we learn what has been done in different states and locales. the new york state intel center in albany is a good example. the new vigilance project is another, and analytic and saw -- and historic catalog of terrorist cases since 9/11 which we can now share across the country. we know that we are better equipped in states and localities around the united states. and we know that we are beginning to hear some of the things i have been saying that goes back to us. that is always a sign that the message is being received. let me, if i might, talk about shared responsibility from an individual standpoint. we have continually recognize the role of the public. according to one recent outside analysis, from 1999-2010, there were a total of 74 lots properly characterized as terrorist. and there are definitional issues there, but in this study, properly characterized as terrorist. a total of 74 lots will. there were motivated by a more variety -- by a variety of ideologies. al qaeda and its affiliates accounted for about half. but most important, the pub

>> it is a hub for news and information for local communities, simply put. it goes beyond this, and we can get into that, but that is something it leads with. we hire full-time professional journalist who lives and works locally in that community that it is serving. so it is a uniform platform so the technology is shared, so we can flip the switch, but the editor is really the key to making that all work. for us, for each of those, although it is part of a bigger brand and effort, what matters is how many people within that community know about it, so i'm gratified that you know about yours. the question would be how many more people know about it, and the ones who did not, how do we let them know? >> well, i am also a news person, so that helps. >> and it kind of markets itself to some degree in that the longer the editor is there covering the news, the more people they are talking to, the more people are interested in seeing photographs of the high- school football game and will look for it and that sort of thing. last year, we grew from 30 sites regionally

haley barbour and local officials will testify. also today, former massachusetts governor mitt romney formaly begins his campaign. live coverage starts at 12:30 eastern on c-span 2 and c-span radio and c-span.org. >> today marks the first time when our legislative branch in its entirety will appear on that medium of communication through which most americans gets their information about what our government and our country does. >> several times today this has been referred to as an historic occasion. whether or not it will be an historic occasion is i think a subject for history. >> this week marks 25 years of televised coverage of the u.s. senate. on the first day in 1986, c-span 2 was carried in 6 million homes. today it is carried in 89 million homes. it is all searchable, shareable and free. the peabody award winning c-span.org/videolibrary. >> our military forces are scheduled to leave iraq by the end of the year. we'll hear from officials from the state department and the defense department. this is about an hour. >> good afte

the next slide is interesting and is basically this is basically the volume of local news minutes. on one axis, left access and then the market size on the bottom axis and it's not surprising is that as you get to smaller markets there's less local news being produced. and the economics have become more challenging. of course there's a lot of variation as thispoints out in a local news. the many that are seizing the moment and doing very exciting things, but some are not. and i do believe that some local tv news operations are no seizing this opportunity. so we have a few problems. the old phrase if it bleeds it leads is still tue, maybe even worse than ever. the beat system. most of the beat system like newspapers, less and less is that true which means there's less expertise being developed. the study of the l.a. market showed the results of the phenomenon was i think a pretty shockingly small amount of time beg spent on the sickly important information. specifically, they said that a little over one minute of a typical half-hour newscast was going to education, health care, gover

state and local governments are forecast to cut 110,000 state and local jobs in the third quarter. this is the first time this number has ever ris noon the triple digits according to ihs global insight. in georgia the police force cut from 15 to 5 officers. they planned to eliminate the force entirely but did find money to keep a few officers. zanesville, ohio, cut 50 jobs from its schools, mostly through layoffs. in california the department of corrections and rehabilitation headquarters in sacramento will eliminate more than 400 positions saving the state $30 million. over the last year and a half more than 1,000 positions have been eliminated there. chris from the national league of city, represents 19,000 cities and you say this is just the beginning. >> yeah. right now, it's the times are very tough for local governments all over the country and we have another year or two to go before they find their way out of it. a lot of that has to do with the fact that they're very reliant on property taxes to fund services and because of the housing market and the fact that we haven't s

there are 650,000 state and local law enforcement officers. 650,000. so the 10 million to 12 million illegal aliens in the country are much more likely to come into contact with local law enforcement than they are with an i.c.e. agent. and for local law enforcement, it's important that they be properly trained so that they don't profile, don't discriminate but properly identify those here illegally who are breaking our laws. now, there is a backlog of cities that want 287-g agreements, and what this legislation does is assist in covering that problem. one of the reasons so many cities want to be involved in this is because criminal alien gangs generally victimize people in the cities often victimizing other immigrants, often victimize legal immigrants. and frankly law enforcement should be trained in how to identify and remove criminal aliens. and this assists in that. it's a great force multiplier for i.c.e. it provides i.c.e. with assistance such as following up on leads, providing research and surveillance, it has had a positive influence on the work

many of which are shared with state and local partners. it is multiple interactions across the board. we worked closely on collection requirements as well as on analysis and developing analytic tools. i can even discuss all the levels we have been trying to significantly improve the cooperation and communication on. i think we have made a lot of progress. >> thank you. the drug cartel activities are keeping you up at night sometimes. what level -- what we doing from an intelligence standpoint to apprehend and make sure we are not seeing these drug cartels continue to move across our border? >> as we have seen the drug cartel threat and violence evolve particularly in mexico but also elsewhere as well, i have seen a higher level of emphasis placed on the intelligence community and i would say very candidly that they have been very responsive to our requests for information and support. it is a strain. we have wars going on in iraq and afghanistan and the intelligence community is stretched very thin but this is very close to home and impact

and things like the local tv news would do more. but in only four cases are they being funded by the cable operators in the way that the cable industry funds c-span. and in quite a number of circumstances they are funded by the state which in some cases worked out okay but i have to tell you i don't think it is the best model in the world to have the state funding coverage of the state. public broadcasting. obviously the anchor, the biggest player and then on the media world as public tv and public radio. we've run into great that what they do, some of the structural issues, how they are evolving, tremendous innovation on line in the public media space as well to break it down a little bit further on the public tv side there is real strength and educational programming, national public affairs, everything from the front line of newshour, firing line to date myself a little bit, we would say that we think there is not that much local programming on public tv. very few public tv stations to local news. we were not able to get a solid n

and things like the local tv news would do more. in only four cases are they being funded by the cable operators in the way that the cable industry funds c-span. and in quite a number of circumstances they are funded by the state which in some cases worked out okay but i have to tell you i don't think it is the best model in the world to have the state funding coverage of the state. public broadcasting. obviously the anchor, the biggest player and then on the media world as public tv and public radio. we've run into great that what they do, some of the structural issues, how they are evolving, tremendous innovation on line in the public media space as well to break it down a little bit further on the public tv side there is real strength and educational programming, national public affairs, everything from the front line of newshour, firing line to date myself a little bit, we would say that we think there is not that much local programming on public tv. very few public tv stations to local news. we were not able to get a solid numbe

president assad is introducing some political and economic reforms to change the election process and local governments corruption and give more freedom to the media but protesters have little faith that this rhetoric saying just nice words with no real meaning behind the syrian ministry of defense has imposed serious restrictions on communications and introduced a complete ban on internet access in some areas of the country. while the welcome to the show thank you for having me thank you for coming. here in the studio first of all i wanted to i want to check what people especially when the when they publish interviews with you or your articles in the press they label you as an opposition leader one of the one of the members of the opposition so you do

the second is recognizing the state and locals just my experience as an fbi agent steve and local usually have the best resources locally and information intelligence connection with the community they can do the best possible job if we in the federal government can enable them with your it is through grants such as the transportation security grant program or specific training that can augment or it might be through the viper team we can engage with state and local law enforcement as the years operational deterrence. the west as the third area of the critical infrastructure so there are critical structures in the particular locale how can we be informed by state and local police and transit authorities to say here's what the essence as vulnerable points, how can we work collectively to shore up those four of devotees? >> and also when a that tsa works with the stakeholders in the private-sector and according to the gao, many of them don't have the computer access to receive the security of states and they don't quite know what to do with them. can you discuss your understanding on the cu

we learn from what has been done in different states and different locale. the intel center in albany is a good example. the new vigilance project is another. analytic and historic catalog of terrorism cases since 9/11 which we can share across the country. we know that we have better equipped our states and localities around the u.s. and we know that we're beginning to hear some of the things i have been saying echoed back to us. always a signed the messages being received. let me if i might talk about shared responsibility from an individual standpoint. we have continually recognize the role of the public. according to one recent outside analysis, from 19992010, there were a total of 74 plots properly characterized as terrorist and there are definitional issues. the study, there were 74 plot spoiled. they were motivated by a variety of ideologies. al qaeda, al qaeda-type affiliate's, representing about half. what is most critical to note and does not get the attention it deserves is that the public, individual members stopped one- third of those plots. the

amtrak also collaborated with other federal with other federal, state and local agencies and initiated a response that addressed right of way threats. the steps included increasing right-of-way patrols focusing on bridge and tunnel infrastructure. shifting operation rail safety, a program called reach out alliance of putting local state efforts, right-of-way patrols. requesting law-enforcement air and marine support for critical infrastructure. ensuring current capital security planning including right-of-way risk assessments. deploying special operations personnel for the right-of-way. and coordinating with other amtrak departments. lastly, learning employees in reinforcing security programs and vigilance messages. while amtrak was undertaking these countermeasures is to remain committed to existing programs such as explosive k-9 detection program. recover 46 impose of the teams that lasher did more than 11,000 train rides and 25 weekly searches across the nation. our security inspector program, we conducted more than 3000 random passenger baggage screening operations. active shooter

and support local businesses. these two gentlemen along with other folks have created an innovative program that gives back to the community through the debit card which is being launched today. this is report points to individuals that shop in the neighborhood. they can be redeemed at local businesses or it can actually be given as charitable contributions to local non- profit organizations. it is for that reason that today i am proud to honor the work they have done. the work fosters' pride in the community and deepens the relationship between residences and their local businesses. this is a certificate of honor for launching a cutting edge project that supports local businesses and community-based organizations and builds meaningful partnerships. we're educating residents about the importance of shopping locally and by foster in a deep sense of pride in our neighborhood and for leading change by example. congratulations on launching bernal bucks. this can serve as a model for other neighborhoods on how to creat

this facility has greatly enhanced the collaboration and communication amongst local, state and federal law enforcement agencies and first responders. ms. matsui: from there officials are better able to prevent attacks by training, sharing information and coordinating investigations. and in the unthinkable scenario in which an attack does occur, this facility, funded by uasi dollars, will better help the first responders to react and respond to an attack. the coordination and collaborative efforts at this facility are critical and will help limit further harm. limiting or cutting uasi funding could devastate this counterterrorism and readiness task force and ne negatively impact the work they have undertaken to ensure the better coordination and communication amongst law enforcement officials and emergency responders. . one compelling lesson learned from 9/11, was that emergency officials need to have streamline communication and command and control infrastructures. this facility is the embodiment of that lesson. the threat to sacramento should not be taken lightly. sacramento is a capi

and an opportunity. we are focused on local small businesses. we have done well with the public sector and non-profit sector. today, we are announcing the availability of these funds to entice our small local businesses to take advantage of this program. with that, i want to introduce trent rhorer, our head of the human services agency. and he will in see the rest of the speakers. >> thank you, mr. mayor. good morning, everyone. i am trent rhorer, director of the human resources agency. as the mayor said, we've had tremendous success with jobsnow. we employed over 4100 low- income, unemployed job seekers, as well as folks who were receiving unemployment. this was underwritten by more than $60 million in federal funds. unfortunately, expired september of last year. we revive the program using more than $9 million of state, local, and federal funds to help the same pool of unemployed job seekers. two-thirds of the program has been successful. we've been able to place over 460 people in public sector, subsidized positions, as well as with our nonpro

and things like the local tv news would do more. only four cases are they being funded by the cable operators in the way that the cable industry funds c-span. and in quite a number of circumstances they are funded by the state which in some cases worked out okay but i have to tell you i don't think it is the best model in the world to have the stte funding coverage of the ate. public broadcasting. obviously the anchor, the biggest player and then on the media world as public tv and public radio. we've run into great that what they do, some of the structural issues, how they are evolving, emendous innovation on line in the public media space as well to break it down a little bit further on the public tv side there is real strength and educational programming, national public affairs, everything from the front line of newshour, firing line to date myself a little bit, we would say that we think there is not that much local programming on public tv. very few public tv stations to local news. we were not able to get a solid number of lo

we work together to produce joint products, many of which are shared with our state and local partners. it is multiple interaction across the board. we also work closely on collection requirements as well as on analysis and developing analytical tools. i cannot even discuss all the interaction there is. we have been trying to significantly improve the cooperation and communication. i think we have made a lot of progress. >> thank you. you said the drug cartels activity having keeping you up sometimes at night. what are we doing for the intelligence standpoint to apprehend and make sure we are not seeing these drug cartels continue to move across our border? >> as we have seen the drug

programs for artists in san francisco were looking at the cultural centers that we sponsor and showcase local artists and ensure local artists exhibitions. there are multiple ways of looking at it, not just in terms of a local lands. but we do have to find a way to support our artists. many of the move to new york or los angeles because they feel like there is not enough support for the arts here. even minnesota has amazing state infrastructure supporting their artists. i'm interested as to how other cities and states support artists and we might want to look at so we did not go down what you are warning about, which is it could hurt our artists if we start to establish some sort of percentage. >> now that we are on this topic, one of the areas that has been a great concern to me since i arrived three and a half years ago is the expense of having a space to create in san francisco is higher than just about everywhere else. the effect of that has driven artists out of the city, and to many surrounding areas, sometimes across the country. i would love to see an initiative that would help encour

of the project manager from the port, the project manager from the department of public works, and a local san francisco architect. the interview criteria included how well each firm responded to the following areas -- demonstration to complete phase one construction within the project schedule and that approach to it at-risk construction management process. for the new commissioner, phase 1 -- the project will be done in two phases. the first phase is the destruction of the terminal to be used by the america's cup. 2013 to help host the main event at pier 27. once they terminate their occupation of the new building, our team will complete the structure, which will include adding facilities and maritime e equipment and the construction of the plaza, so one of the other key ingredients is the identification of key project staff, demonstration to meet new certification, and meeting local hiring goals. based on interviews, the staff have determined that turner construction co. is lowest bidder on the project. the public management team would move to roughly from the terminal two projects to o

agencies are not doing their job in holding local governments and schools accountable by the uptake in online news the report concludes there's a lack of local investigative reporting and this is causing a ray of problems including scandals not exposed government waste not discovered health dangers not identified in time and local elections involving candidates about whom we know little if the seaward recommends that local media outlets create c.-span like broadcasts to inform their communities curiously in the same week this report was released the f.c.c. gave ender a publican's in the house and completely pledged to take the fairness doctrine off its books the fairness doctrine toward media outlets that call themselves news to devote a sliver of every hour to actually covering straight news reagan stopped and forcing the fairness doctrine in one thousand nine hundred seventy which is a large part of why we now have infotainment instead of news so if the f.c.c. is really looking for someone to blame for a lack of real news in america maybe they should look in the mirror for more on th

the games are coming thick and fast these days another part schedule a little later on when state and local it runs before a month long summer break with all the skipping. things interesting reading c.s. come off school the have won five of their last half a dozen games the welcome to look on the t.v. another all topical encounter see sports scene army in what will be the visitors' first game with serbia still in charge in forms in each who can currently post the top stories in the league entertain. good travel to design the face twice former

this project is fully funded from a number of federal, state, and local grants. this is a good example of the five muni cars that were sent for rehabilitation. this is car 1008, by the way. finally, the complete rehabilitation of car number one -- a historic street car built in 1912. the contractor is brookfield equipment company. this project budget is $2.50 million and the contract value is $1.90 million. being 100 years old, this car required extensive not only mechanical and electrical, but would work and metal work throughout. the contractor has done an incredible job of restoring this car back to better than its original condition and completing required upgrades to meet regulatory compliance. the contract duration is april 2009 to april 2012. we received this car last december. it has been on the road and is undergoing intensive commissioning and testing. we anticipate this car to be put in service in august of 2011. this project is also fully funded from a number of federal, state, and local grants. i wish we had a better picture of car number one before

and the like. those are turnover to a level local u.s. attorney is for possible prosecution. i think there is a public misconception that we are simply willy-nilly taking laptops and reading them for our own wishes. that really is not true. it is the 73 we have to search somebody's backpack with the coming to this country. as i said earlier, the authorities are longstanding and have service to good avail. >> hello. secretary of paul tsongas, thank you for being here. the other co-director of the national security coronation program at the center. you spoke to about the importance of information sharing and you also spoke about lendl and state law-enforcement now being at the front lines -- about state and lalocal law- enforcement know they hit the foul line of homeland security. they have difficulty sometimes getting the information they need to do their jobs because the classification system -- the system for classifying documents that the federal level, which has been the same system in place since the cold war -- emphasizes compartmentalization , meets no restrictions, a le

huge opportunity for archaeologists items found at the cemetery have been treatable professionals and local amateurs these days the surrounding area me once again be alive with agriculture and opportunity it is been deserted by people in search of a different lifestyle. for our local ascension our shot of august this is a devastating fact he has built his own hydro power plant that provides him and his family without an atrocity but he doesn't know who will inherit his legacy. with the idea was born over ten years ago and it took me several years to build it from scratch i used everything i could possibly find i call my bench in a freeflow wheel but what i see now is that people are leaving half of our village left in less than ten years. believes the only thing that can reverse the situation is the creation of the necessary infrastructure new roads new jobs and new opportunities to stop people leaving a young people may be attracted to the bright lights of the c.d.'s the locals leave their leaving behind a truly unique part of russia the land of the north of here if they're around it by mo

while this bill rightly seeks to help states and localities remr. after a disaster strikes, it decimates the -- that exposes our community to greater risk and potentially raises the cost of disasters when they occur. and we shouldn't ignore the cost of layoffs on our economic recovery. this bill recommends other sdrastic reductions. for example, cutting -- drastic reductions. for example, cutting research in half. they would have aviation security and explosive detection devices and two cutting edge near-term research projects, but other critical research under way, including research on cybersecurity, disaster resiliencey, the detection of chemical and biological threats, this research simply wouldn't be funded in 2012, if ever. the bill also greatly reduces funds for information technology needs and construction activities. it includes no funding for the new d.h.s. headquarters that's already under construction, and the related lease consolidation efforts. we've been told repeatedly by the administration that deferring these investments will ultima

pretty complex and thus far pretty complex organizational structure in terms of the federal, state, and local partners, as well as other initiatives that are focused on the parties of the host and venue agreement. the next slide will break this off into a clearer picture each. i wanted to get a sense that all of these individual activities are rolling into a progress, the america's cup or nation committee. the representatives from each of these boxes report on what has happened in the past month in the next thought. >> president chu, do you have another copy of the presentation? -- president chiu, do you have another copy of the presentation? >> i am sorry. that may get back on thlet me ge slide. these are interagency task forces that have been set up across a number of areas. obviously we need a great deal of coordination. from left to right on the top line we had the initial meeting of local bay area governments this past month, which is very exciting, and i think the pressure it being involved in the process. the next one i will talk a little bit more about the interagency coordination at

and local sheriffs and operation stone guard understand and others, the safest part is where local law enforcement has joined with federal law enforcement to enforce the laws of this land. and i think anything short of that is leaving resources on the table that will protect the united states of america. so i very much oppose the gentleman's amendmenani very much hope that our colleagues will realize that we need every resource available and in my opinion even troops to protect the american border and make sure american citizens and their property and their lives are safe. so i urge my colleagues to not support this gentleman's amendment, to oppose this gentleman's amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman has to yield. mr. carter: i yield back. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina rise? mr. price: mr. chairman, i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized for five minutes -- the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. price: i want to commend our colleague from colorado for altering this ame

i think, probably on behalf of all of us, you speak for us in our gratitude for both local cahow 798 and the police -- for but local 798 and vdot poa. on nert, i support the resolution to make sure the funding to be not cut. i think nert is a dynamic program, one that deserves the funding, adequate funding. i think the proposal to cut it would subvert its potential in its major contribution. a few years ago when i was on the budget committee, and as i have been every year that i have been on the board, there had been a chance to cut nert then, and it was in its youngest days back then. there was resistance and then. but over the last quarter years, there has been great demonstration of how effective nert is. san francisco depends on this infrastructure for psittacine brigade, for any man-made and natural disaster. it is -- san francisco depends on this infrastructure for citizen brigade. so, enthusiastically, if it had not been mentioned, i would have motion did. i think we should restore the funding. supervisor chu: thank you. ok, supervisor i to -- chiu. supervisor chiu: i want to echo

to whatever extent they don't feel the pinch and they hold local politicians responsible, and there's a fundamental disconnect in my judgment between the congress and the united states and state governments, very few members of congress whose election or reelection as dependent on the fiscal well-being of the state and a similar disconnect strangely enough excess between states and local governments. and therefore, i don't think true analysis of the problem, and i believe the federal deficit problem has to be solved and i agree with senator warner and those who said it better to be done before the election of 2012. but i think to do it without a full understanding of the implications to state and local government because to the -- to whatever degree you want to cut federal discretionary spending, and i think it was who told me $650 billion of the federal budget are passed through state and local governments, and in many ways they got the most vulnerable part of the federal budget to cut and therefore those cuts that are passed to the state and local governments are going to result in

the same town to have the same owner allowing cross ownership may help to forestall the erosion and local news coverage by enabling companies to share these local news gathering costs across multiple media platforms. today's order amends the thirty two year old absolute ban on newspaper broadcast cross ownership. last time the commission went down this road the majority heard and felt the outrage of millions of citizens and congress and the court and they're hearing from citizens once again there's a new lawsuit from media's radio and media access project and a resolution to disapprove the f.c.c. vote by the u.s. senate we have visited this issue previously i think there is too much concentration in the media and the f.c.c. rule moves in exactly the wrong direction adding more concentration preventing more media consolidation is a bipartisan effort i look at this is not of course an issue we have multiple votes on both sides of the aisle in the commerce committee when this was last discussed so there were people on the republican side on the democratic side that is not part