this requires the creation of a searchable, user-friendly online database of the use of all public funds by the city and county of san francisco. as we all know, we have an enormously complicated $6.80 billion budget. it is hard for even public officials to get a clear idea of where we are spending the public's money. we have new tools. we all understand the importance of local government. transparency would help increase confidence in our government and allow them to serve as a better informed critics. this is a database that will hopefully lead to a more informative dialogue between the public and our government. there are many states and cities around the country that have already implemented some version of an online database. some laws have already been passed in california. we will have to work this out with various of the government's, as well as issues around privacy and confidentiality. our controller has made some progress with an online database. members of the public want to learn more about how we spend our money. the rest of my items i submit. supervisor campos: i have an i

. >> so we can map digitally map and make searchable every available job. there are 3.2 million jobs available in this country. everyone of the jobs can with made searchable. >> and he maded the nation needs to keep top talent in the country. now let's take a look at this dow lost 300 points and s and p and nasdaq dropped about 2.5%. the bloomberg index closed down more than 2%. and in source s say sprint nextel would offer an unlimited data plan for a flat fee. at bloomberg studios i'm emily chang with bloomberg west. >> what is happening with groupon? legal issues there? >> today we heard about a new lawsuit. there is a class action suit from its own employee. saying hundreds of sales people are looking to recoup overtime the company allegedly failed to pay and demanding three years of back wages and punitive damages. groupon did not immediately response to requests for comments but between this and ipo delay seems bad news is piling on for groupon. >> all right. thank you very much and have a good weekend. >> lovely weather this friday. and there is hope

robert onto his plate and why they are now searchable. >> reporter: large groups of employees if they wait to company quarters sporting work on it. someone was inclined to into them until the medical found, the ceo, and others and is trying his judgment shortly after robards what's yesterday will workers is a finicky as upbeat it is a that is an insult to do a search for a permanent replacement is under way and it was busy city of wilmington so confident in troops and show our vision and leadership and then they will have to be able to show that kind of leadership, and a vote early a gleaming could mean layoffs. you can also mean i was itching. >> reporter: sounds that they are not nervous about that and what that is the jewel and speakers. >> global change and i still bart the picture. >> reporter: >> reporter: they need a better grasp of advertising and mobile words come in or zoom at the wow to put much more on in their content into the broader world of mobile devices and accounts will help run the company for now and so he said he would go to keep keep doing her job don't you were

none of the information in them was accessible and searchable. in 2011, that seemed unreasonable. hopefully by year's end we will not only have mug shots available at all stations, and details, hopefully by year's end there will be available in the cars. we will keep going from there. it will be web based instead of client-server. the general order has been approved by all the groups. i do not know how to tell you how hard they have worked on this. this is been a long time coming. this establishes minimum standards for promotions, guidelines, timelines, mentor ship programs. the draft was just signed off on by all the police employee groups, who will now meet and confer with the pla -- poa. i am confident i will make that september 15 promise to have that draft to you for adoption. will have the first career development policy in the history of the department. we are meeting with district station personnel to hear from the officers. i met with southern station and inside station this morning. on wednesday nights, i go back and meet with the officers from 9:00 to 11:00. there have

all archived in searchable.washington your way. >> you should always start with the assumption when a politician or ceo is saying something, they are not telling you the truth. now they may be telling you the truth, but the burden should be on them to prove it. >> he is an eagle scout, held a brief stint as the editor of "mother jones magazine," directed three of the top ten top grossing documentarys of all time, and is also a best- selling author. his latest is his memoir, "here comes trouble." sunday, your chance to call, email or tweet michael moore on book tv on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. with the co-ack authors of a new book, thomas friedman and michael mandelbaum, "that used to be us." you call this a wake-up call. you address the wake-up call. guest: we argue that the reason this book has a backward- looking title but a four-looking book, we had a formula for success in this country and it has gotten away from the senate fundamental way. it was to educate our people, up to whatever the le

so that can still be searchable.f you're checking those job sites at work, that's a huge no-no. >> okay. so how do you do it delicately then? >> you have to do some old-fashioned methods f you already have the job, if you're concerned about hr running across your resume on one of the big job websites, it is about those relationships. talking to people. it also might mean that it is e-mail, not necessarily posting it on a big job board. >> okay. so, you know, a lot of times there are company resources that might, i guess, point you in a right direction, maybe promotion within the company, et cetera. you don't want to use that while you're searching outside of. >> this is so -- this sounds obvious. but people do it all the time. >> really? >> it is like, it is dosaturday i'm at work, i can print out my resume. glitches happen. monday morning, what's this? make sure you're not using company resources at all. >> right, period, okay. and then just be happy with what you got, right? >> sometimes you have to put your happy

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watch a few of his c-span appearances all archive and had searchable online at the c-span video library. >> the u.s. military has official repealed its policy which banned openly gay americans from serving in the armed forces. the don't ask, don't tell law, instituted during the clinton administration, caused 14,000 men and women to be discharged in the last 18 years. we'll hear from defense secretary leon panetta and chairman. joint chiefs of staff, mike mullen. they also talk about the pentagon's budget at this 40-minute briefing. admiral mullen will retire from his post at the end of the month. >> as of 12:01 this morning, we have the repeal of don't ask, don't tell, pursuant to the law that was passed by the congress last december. thanks to this change, i believe we move closer to achieving the goal at the foundation of the values that america's all about. equality, equal opportunity, and dignity for all americans. as secretary of defense, i'm committed to removing all the barriers that would prevent americans from serving their country and from rising to the highest level of respo

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the five most important scrolls are now searchable to anyone under a partnership of google and israel's national museum. users can scroll through the text and instantly translate selected passages into english. approximately 900 dead sea scrolls came to light in the mid-20th century. they have helped shed light on the development of the bible and christianity. the first african woman to win the nobel peace prize, wangari maathai, died sunday night of ovarian cancer. the kenyan environmentalist began her work with the green belt movement, starting in the 1970s. the goal was to reforest the country by paying poor women to plant trees. maathai spoke to the "newshour" in 2005. >> you are dealing with people who are empowered, who feel that they can make a change in their own lives, within their own environments. you see the resources that they have around them. that's wonderful. that transformation. that feeling of accomplishment and satisfaction, it's wonderful to see happening to other people. >> sreenivasan: wangari maathai won her nobel in 2004. at her death, she was 71 years old. those

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all archived and searchable. it is washington your way. >> you should always start with the assumption that when a politician or a ceo is saying something, they are not telling you the truth. now, they may be telling you the truth but the burden should be on them to prove it. >> was briefly editor for mother jones, produced documentaries, and also a best- selling author, his latest is "here comes trouble." sunday on "in depth," your chance to call, email, or tweet michael moore. >> he found several labor unions and found that the socialist party of america as candidates for president. running five times. the last time from prison. eugene debs lost the changed political history. one of 14 men featured in c- span's new weekly series "the contenders." live from his home in indiana. friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. get a preview and watch other videos about him on our special website, c-span.org/the contenders. bromwich part of the u.s. constitution is important to you? this is both a question for the studentcam competit

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what a few of his appearances all archived in searchable on line at the c-span video library. >> thepan networks provide coverage of politics, public affairs, non-fiction books, and american history. this month look for congress to consider federal spending into november. keep tabs on the deficit committee coming of follow the presidential candidates as they continue to campaign across the country. it is all available on television, radio, of light coming in social media websites. search and watch our programs in the time was used in video library. and we are on our road with our c-span us in a local content vehicle. it is washington your way. the c-span networks. greeted by cable, provided as a public service. -- created by cable, provided as a public service. host: just returned from afghanistan. was there for about three weeks. he wrote a series -- she wrote a series of battling the afghanistan insurgency. i want to begin with what was operation hammer down? guest: it wanted to clear up a training center, training camp in this area of the jungle. it is this area of pine forest, a

follow the history of "don't ask don't tell" on line, all archived and searchable at the c-span video library. the environmental protection agency plans to enforce 3-year-old smog standards that will put in place into the bush white house. the bpa will wait until 2013 to move to stricter air quality standards. the head of the bpa, lisa jackson, was asked about the changes at this house energy and commerce oversight hearing. it is about two hours, 50 minutes. >> good morning everybody. the subcommittee on oversight investigation will come to order. and i will open with my opening statement. ladies and gentlemen this past january, president obama issued executive order 13563 to improve regulations and the regulatory review process. noting that a regulatory system quote must protect public health, welfare, safety and our environment while promoting economic growth, innovation, competitiveness and job creation end quote. with job creation in the nation's economic recovery the focal point the subcommittee has sought to get a clearer understanding of the agency regulatory action under this

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watch the speeches from the senate floor and other speeches all archived and searchable online at the c-span video library. >> pat donahoe announced 35,000 postal employees could lose their jobs as a result of the agency's finances. he listed a number of possible closures for the facilities. they lost over $9 billion last year. this is 45 minutes. >> all right, good morning, everyone, and thank you for coming. i'm sam pulcrano, the vice president of corporate communications. we're going to provide a presentation here today. after that presentation, we'll allow opportunity to ask questions and i'll step down off the podium and come back and explain how we'll handle it, but i want to introduce to you the postmaster general, pat donahoe, to my immediate left, and also our chief operating officer, megan brennan, who is next to pat. with that, i'd like to introduce the postmaster general, pat donahoe. >> thank you, appreciate it. good morning, everybody. thank you for joining us today. we'll be making important announcements about the future of the mail processing network. it's no exaggera

but of course, none of this is searchable. this is a time this is not indexed, so would have never, ever discovered him. so in a sense this became a metaphor for the writing of this book which is that you might look for something and get in reality might find it 6,000 miles away. the second metaphor is things always come around. there's a similarity to the process, to the history. and so i came back to boston now armed with the name of this trial and then using of the medical records and the boston directories address book i could find his parents name and then using the death records which is actually publicly acceptable, i could find an exact time where he died, where he had been buried, where he lived, etc., etc. and all of a sudden the story that had vanished came alive for me and that's how come again that all the book was written. so the first passage in going to read to you is now going to be what i call now that i've given you the behind-the-scenes look is the front of the scenes look about what happens once you have d

all archive and searchable. washington your way. >> food borne illness and 120,000 americans to the hospital each year. the department of agriculture wants to prevent these with better food safety precautions. up next dr. elizabeth hagan, undersecretary for food safety explains these precautions. this is just over an hour. >> good morning. thank you for coming. as the name implies it is an exchange of ideas. we will hear from dr. hagen today and we will hear your questions. please identify yourself and your organization. we are honored that dr. hagen is here. she is undersecretary of food safety of the u. s department of agriculture and was sworn in as undersecretary in august of 2010. she oversees the policies and programs of the health regulatory part of usda. she has advanced public health agenda which is really important and has directed outbreak and consumer complaint investigations and agency risk assessments and regulatory programs. sadie -- food safety is in the news of a time. 13 people have died from c

all archived and searchable. it's washington your way. now get regular updates of what's on the c-span networks with c-span now on twilter. get tweets once an hour including what's on and go to twitter.com/c-spannow and get latest on what to watch on espn, espn2 and espn3 now on twitter. which part of the u.s. constitution is important to you? that's our question in this year's student cam competition. make a video documentary five minutes long and tell us what's important to you be sure to include the video and -- there's $50,000 in total prizes and grand prize of $5,000. for all the details go to student cam.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: well, we're pleased to introduce you to steve landefeld the director of the bureau of economic analysis, and this is our america by the numbers series, and today it's what we produce. first of all, mr. steve landefeld, what is the bureau of economic analysis? give us some background. >> it's one of the two agencies thattistical agencies. our big sister is the census bureau. we put togeth

this is all on line, archived in searchable at the c-span video library. >> on wednesday, the house looked at a federal bill to fund programs through november 18. democrats objected to a provision in the bill that would cut energy department programs to partially offset spending on disaster relief. the funding measure was ultimately rejected in a 195-203 vote. here is the debate that led up to that vote. it is one hour 20 minutes. mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i rise today to bring to the floor the continuing appropriations resolution to keep the federal government operating until november 18 ofhis year, for procedural reasons. this is being done as an amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 2608, to speak passage through the senate at their request. but in substance this is the same as the continuing resolution, h.j.res. 79, that i introduced on september 14. this c.r., mr. speaker, will give congress the time needed to complete fiscal year 2012 appropriations and adequately fund vital government programs and services while working to put federal spending on a more sustainable course. just a

all archived and searchable. it is washington your way. >> anita perry, the wife of rick perry, spoke at a republican party dinner on tuesday night. in recent weeks, she has campaigned for her husband in new hampshire, south carolina, and florida. this is 25 minutes. >> rick grew up in a small part of the world in texas and. we were four counties down of the red river in a farming community. his mom and dad were farmers in a little point -- a little part of the world called paint creek, texas. a little bit of oil and they found some gas out there so everybody is really happy about that. we live west of i 35, so not all law was going on. not a lot of development. it is sad when you go home and see that. we grew up with real people who knew how to tell the truth. real people who knew how to make a decision and stand by that decision and you could be good for your word. when you got out and decided he would run for agricultural commissioner. he flew his own airplane. he is the only other candidate, besides represent

watch his speeches from the senate floor and other c-span appearances archived and searchable online at the c-span video library. >> gary motsek said united states cannot eliminate corruption in afghanistan, only reduce it. documents show $360 million in contract the money had gone into the hands of insurgents. this follows a report by the commission on wartime contract in showing $60 billion was lost over the past decade in afghanistan and iran. his testimony before the house oversight subcommittee is about 90 minutes. >> thank you, all, for being here. apologies on delays. you're busy with important responsibilities, and i appreciate your patience as we had votes on the floor earlier. i'd like to welcome ranking member and other members of being here. we are overseeing the billions spent in military and civilian operations in ghanistan. last year, the subcommittee conducted investigations of the he's nation trucking contract. the idea was to remove this burden from the armed forces while at the same time promoting the local afghan economy. since inception in 2009, allegations surfa

all archived and searchable. his it is washington your way. >> government officials say many cancer patients are not getting the care they need because of a drug shortage. health and human services and fda officials along with a panel of doctors told the house energy subcommittee on health vet drug scarcities have tripled since 2005. the hearing is just under three hours. >> this subcommittee will come to order. the chair recognizes himself for five minutes for an opening statement. in 2005, 61 drug shortages were reported to fda. by 2010, there were 178 reported drug shortages, 132 of which involve sterile injectable drugs. so far this year, fda has continued to see an increasing number of shortages, especially those involving the older sterile injectable drugs. the shortages have involved cancer drugsdrugs, anesthetics used for patients undergoing surgery, as well as drugs needed for emergency medicine. and electrolytes needed for patients on i.d.. it appears that there are many potential causes for these drug