you have to be assessed for that. i think that is a very green thing to do because you do not have to add building. do you have anything to say about general improvement? >> it is a big additional we are talking about attic space. when you are retrofitting for earthquakes two stories up in an edwardian, the expense involved, i think, would be hard to justify in most neighborhoods. >> it is hard to get enough windows with dormers, etc. >> how about converting the attic into storage? >> you said you recently did that, alice. >> that is fairly simple. i would get a permit. and you are allowed a certain amount of space. you have to have ventilation. i do not remember all the rules. >> will the property tax increase? >> i do not think so. >> to convert an existing empty attic into a storage attic? that does not sound like you are converting it into the living area. the a sensible addition would be converting it into a living area. >> it is usually by a letter that pulls down. a staircase would have to be deliverable area w

of costs -- in front of you to uphold the assessment of cost. it does not make any difference now whether the order is issued or not. the assessment of cost apply after the time complain -- time for compliance last -- lapses and the work is not done. this notice of violation was issued before that ordinance went into effect which was late in 2010. we still hold him to that standard that you have to have the order issued for us to apply the assessment of costs. we would like to have that order issued in the assessment of cost applied and paid. where we are with that now is about $800. that is pretty conservative given the fact we have had two hearings. we're willing to work with the co

we also do oil assessments. we do unconventional oil assessments, because these tight formations sometimes as well contain oil. the most commonly known is the backen formation in north dakota and montana. and that is illustrated here at about our mean estimate, about 3.64 billion barrels of oil, which is a substantial oil resource. we still have not completed all of our assessments, so this map will be updated over the next year. i want to turn briefly to this map from the energy information administration to show that shale basin or shale formations occur throughout the united states. not everywhere. but looking at a map like this, in combination with our resources estimates gives planners, policymakers an idea of where future production might occur, in addition to the ongoing production we have right now, and be able to predict where infrastructure might need to be built, for example. or where impacts might need to be mitigated. i want to just leave you with this worldwide look. we talked about resources withi

the assessment of cost which is much earlier in the process. on our boiler plate, we changed all of the boiler plate to make it clear. there are warnings telling the property owner you have to comply or you'll be subject to these fees and they will accrue more quickly. in our warning letter we used to send out, we now send that out after the time frame of compliance. it very clearly tells the property owner that you are beyond the time frame for compliance. we are seeing the results. people are complying more quickly. that was your legislation. but we had to get the information out to the people. the boiler plate and a warning letter -- we only issue one. there's no reason -- building inspection does it differently and it works for them but because we're dealing with housing issues, we are trying to get compliance much more quickly and this is working. this just went into effect and started to apply to notice of violations issued in january of last year. we are seeing the effect because it will accrue to thousand dollars very quickly. we would

so treatment programs need to be able to assess for tbi or assess for cognitive dysfunctions. and we need screening tools that will allow us to do that. or when you're talking with family members or buddies or partners, you're able to make those assessments because it will help you address the issue because many people, especially early in the recovery process, aren't willing to acknowledge that they have cognitive problem, or they may say, i understand, when in fact they don't. but you're saying, if i heard you correctly, that there may be 50 different variations of-of disabilities that i need to be able to assess for. how do i as a service provider seek the help in order to be able to assess that and not only that, how do we then create a plan, a treatment plan, with the correct methodology and the right components to be able to-to improve an individual's life? it cannot be a cookie-cutter approach, and i think that's another issue- that if i use the same recipe for everybody, i'm not going to produce the desired result. so it can be a burden on a program, but imagine it's a

in particular, we will continue to assess, you no eknow, lookin the assessment and risk, unemployment making sufficient progress towards its normal run, normal level and whether remaining close to target and if appropriate and depending on assessment of the costs and risks of additional policy actions, we remain entirely prepared to take additional balancing actions if necessary to achieve our objectives. so those tools remain very much on the table, and we will not hesitate to use them should the economy require that additional support. >> mr. chairman, from the "wall street journal." the fed has been forecasting for some time that inflation would fall to 2% or below. the latest measures of inflation suggest that the core pc is at the higher end of that range and many other measures are above 2%. i noticed that in your forecast today that the upper end of your forecast, all the way through 2014 have increased. do you see a risk that the disinflationary forces in the economy might not be as strong as the fed had been projecting for some time? >> well, i would just say first that our p

and so i think retraining is essential, and probing into the assessments and have those assessments are used particularly in a muslim context would be of importance and focus. >> thank you. mr. chairman i noticed your back. you already took the gavel. didn't you? thank you all. thank you. >> senator kuntz. >> thank you, chairman durbin. thank you for calling this hearing for your long and passionate and vigilant advocacy four civil rights and your leadership in this area for this legislation and for this hearing. in my own role prior to becoming a senator as county executive, i worked hard in a 3 a380 sworn officer to ensure we had an effective and strong outreach not just traditionally to harassment and communities like the african-american and latino communities but also post-9/11 making sure there was better training and outreach in relationship with our muslim community and given incidents that occurred in our community making sure we stayed as a policing organization engaged. and accountable. and i just wanted to start, officer gale and chief davis, by thanking you for your leaders

and so i think retraining is essential, and probing into the assessments and have those assessments are used particularly in a muslim context would be of importance and focus. >> thank you. mr. chairman i noticed your back. you already took the gavel. didn't you? thank you all. thank you. >> senator kuntz. >> thank you, chairman durbin. thank you for calling this hearing for your long and passionate and vigilant advocacy four civil rights and your leadership in this area for this legislation and for this hearing. in my own role prior to becoming a senator as county executive, i worked hard in a 3 a380 sworn officer to ensure we had an effective and strong outreach not just traditionally to harassment and communities like the african-american and latino communities but also post-9/11 making sure there was better training and outreach in relationship with our muslim community and given incidents that occurred in our community making sure we stayed as a policing organization engaged. and accountable. and i just wanted to start, officer gale and chief davis, by thanking you for your leaders

structure assessment. and we do have that plan as you pointed out to get to 300 ships by 2019. >> well, one thing about it, i may not be here and you may not be here in 2019. so plans when they get out too far don't have much reality to them. that's what worries me. i mean, we had a plan to have 316 ships and did have that many in 2001 when you took office. it had dropped to 283. and it was also taken as you noted from your remarks had gone down to 149,000 sailors. some of it is because we have better ships and need fewer people to man them. i have to give the navy credit for that. with regard to the literal combat ship, i'm concerned about the overall reductions in that budget in the future years of the defense plan. i understand it still remains a top navy priority to have 55 ships produced through that program. where are we in terms of cost and schedule for the lcs, mr. secretary or admiral? how does the current contract, the execution of the program compare with the initial purchase of the first ship i

we have ended year benchmark assessments. schools just finished those. we will be giving benchmark assessments early in the fall, and will be able to measure from one point in time to the next to see the impact of summer programming. president chiu: once you get that information, are there times to make decisions to shift resources away from some programs and toward others? how do you use the data? >> to gather a portfolio. we are using multiple sources of funds and operating under a number of obligations for summer programming. we want to improve the quality of the programming we have. we are serious about looking at all of those measures. you heard many times over the need to expand summer programming. we have a number of additional populations we would love to serve, if resources provided. supervisor campos: not to interrupt, but i know the director has to leave for a family obligation very shortly. is it ok if we give her an opportunity to make a quick statement, and follow up any questions? we can then continue the discussion. my apologies. presiden

it is also required high risk facilities to conduct vulnerability assessments, develop plans and adopt security standards to mitigate identified vulnerabilities. the government has already spent hurrica hundreds of millions of dollar ons this program while our private sector has invested billions. i believe those are assets and investments that ought not to be waesed and my hope is that while the memo relates to failures in the compliance phase of the cfats program, that this is not used as -- or misread by people to believe that we have wasted money in the government and that the private sector has wasted money as they have dealt with cfats security improvements. rather, i believe, we have had a model of private-public partnership and i hope that this will be continued. i was pleased to see your quick response response to these management failures by your listed items. what was missing in the action item list it appears is priorities and timelines. and so, without that, it seems to my priority and supervision, you end up hiring unequalled inspectors and paying them for jobs that don't

the committee has to make those assessments. and we've been working to try to provide more explicit guidance, quantitative guidance, about our policy reaction function. but so far, you know, we haven't really done that. and i can only say qualitatively that the committee will continue to look at the evolution of the outlook, try to assess whether unemployment is making sufficient progress towards our objectives. and in particular whether the recovery is still continuing. and we remain prepared to use balance sheet tools to support the recovery and to help make sure unemployment continues its downward path towards longer run normal levels. [ inaudible question ] >> mr. chairman, according to the latest forecast, ten members of the fomc see a 1% or higher fed funds rate in 2014. seven of them see a 2% or higher fed funds rate. under that -- those conditions, how can the guidance in the statement that you remain exceptionally low through late 2014 be justified? and is there a point at which the disdense between the individual forec

a child is a portfolio of knowledge assessed by the teacher in so many ways. wouldn't compare an 18-month old baby to an 8-month-old and yet we are required to hold children to this comparison daily. data director which keeps track of a student's test scores and their teachers may tell you how many letters of the alphabet a student knows or if he can count to 100 but what's missing is how he mixes the color of paint, his smile when he figures out how to write his last name, finally feeling secure not enough to be scared in the lunch room, making a new friend, his delight when he tastes a lemonade he learned how to squeeze out of lemons, his excitement when he discovers three other kids in the class start with the same letter of his name, his pride when he figures out how to balance a block structure, getting the last piece of the puzzle together, solving conflict, role playing in the doll house, growing pumpkin seeds. we talk about joyful learning but i can't help feeling that it translates into an oxymoron. how is learning to be joyful when we are asked to dr

i assessed things myself.ent through the straight of hormuz on the "uss stennis" and it was a nice, clear day. i have a nice view of the naval units that come out to monitor it. in between all of those i came to the conclusion we could do better setting the theater. i wanted to be sure as i said in the testimony that we are ready. that our folks are proficient, confident. they're good at what they do in case called upon. i wanted to be sure that the theater was set. having said that, i then requested and we requested to improve our mine warfare capabilities in the theater, we are moving four more mine sweeps that will make eight. we are moving airborne countermeasure helicopters that will take us to eight in theater. then that -- those working with the british mine sweeps there, which we exercise with frequently sets us up a little bit there. i want to improve underwater unmanned mine neutralization. there are systems that were available and had proven to be subsequently good. i want to be sure we had counters

. >> general thurman, readiness is one of your top priorities, assess you've stated, the president's new strategic guidance shifts the focus to asia. today we haven't seen an increase in resources to reflect the pivot. we understand that each of our contingency plans is under review to assess the level of resources required, assuming you are engaged in a similar activity, can you tell us how prepared the u.s. forces are to respond to possible aggressive actions by the north korean military, and what are your top three readiness issues for u.s. forces? >> chairman, first off, i can tell you we are prepared to defend the peninsula and can do that. and we can repel any type of attack that should the north koreans decide to do that. so i'm confident based on what i've seen through the exercises, and the fact of the -- with the capabilities we have, and i would be more than happy to go in a closed session and discuss specific readiness concerns that i have and can go into further detail on that. in response to overall readiness, i would tell you that on the u.s. side, the u.s. army has do

i was taught -- involved in the assessment of the breakdown. one thing that was very obvious to me -- there had been breakdowns in police leadership, but also in the whole criminal justice system. the prosecutors were too willing to hear a story that was not believable. there were members of the defense that did not do their job the way that they should have. and they should have been more circumspect about what was being presented. one of the main reasons i am here today, is because i have this very strong commitment to the reef formation of the system. any system that incarcerates people at the rate that we do in our country and our state -- the implications that this has had in minority communities, 70 people -- 70% of the people that we incarcerate -- this is a system based on punitive measures. this indicates that we have to fix the system and that is why i am here today. we have to fix this. >> john ray is a direct question. if you are presented with evidence that the police officers have committed perjury, or if you have this attorney in

they assess every client and then they determine housing placement based on how these are assessed. this is targeted that way just a way that new york does. this matches clients to the individual shelter programs. >> thank you. >> i'm curious as to what percentage are released. >> on average of three-12th are released at 4:30. then, on an average of 15-25 are released after 8:00 p.m. if they don't need curfew. >> thank you. i want to follow up with the shelter monitoring committee. if o>> how many are turned awaya nightly basis? >> this committee is actually in the midst of conducting their first turn away count, that was the information that i was going to present. i can't give you some rough numbers based on the last three counts. the count conducted in 2008 and in 2009, we went to three different changes and reservation locations and 290 individuals were seeking shelter and 93 were provided shelter which means that on an average 32% of clients were provided the shelter reservation. what this does not include it is whether there was reservations available and the client turned the

some of our crisis assessments are assessments for youth who might be experiencing suicidal ideation or homicidal ideation, out of control behavior's, or psychosis. violence is a major risk factor for mental health problems in youth, and we see probably about 70% of our youth that you have prior, exposure, oftentimes in their communities are experiencing ongoing trauma. in addition to there being post- traumatic stress disorder, we also see the present on going dramatic stress, which complicates any attempts at treatment. additionally, we provide, focus groups and the poorman group's in the school setting. we provide short-term case management and linkage to outpatient mental health services for youth that come through our agency, and this requires a close coordination with the schools, with their primary care providers, and with mental health services. a lot of times, in addition to whatever the mental health problem is that they are entering our services for, they are having behavioral problems in the school setting, may be problems with truancy. they may also be having physical se

hearing, i asked the department to survey its own mental health care providers to get a better assessment of the situation. the results, as we all know were less than satisfactory. could not schedule an appointment in their own clinic -- over 40% could not schedule an established payment within 14 days of their desired appointment and 70% reported inadequate staffing or space to meet the mental health care needs. the second hearing held in november looked at the discrepancy between what the va was helding us and what the providers were saying. we heard from a va provider and a mental health expert. at last november's hearing, i announced that i would be asking va's office of inspector general to investigate the true availability of mental health care services at va facilities. i want to thank the ig for their tremendous efforts in addressing such an enormous request. the findings of this first phase of the investigation are substantial and troubling. we have heard frequently about how long it takes for veterans to get into treatment and i'm glad the ig has brought those concerns to light.

thanks to internal assessment, they have a greatest understanding of the challenges facing them in a robust action plan. the following are socma's recommendation for getting back on track. one, congress should encourage iscd to collaborate more with industry where the greatest security expertise lies. iscd should and can be more transparent about its operations, also ensuring background check and credential programs needs to be a top priority. also man entertaining inherently safer technology into the cfats program is the last thing they should or could try to implement. also, iscd needs to retrain and as necessary replace much of its staff. and lastly, congress needs to provide certainty for the regulator and regulated alike by approving a multi-year cfats authorization. it may appear counterintuitive for a long-term authorization of a program troubled by agency mismanagement, but the key to fixing cfats is a vigorous oversight, not budget cuts or a complete reset. we appreciate this opportunity to testify today, and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you very much for your

and nick point out it is under staffed and lacks methodology to assess the staffing needs and no supplies that just one week after this hearing v.a. announced they're hiring 1,900 additional mental health staffers. that's great. good start. man, what have we been doing up to this point? we need to do it better. we have people's lives depending on these decisions that we're making. it is a good step as i said but how long will it take to actually fill these positions and what happens to that soldier who calls as has been happening with jacob manning and others and we'll hear from community groups that are helping, tom, general tom johns, to help veterans from the conflict manage mental health and i want to thank you, sir, for that effort going above and beyond and help veteran volunteering their time to help fellow soldiers cope with the invisible wounds of war we all know about it and it is a great example of the community coming forward and addressing needs, not currently being met, so thank you for that. the end, simply hiring more staff and fixing the broken scheduling system will not

secondly, after assessing what these core elements would be whacks are the gaps in those systems? and then, once we've identified the gaps, how do we think we could actually address these gaps both in a short term which is three to five year, and ultimately the longer term. what did we do? we visited and went on four trips to brazil, south africa, china and india, and at these meetings which lasted anywhere from two to four days each, we also met with representatives from other regional countries. so we talked to basically people from about a dozen countries. we talked to government regulators, government, other members of government agencies. we talked to the regulated industry, both multi-national drug companies, domestic drug companies, professional associations, nongovernmental organizations and development organizations, and we met in all kinds of different venues, from very large well-structured meetings to less than well-structured meetings and essentially had open public meetings and discussed what is the core elements and what really are the status of these systems. i wan

i'll make an assessment. >> thank you. >> what are we doing here? what's the premise here? they're not working on a nuclear weapon. why do we have to stop them from not working on a nuclear weapon? >> this is something i wanted to ask about, barbara. i think you raised it. how significant is it that at the time of the apec convention, president obama clarified the objective of u.s. policy is to prevent a weapon as opposed to weapons capability? and how significant is it also -- again, to justin's point, that congress' language and sanctions in their measures is different? what is really going on here? >> first, fo the questioner, i don't think obama is marching in lockstep with apec. and i think this distinction that he made is really crucial. iran already has a nuclear weapons capability in the sense that it has scientists who know how to build a bomb. it has enough enriched uranium to make maybe four or five nuclear weapons, if it decided to do so. it could make a device, put it in a suitcase and deliver it somehow. perhaps it couldn't put it on a missile yet. it's a mean

they're still assessing damage there. at that depot. that's the snyder depot trucking company. we saw this at 2:30 eastern time from this tower camera. saw the things picked up and thrown about like match sticks. you saw flashes of light. those were transformers, power cables being cut, things like that. what we have is information from the schneider national trucking firm where that occurred, on lbj freeway outside of ft. worth. according to janet bonkowksi, it moved through about 1:30 local time there. 65 people work there full time. they have about 300 truckers that go in and out every day. that was in the middle of the day, so that could have been a fairly busy period. we have sound from the taped interview on the phone with janet of schneider national trucking just kind of assessing the overall damage. take a listen. >> we're currently assessing the status of the associates on location at the time of the torna tornado. at this time there, are no reported injuries. certainly in a situation like this, that could change

we will quickly assess whether we are willing to hear it. not whether we are going to do at your not, whether we are willing to hear it. to hear it or not. we are just going to do this -- i am absolutely fine with voting on it -- >> we are voting right now. i am asking you to vote. to revisit or not. >> revisit. >> no. >> no. >> no. >> yes. >> no. >> yes. >> so we will not revisit. i don't know. ok, and then the last one i had on my list was treasure island. but my broader comment was -- >> hold on. we need to finish treasure island. what is treasure island? >> it is a revisit of that move -- >> a proposal you made at our last meeting, which we decided not to do. >> correct. >> hold on, hold on. misted well? >> no. >> no. >> no. >> no. >> no. >> no. >> okay, we will not revisit that. >> my broader point was on this list, i thought we had reached a discussion that we were not going to make any further tweaks of us were going to discuss whether we were willing to consider any of these changes today and make a rather broader statement about whe

i want to emphasize that this additional staffing will be continued to be evaluating the assessed data and refine the staffing model. we are currently piloting this in three visits, and this is a work in progress that will be continually improved as part of our comprehensive approach to ensuring that our facilities have the resources to ensure that we accomplish this mission. the third point i would like to make is that in deploying evidence-based therapies to ensure veterans have access to the most effective methods for ptsd and other mental health ailments we are making more widespread and improving our training for those who are receiving care and delivering care of evidence-based treatments. we're shifting from a more traditional approach to one with newer treatments. and would acknowledge that we have not always communicated these changes as clearly as we might to our nation's veterans, so we're redoubling our efforts to improve communication, not only to our providers but to our veterans, to ensure that these evidence-based therapies are implemented in a way that can be supported

and so when were you finally assessed? when did you start and when were you finally assessed? in 10th grade, when i was 16, that's when i had a very bad argument with my parents that led me to go see a therapist, which at that time, i didn't want to do. being a 16-year-old male student, i just felt as though i could keep all of my emotions on the inside. anything that i was going through i could drink it off. i could play sports and not worry about it. so i definitely wasn't in favor of going to see a therapist. but during that time when i went to go seek therapy, one thing that i wasn't completely honest about was my drinking, which was something that hindered me along the way that led up to my suicide attempt. it seems that you were already engaged in a system that was going to provide you assistanc when you attempted that suicide attempt. so, if you could talk a little bit about that progression? right. when i was diagnosed, being 16, i didn't know how to handle it, because depressed and depression are two words that are used over and over again in society. i didn't know wh