. My first trip to phoenix, i sat down at the computer screen and worked the scheduling system myself. It really is a green screen. Like we have to make things simpler for veterans, we have to make things simpler for our employees. Putting fixes into the system is the fastest approach. We are going for an off the shelf system you are going to implement as quickly as possible. We are going to start putting this in place. It will take some time to do it. The third thing we have to do is make sure our people are trained. This is why i am eager to have a simplified system. While there have been things that have gone wrong and we are Holding People accountable for those things, for example, there was a person who manipulated data in georgia who was indicted two weeks ago. As times goes on, these measures of accountability will come out. I believe we have to make things simp
We are way beyond that. More work needed in the Oversight Framework as lamar mentioned the presence of Precision Medicine and what that is. The third area is strengthening our ability to carey out the mission. Mark couldnt be with us but talked about how important that is. We have a number of recommendations in the report relating to the fdas Human Resources and how do you hire people today. Many require collaboration with hhs and the office of personal management. We all know in government the hiring and firing and recruiting process happens in the legislatorive branch when legislati legislative branch needs to be investigated. We need to improve the publi publicprivate partnerships out there. And providing access to medical products and there is a Government Role and responsibility looking at the unmet needs that may not have a financial incentive for going there. The biggest, most important drug company in the world is not going there, scientist and researchers are not going there,
Shannon good morning, everyone. Welcome to our symposium on the future of anticorruption in u. S. Foreignpolicy. I am shannon oneill, a senior fellow here at the council for Foreign Relations. We have seen in recent years recognition of corruption and wideranging consequences. Both for the nations in which it occurs and u. S. Foreign olicy. Intensified economic and social inequalities, it drains Development Dollars and if prevents presents obstacles for democracy by undermining the legitimacy of institutions and countries. Endemic corruption erodes trust in the government and it drives me citizens toward radical movements. Insurgencies that threaten those countries as well as in u. S. Interest. It is crucial the United States ddress these threats and develop effective strategies to ombat this abroad. It will mean working alone as well as in concert with International Partners to address bribery, graft and other forms of corruption. We will delve into these today. We have an Impressive