if they were not self-insurance, would that help mitigate risk? >> the only thing i can point you to is that there is a long-standing comptroller general's opinion which dates back to the 1700s which indicates that the federal government is supposed to be a self--insurer by rule and there are policy reasons for that but the functionality of private insurance, you're exactly correct, is to send a risk base signal to encourage people to control the costs over time. >> the insurance industry has a unique capacity to try that discipline. either of you two gentlemen want to comment on that line of questioning? >> i think i would just add that the problem that we're seeing are people are libertarians until they need help. we are trying to figure out ways in delaware, in one of the counties, where they don't have some of the more protective policies in place not to have state government be the back stop because they're knocking private insurance and they're coming to us and saying, you have the strange issues and erosion issue. they're trying to find out

the private sector insurance market is very good discipline to those risk mitigation efforts.and it goes -- those are the kind of questions i'm asking in terms of how can we, certainly utilize the federal government in the most efficient way because, you know, like you said, mr. chairman, we don't have the money to do all these things. so look forward to the testimony. >> thanks so much. joined by our fellow from little state, alaska, little state with a big population. a couple of great senators. mark would you like to say a word or two? >> you bet, small population but a state with a big punch but i would say in homer, alaska, i think last week we had green grass. so, you know, it is -- things are definitely changing. first, mr. chairman, if i could just -- i'd like to read a statement for the record, and if that's okay, and i apologize, i won't be able to stay but i want to make sure this is fairly important issue, especially when you talk about extreme weather events and how to prepare for them. but first let me say, mr. chairman i want to thank you, and i appreciate you h

risks without help mitigate risk? >> the only thing i can point you to his there is a long-standing comptroller general's opinion which dates back to the 1700's which indicates that the federal government is supposed to be a self-insurer by rule and there are policy reasons for that but the functionality of private insurance you are absolutely correct as to send a risk race price signal to encourage people to mitigate risks so they can control those costs over time. >> issue issues edited testimony the insurance has a unique capacity to apply the bad insurance so do you two gentlemen want to -- >> folks see themselves as libertarians until they need help. we are trying to figure out ways in delaware in particular in one of our counties where they don't have some of the protective policies in place to not have state government be back up because you don't have the policies in place and coming to us and saying will you fix this? trying to realign those incentives is the same whether it's local or national. >> okay, dr.

what does this have of the agency to prevent or mitigate shortages? >> they do need these kinds of standard procedures in place to insure the accuracy and the understanding of how data should be entered a and to analyze. the also agreed they would move forward with those tax. >> do think that could play a teacher with drug shortages? >> they need to have good information because they need to look at this more broadly, with an class's and time to measure whether or not they put the right steps in place to have the impact to improve the situation rather than treating each individual situations that have to uniquely be solved through mecca yield back. >> the gentlelady from north carolina. >> thank you. thank you to the panel. this is a very specific situation then i hear from all the hospitals in particular the 870 bad health care system with multiple facilities around rob the north carolina. they basically do with the three primary vendors in all three have experienced quality issues as well as holiday production shutdowns the contribute to the shortag

the mitigation monitoring report program were included within our packet for this item and to conclude my environmental report we recommend that this commission approve this for the job finding and the final m m rp under sequa and approve the sharp park infrastructure improvement and habitat project. we're all available for questions if you have any >> thank you. >> are you through in. we do have any public comment on this item. i'm going to call off some cards please come up (calling names) thank you. in any order go ahead >> good afternoon. i'm laura horton i'm a san francisco resident. i urge you today not to adapt the sequa finds was we told the commission this shouldn't move forward without an impact report there should be a closer look at the admission measures. for example, the wall and the project come with their own risks. and even if the pump the removal of the hospital stable pond will have more water flow 2340 to the petroleum and the rec and park department has affirmed this. this will have significant consequences for the water quality and the animals and none of this was

so we can discover, address, and mitigate cyber threats and vulnerabilities. it is increasingly clear no single country, agency, company or individual than effectively respond to the ever rising threats of malicious cyber activity alone. effective responses require whole nation effort including close coordination among the ncic, secret service, department much justice to include the federal bureau of investigation, intelligence community, agencies such as department of treasury, private sector entities simply critical to these efforts and state, local, tribal, territorial an international governments. in carrying out the particular responsibilities the ncic promotes cybersecurity which enables diverse partners to quickly share cybersecurity information which protect individual privacies civil rights and civil liberties. as you may know the ncic is a civilian organization that provides around the clock center where key government and private sector international partners work collaboratively together in fiscal and virtual environments. ncic is comprised four br

partnerships and coordinate programs to protect the nation's critical infrastructure, assess and mitigate risk, build resilience, and strengthen incident response, and recoveries. nice to see you again, welcome. and last but not least mark gaffigan. and mark is the managing director of the u.s. government accountability office's natural resources environmental team. the natural resources environmental team is responsible for gao's assessments of federal efforts to manage our nation's land and water resources, protect the environment, ensure food safety, manage agricultural programs, ensure a reliable and environmentally sound energy policy, meet our nation's science challenges, and address the u.s., and international nuclear security and cleanup. that's a lot. that's a lot to do for one person. each of you have about five minutes, five minutes to read your opening statement. if you run a little bit over that that's okay. go way over that we'll have to rein you in. your written statement will be included in the record, and with that we're going to recognize mr. hayman, also known as hey, m

to take steps to prevent and mitigate shortages sooner. for example, it has expedited application reviews and inspections, exercised enforcement discretion, and helped manufacturers respond to quality problems. these steps are important to respond to some of the immediate causes of shortages. however, some of the underlying causes we identified are beyond the agency's authority, as f.d.a. does not have control over private companies' business decisions. for example the agency is unable to require manufacturers to start producing or continue producing drugs, or to build redundant manufacturing capacity, regardless of the severity of a shortage. nonetheless, f.d.a. can take steps to maximize the agency's use of the information it has to address drug shortages. we identified shortcomings in its management and use of the agency's drug shortage data. in our report we made recommendations to f.d.a. to improve its database and coven duct routine analyses and the agency has agreed with these recommendations. in summary, while f.d.a. has made progr

last october fda issued the strategic plan for preventing and mitigating drug shortages.only covers the first three quarters, 2013. they release the final report. while drug shortages continue to plague our health care system. they indicate some progress on some front. i'm pleased to see the legislation has had a positive impact. i would like to welcome our witnesses. marsha cross, health care cricketer at gao and douglas, deputy director of regulatory program at the fda. i would particularly like to thank gao for their comprehensive report. and the time they have spent with my staff on the issue. i'll yield the remain of my time to vice chair dr. burg ease. >> thank you, mr. chairman. when doctors don't have the essential tool they're restricted in what they can do for their patient. members in this committee have taken the lead and made major strides by passing the food and drug administration safety and invasion act of 2012. in addition, i have worked closely with chairman upton and chairman pits on several of the provisions contained therefore in and things have gotte

we must discover, address and mitigate cyber threats and vulnerabilities. it is increasingly clear that no single country, agency, company or individual can effectively respond to the ever-rising threats of malicious cyber activity alone. effective responses require a whole nation effort including close coordination among the ncic, the secret service, the department of justice to include the f.b.i., the intelligence community and the department of treasury, the private sector entities who are critical to the efforts, and state, local, tribal, territorial and international governments. in carrying out its particular responsibilities, promotes and implements a unified approach which enables efforts to share cyber secure information in a matter which ensures the protection of individual privacies, civil rights and civil liberties. as you may already know, the ncic is a civil organization that provides around the clock center where key government and private sector and international partners work together in both physical and virtual environments. the ncic is c

that's the concept of mitigation. virtually anything can be important to a judge or jury in mitigation. frankly, a defendant in this case who has pleaded guilty and testified against the buddy, that's going to do him better than ptsd. >> i want to only interrupt for a second. i could go on and on all day on this because i have such profound respect for our service members who return and suffer immensely. but i do have to talk about our breaking news because apparently there's a tweet just come in from the justice department. i think this is good news. we've been telling you that eric holder's been hospitalized this morning because of shortness of breath and faintness. and now from the justice department we have this tweet reading, attorney general eric holder is resting comfortably here and in good condition. he is alert and conversing with his doctors. so this is -- i apologize, this is a tweet from the medstar hospital, but they also included the justice department in that tweet as well. but this is from the hospita

to take steps to prevent and mitigate shortages sooner. for example, it has expedited application reviews and inspections, exercised enforcement discretion, and helped manufacturers respond to quality problems. these steps are important to respond to some of the immediate causes of shortages. however, some of the underlying causes we identified are beyond the agency's authority, as f.d.a. does not have control over private companies' business decisions. for example the agency is unable to require manufacturers to start producing or continue producing drugs, or to build redundant manufacturing capacity, regardless of the severity of a shortage. nonetheless, f.d.a. can take steps to maximize the agency's use of the information it has to address drug shortages. we identified shortcomings in its management and use of the agency's drug shortage data. in our report we made recommendations to f.d.a. to improve its database and coven duct routine analyses and the agency has agreed with these recommendations. in summary, while f.d.a. has made progr

the sugary drinks fee we're proposing today is a reasonable and responsible first step in mitigating the harm. 2 cents per ounce, it's a tax of two pennies per ounce for drinks like this and it's levied on distributors, not on small businesses. the legislation is written so that the revenue generated more than $30 million a year will be used in the most equitable and resourceful ways to counter the many health problems sodas cause. i'll just hold up this picture of a can of coca cola 12 ounces. it probably would raise the cost maybe a quarter, but i don't know if you could see the sugar cubeses lined up. some people measure it in teaspoons or in packets of sugar. that's about 15 sugar cubes in that one can of coke. and i think researchers that malia cohen and supervisor wiener and john avalos and i have been working with really are documenting and showing what the best research on how that's harmful not just in the ingestion of that drink and eating a lot more, but also in its long term effectses on people's health, not just with diabetes, but also obesity and other diseases that har

if they were not self-insurance would that help mitigate risk? >> the only thing i can point you to is that there is a long-standing comptroller general's opinion which dates back to the 1700s which indicates that the federal government is supposed to be a self--insurer by rule and there are policy reasons for that but the functionality of private insurance, you're exactly correct, is to send a risk base signal to encourage people to control the costs over time. >> the insurance industry has a unique capacity to try that discipline. either of you two gentlemen want to comment on that line of questioning? >> i think i would just add that the problem that we're seeing are people are libertarians until they need help. we are trying to figure out ways in delaware, in one of the counties, where they don't have some of the more protective policies in place not to have state government be the back stop because they're knocking private insurance and they're coming to us and saying, you have the strange issues and erosion issue. they're trying to find out

they could need an x number of parking control officers that handle safety and traffic mitigation. other larger ones could be where towing is involved. that depends on the festival itself. i can provide you with an example if you like? >> sure. that would be great, thank you. >>supervisor london breed: thank you. >> thank you. >> the next audit i would like to speak about the 2012 audit for kci for medical equipment. there were eight recommendations that focused on improving monitoring of the contract. dph has implemented three recommendations and reports implementing process of three more including creating detailed policies and procedures for reviewing invoices before authorizing payment. the two contested request to implement and document and over all contract monitoring system which would result in the weaknesses for all dph contracts. dph reports will not implement those recommendations because it did -- does not have those resources to do so and they are here to address these issues. >> good morning supervisors. i'm here for anna cube or who normally facilitates the responses

all construction must have uninterrupted construction and not be mitigated in a way to make loss of business or revenue. and we also would like to see is that we hope in the transfer of the gardens that the relationship between moscone and the 3 city blocks is carefully looked at and would like to make sure there's no future encroachment on accident gardens or facilities >> (calling names). >> good afternoon jim lazarus with the san francisco chamber of commerce. i had the privilege of sitting on an advisory group. i'm sure you're aware of it's key to the economy it would hard to see that this is the growth we need and you see in san francisco now. a few of us were around during the earlier days of the construction of the moscone. this is a changing investment we went into moscone north and south and moscone west because the market demands the space that is needed to meet the requirements of the modern visitor and those programs are coming to san francisco. their keying to our economy. we made a decision a long time ago that's been described we we meeting get a beautiful place not a rectangl

talking about julia ellis and in the 70s we had the expansion of the sewage plant and there was mitigation because of the expansion of the sewage plant where we were able to get the city to build a community college and it is called south east community college. now, when this commission was set up, it was set up with the fact and my understanding is that was to take care of the pipes that is breaking and the funds that we the voters voted for and the first time it went on the ballot, i told, the director that i was not going to support it because the city had been lying to my community. and there is no sewage plant in any other community. the community benefits. i felt it was a conflict of interest but i supported it because of the fact that she supported local hiring. i thought that she was going to be a good individual for the community and then it all started and she tried to take control and still trying to take control of the south east college and the areas that we came together and did a mitigation about and i am tired, and i am 80 years of age and i have been coming to these meeti

into the fact there are protected categories of people and they give up that protection to try to mitigate the risk of losing out on a job or a place to live. so, thanks so much. >> thank you, ms. cruz. >>> my name is dorsey nunn. i'm the executive director of legal services for prisoners with children and the co-founder of all of us or none. and one of the people who initiated the ban the box campaign. and i'm probably here for a different reason. you know, i would like to say i'm just here for employment, for formerly incarcerated people, but that wouldn't be true. i'm here because i recognize that as a result of the discrimination, between 57 and $65 billion a year is stolen from poor people and that's what the end result of discrimination means. i recognize that in the city of san francisco where we're bleeding a population of african americans that if we don't do something different, pretty soon we won't be here in san francisco at all. our numbers have already dwindled and i think as a result of the discrimination that we face, it makes it pretty difficult to maintain residency in sa

we do see some mitigating circumstances. i think we are leaning towards reducing the penalty but we hope that you will take that into consideration next time you do any building on your property. >> i will move to grant the appeal and reduce the penalty to two times based on the mitigating circumstances that the homeowner has never applied for prior permits and this is her first time and it was an honest mistake. >> on that motion from commissioner hurtado to reduce the penalty two times the regular fee. on that motion, commissioner fung, president is absent, vice-president lazarus, hurtado. this vote is 4-0. >> we are >>> welcome back to january 29, 2014. board of appeals. item 9 will be scheduled for february 19, 2014. we are ready to call no. 10.100 appeal no. v13-166 nob hill neighbors, appellanttss vs. zoning administrator, respondent 1601 larkin street. protesting the granting on november 15, 2013, to pacific polk properties, rear yard, usable open space and dwelling unit exposure variances demolish existing vacant chu

you were supposed to hold a hearing to understand the mitigation. and you'll i'm hearing is the mitigation is being put off and people are disturbed. i am upset. really, really upset. that you all have not called the meeting so i will have an understanding. i came about a month or two agree with the information for the staff and i hadn't gone it back then when i see the attorney at the commission i pulled him to the side and he said well ms. jackson i give them that information. why aren't you all doing the right thing by my community. why which is holding it up. the programs you're holding it up. you know, and i want to say this buzzed i've got a minute and 19 seconds. in 1986 when the doors opened for hunters point i gave them information about the 5 years and in the charter it states after 5 years little money the rent was being paid to the city b will come back into the community. i know there are a lot of smart people in the audience from 5 years after 1986 i want to know how much money that you've gotten in rent and i want it. every penny of i

unless we can measure what we mitigate. what we prevented from occurring in the fraud environment and so we have done a good job defining what that should look at, how we measure that and we have done that essentially since 1997 and increasingly we are measuring that in the electronic environment and by way of example if we can do ten years from now what i'm about to say we can do since 1997 for fraud in the cyberincident versus breach space we have done well and that is in 1997 for every dollar of fraud we stopped within the demand deposit account environment we lost a dollar. in the last year for every dollar of fraud that we lost we kept ten dollars from going out the door and those of the kind of quantitative measurements that we should be able to develop over time to measurable of success and individual institutions as well as industries overall. might be helpful way to think about it. >> i like to put out a caveat. success founts like the finite place. we are all going to arrive at success, throw a party and will be e

is there a way now to mitigate some of the pain? who are you buying in relation to oil prices? >> well, in relation to oil prices right now what we're looking at is some oil field service companies, baker hughes, halliburton. we believe the technology they provide to the energy service space is going to significantly increase their profits. when we look at oil field service companies, we like the sand companies, u.s. silica, high crush sand, where they mine sand that is used in hydraulic fracturing to fracture wells and increase production from those wells. we think those are great opportunities in the energy space. >> you know, with natural gas, as the price goes down, you're more economically likely to cap a well, right, or whatever it might be because it's not profitable, right? >> sure. >> with natural gas prices going up a little bit lately, in fact up a lot bit lately, are more wells going to open up and thus increase demand for the companies and services you just recommended? >> i think that's a big factor. as you look at prices of natural gas above $4, many of the compa

like many other risk mitigation behaviors in an organization, you get better. that was important to knowledge, you draw the analogy with safety management. you start by implement insert rules and doing things in a particular way, but with higher majority, you recognize risk and adapt it to be more proactive. is what the, framework is. both practices and structure with which to support innovation. theses promising -- attributes. it is owned by the stakeholders that have most to gain by managing cyber risk. it can be aligned with business practices and integrated into other types of risk management organizations. adaptive toc and the changing way that we will use this technology and the way it is unfolding. in terms of the process, it is not over. we met the deadline of one year that was given in the executive order, but we stated from the beginning that for this framework to make sense, we are really talking about a continuous process. the finish line here is not being done, it is being normal. where this is just part of the breathing and operating that we do ro

you do everything you can to mitigate but in the end you can't mitigate against every single thing. whereas these appalling terrorist events, which can be so indiscriminant and are such huge risks, they want to know you're doing everything possible to prevent them from happening in the first place. >> do you think that the recent problems that we have all seen about the snowden revelation, the way in which they have been publicized largely by some people actually undermining public confidence in our security agencies? and if so, who's responsible for defending the agencies, explaining and getting some perspective to some of the difficult discussions? >> i think first of all, in response to snowden, i think what we have to do is make sure we're confident that the governance procedures for the intelligence services are robust, the intelligence commissioners. i keep asking myself, do we have a good system in place? and i think we have. we're trying to improve it. in terms of, has it dented public confidence in the work of the security agencies? i haven't seen the opinion polling, but m

>> i don't think it mitigates the damage to a great degree. that's why it also speaks to politics. they are looking for an alibi. the other thing going on here is your only supposed to qualify for obama care subsidies if you don't have coverage from your employer. by releasing some of these medium-size businesses from the mandate and saying to larger businesses you only have to cover 3/4 of your work force instead of the 100% mandated by the law, they are creating more people who can flow to the exchanges to cram more people on to those and make the economics of the obamacare exchanges work over time. >> this is related to the problem the exchanges are having because they don't have enough young and healthy people. this they hope will get more of those young and healthy people into the exchanges? >> that's right. the enrollment figures the administration released this week showed about 3 million sign-ups so far. how many of those are real sign-ups and duplications or people who haven't paid yet remains to be seen. the demographics of the exchanges need to be 40% younger and healthi

with the composition mitigate the impact of the massing and the context to the neighbors emphasize the building is well proportioned. the design approach is we wanted to note the characteristic of the neighborhood conditions that is rather eclectic in terms of the situation adjacent left and right and the topology that we have across the street. in our design approach both structures are distinct and structured architecturally. the front structure utilizes simple interest lock k volumes and contrasting void with materials. contemporary style with materials selection and landscaping both being considered. the design is much dialogue and neighbors and staff. the design product is over the last several years. this you very much and i'm happy to answer questions specifically about the design. >> i wanted to make a couple keypoints, some which were touched on by staff. i wanted to speak quickly on this variance. this was arrived upon with a fair amount over the many years. as stated before we are on an upsloping deep facing lot. it was originally approved for a 5-year project taking over 75

with the abc and i believe, once again, the conditions that sergeant turner has applied here will mitigate some of those concerns. >> sergeant turner, your conditions mirror many of our good neighbor policy, which are conditions of the permit. >> right. >> so, i don't take any offense, but, when we rule he will ask them for them to strike because they are redundant. >> one of the reasons that they become mandatory conditions, is so that if anybody chooses not to follow those regulations or strike them as it were, it would be the entertainment commission and not the owner. >> they are conditions of the permit. they are, like, for instance, let me give you an example. item 4, is a sound check, will be conducted to establish that the adequate sound proofing is m place. >> you can't get the permit from us without a sound check, so that is, you know, that is not even a can be, you can't even get the permit without that >> these are exactly the same and i don't know if you have the copy of ours. >> i am familiar with the good neighbor policy and these were set up in accord with that good neighbo

of washington...the senate homeland security and government affairs committee considered ways to mitigate the high cost of severe weather from droughts out west, to hurricanes in the east and this seasons wicked winter. .by staying ahead of the storms.. i drove across salt because they're waiting for snow to fall to melt it. in alaska, that would be unheard of. i'm afraid that if we have an over-reliance on the federal government help, is that restraining the mitigation? congress approved $60 billion in spending in the after math of super storm sandy. bitcoin prices are on the decline in light of new technical troubles. it follows a hack attack at "bitstamp" the world's largest bitcoin exchange.bitstamp said hackers flooded the site with traffic. it is currently fixing its system and says that no funds have been lost or are at risk. another major bitcoin exchange -- mt gox, halted withdrawals on friday after it's own technical troubles. the website for the world's largest casino operator --was down yesterday after hackers showed employee's social security numbers on the site. reports sugg

it is not acceptable that the division would send its own mitigation that all these while it is getting all the people in syria. this must stop. we asked me to not think you need to do something about the nicosia to since he was struggling with rogue units and apartments in a position is that islam's have different agendas. islamic extremists were banned from attack on them. i liked village mom in which for two people reported killed. stopping incidents like this will be crucial for talks. i assure you that if we don't discuss how to stop such massacres. the syrian people would have no confidence in the process that's going on here. sources close to stop the fight inconsistent shooting stops before talks can begin my prevent any progress in the meantime the comment in aleppo and elsewhere continues on a log. it's turning out to be the way to steam diesel engine two hundred and fifty years. on monday the visit ends to assist banks after reaching its highest level in decades in on taking town so he has done that. but the veins are just as this is such a kick out of all conspired to create

>> the idea is to better identify the regions affected and figure out ways to mitigate the effect and trying to identify what sources of water would be available. >> there's technology about reikling water that -- recycling water to help recreate water. >> yes, i see what you mean. n.a.s.a. is using various technologies on the international space station and on the space shuttle. these can certainly help to recycle water usage. it's one of the best things to do recycle what we have rather than finding new sources. n.a.s.a. has a number of technologies, and is a great way to spend the tax dollars, using those resources. >> you believe that that is a reason we need to fund n.a.s.a. >> i think the benefit we get from n.a.s.a. we get at a cheap price, a penny per person across the country. it's a good deal. >> dr derrick pittsas. good to have you on the show. the show may be over but the conversation continues on the website aljazeera.com/considerthis, you can find us on facebook twitter o or google+. see us next time. continues. >> good evening everyone. welcome to al jazeera america. i'

mitigating climate change, doing something about our carbon emissions is a planetary insurance policy, and in guiding the terms of that insurance policy, we need to be focusing on some of those potential more extreme catastrophic outcomes. if the ipcc systematically downplays those outcomes, then it doesn't serve that larger process of societal risk assessment as it should. qualitatively speaking, if you look at impacts on human health, water availability, human water resources, food resources, land, the global economy, pretty much every sector of our lives, of human civilization, what you see is a business-as-usual fossil fuel burning scenario, by the end of the century gives us highly negative impacts across the boards in all those categories. i forgot to mention biodiversity, a potentially large-scale extinction of species. some of these we can quantify economically or we can try to. some of them we can't even qualify how important they are. what is the value of the earth? well, it's infinite because if we destroy the earth's environment, there is no plan "b." there is no planet "b

-- to mitigate displacements and how tenants stay in san francisco, it makes sense that the calculation of relocation costs be based on an analysis of the market. i am grateful to the controller's office for their help, their technical support in making sure that we get to the right calculation. i also want to thank the san francisco apartment association, which even though we have our differences of opinion, have provided input on this legislation. and we look forward to continuing to work with them as the legislation moves forward through committee. and i also want to thank my colleagues, supervisor jane kim, supervisor john avalos, and supervisor eric mar for their co-sponsorship of this legislation. the rest i submit. >> thank you, supervisor campos. president chiu. >> thank you, colleagues. first of all, i want to just take a moment and thank our colleagues who have been working on the big soda measure for all of your very productive work, and particularly in coming together. supervisor mar, wiener, cohen and avalos. i think it is so important that we come together in our efforts t