>> there were 10 prequalified firms and all 10 got it. and the firms, the last firm that i used when we went through this in 2007-8 time frame is also one of the prequalified. and many of the firms have experience recent, very recent and on-going meaning right now experience with the recruiting for positions high up. because these are normally only used for positions that are high up in departments. so their understanding of what in general we deal with as being a city department. so we were trying to get -- that's one of the things that helped prequalify people is if they did have some experience. i just didn't want, as you had mentioned, because this has got inherently a kind of push-pull kind of situation with the way this department works, i wanted to make sure that there was an understanding and experience within the group that, you know, we're not like the fire department. we're not like the police department. they have their own sort of thing. >> commissioner mar. >> i just wanted to thank you and the staff from moving on this in a

short background of the technology store, it is a program that provides departments with prequalified provide a wide range and variety of i.t. products and services at competitive prices and in a timely manner. the vendors were selected through a competitive process. the original contracts were approved by the board of supervisors by resolution in december 2008. the contract terms starting january 1st, 2009 was for three years with two one-year options to extend. one option to extend has been exercise and current term ends this december 31st 2012. this is made up of amendments before you and a micro setaside program. vendors compete within the technology store. these are requirements contracts, meaning they are available to city departments on an as-needed basis. the contract value is an administrative cap, not a commitment by the city to spend that amount. rather departments may order from any of the vendors using departmental funds that have been improved by the board of supervisors in the budgetary process and certified by the controller. oca intends to conduct a new competitive pr

is what you need to address, you need to give us this information and because you are already prequalified that will reduce the amount of hoops you have to go through a second time. that's why it was informal. a formal is similar to what we had to do for the permit tracking system where we went through a lengthy process of requesting people to bid on a specific topic meeting all these criteria and they had to have all these financial kinds of requirements. the other thing is because this is a preapproved list that once we get back the information, the proposals from the various entities, we can select them in a rather expeditious way we can select them without going through a long song and dance. normally you have major groups that are going to be together and lists of what will be approved and that's why it's formal versus informal. more than you needed to know, probably. >> no, i noted in point no. 4 in the material that is before us under background, one of the criteria was being able to address a politically charged environment. and if there's a

>> prequalified dividend to 15% will go up at 39.6 + 3.9% -- %. that is tripling. te incentive? >> there is not. the cash flow drops. makes treasuries look more enticing. when you raise taxes this much you inluence incentives were investment goes and savings. which is why you end up with a recession if you allow this to happen prick out. gei: we have no talked about the amt that has no patch. the death tax through the roof. mistake on the left that is all the want to talk about but we see a broad brush of taxes going up to people who care abo their future trying to invest or run a business. >> it is one of the biggt tax hikes in history. it is approaching $400 billion. by the way, it will harm the economy and still will not cut -- cover the deficit. we have to cut spending. i believe the most likely outcome is to kick the can down theoad or one year. cannot compromise they will take the middle road and we have serious negotiations 013 for the overarching simpson bowles type package. type package. gerri: [ male announcer ] at scottrade, we believe the more you know,

ahead of time because if you have a problem, it takes a long time to fix, and go ahead and get prequalified can know then how much house you really can afford to buy. >> okay, and then say you're the person who wants to sell your home. i understand you have three very important things people need to consider before doing that. >> absolutely. and you know what, right now, that is, as i said, the light at the end of the tunnel for some home sellers because in some markets, home prices are increasing. but you need to know what your house is worth today. because the best way to sell your house is to price it properly. so what you want to do is look at all of the comps from the last 30 to 60 days. make sure you don't go back any further than that. also, do it yourself. don't try to for sale by owner and save on commission. you need to get it out there with a good professional. and lastly, here's my big one, save it, store it, sell it, chuck it. clean out your house. declutter, depersonalize. there's way too much of you in your house right now, i guarantee it. >> curb appeal from the outside and

my organization is the freedom coalition does a prequalified voter file of 17.1 million evangelicalsn 6.3 million faithful frequently attending catholics in the top battleground states of which there were 16 this cycle. it obviously merit at the end. as we went into the cycle, in 16 states, senate, house and presidential targets. so you know, give or take 23.5 million voters so we contacted everyone of those voters seven to 12 times. we household up and down so we were literally contacting everyone of them separately because a lot of them are married. but we nailed every one of than three times, phoned every one of them three times. we had her teen .2 million cell phone numbers of evangelical voters. anywhere where early voting began, we texted ken the early voting began that day. the text were not at 7:00 a.m. it included a link to the early voting location. all the evidence, anecdotally, exit polling our survey, which was just released at the national press club and will be available on her website today shows that the constituency turned out in the largest numbers ever in a presid

um, my organization, and freedom coalition, built a file, a prequalified voter file of 17.1 million evangelicals and 6.3 million faithful, frequently-mass-attending catholics in the top battleground states of which there were 16 this cycle. it, obviously, narrowed at the end. but as we went into the cycle, it was 16 states; senate, house and presidential targets. so, you know, give or take 23.5 million voters, we contacted every one of those voters 7-12 times. we householded them down so we weren't literally contacting every one of them separately because a lot of them were married. um, but we mailed every one of them three times, we phoned every one of them three times. we had 13.2 million cell phone numbers of evangelical voters. anywhere or where early voting began we texted them that early voting began that day. that text went out at 7 a.m. it included a link to their early voting location. and all the evidence anecdotally, exit polling, our own postelection survey which we just released at the national press club and it'll be available at f fcoalition.com shows that this constituency turned