ed usto be a very long list and then weall said what kind of services do these people do just to see what kind of work they all did.d f what purposes. and so they've developed this very large matrix in which it beg totell us where those services would be if they we to be contracted for services. but the due diligence is not removed at all. it's only putting this on and commissioner sanchez, you may remember that because of the change in interpretation of how to do work the sole source process was given to us by the board of supervisors to allow us to move forward when, in fact, they rvmo promptn gohang through a for the purposele mall r.f.p. >> right. and when i come back in august with a usage report, there's other types of le source that don't have this option at all. we go through a formal process with the office of administration where they approve each and every one and there's just -- the authority wrests with the office of contract administration and when they come back in augu you'll get to see where we entered into sole sources and how many we actually used and why. >> great

those staff members from eff oppose the library's intended use of our rfid in the manner we tended usto it. >> thank you. this is a budget hearing. we can talk about the merits of technology at another hearing, for the most part, supervisor fewer has a question and i would like you to address a little bit more about your fines and fe structure. supeisor feweryou still have questions? >> supervisor fewer: yes, i do. do you have any vacancies that you haven't filled? >> yes, we do. the library has between 695 and 700 fte total in our workforce. i'm not sure on the exact number at this time, i would say that we have close to approximately a ten % turnover rate at any given time. i do not know exact number of vacancies off the topof my head but i do think it is around 86 positions in various stages of recruitment. >> okay. >> supervisor fewer: are you seeing challenges in fulfilling all of your f.t.e.? >> i would say the biggest chngand filling positions is at the management level where se leadership with the cost of living in the bay area, it' area, it'sg harder and harder to attract top s

and the specialization has allowed usto be very effective . and allows me, if i may, to predicate here and yes, they paid me and i am allowed to be here it's one thing on construction. >> first of all, we have a judicial office. in other words, the individuals who form the office and then we have three important movements, we call them. we have the national police and the guard and one unit and they only work with our office. so they are subordinates. then we have another movement itches from the past ministry , they look at databases and all the tax information of people in the movement and settle there. we have all the information about the situation and we have another important element which is the intervention unit. they are public service who actually control the spin and how contracts are rewarded, how funds are allocated, contacts. in other words, the interaction with their predecessor and in our office , that's the structure. >> this set up is multidisciplinary. it's quite complex. it's complex. i'm fighting organized crime which is a