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Ongoing discussions with OMB regarding library funding needs
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Council Member Rivera inquires about conversations with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regarding unfunded library needs. Dennis Walcott describes the ongoing nature of these discussions and the challenges faced.
- Conversations with OMB are described as 'ongoing'
- Walcott expresses belief in the hardworking individuals at OMB and DDC
- He notes that these agencies face their own realities and constraints
- Walcott describes a productive and constant relationship with OMB regarding library needs
- The challenge lies in how funds flow down to benefit the libraries
Carlina Rivera
1:18:14
How has conversations with OMB been going regarding some of these unfunded needs?
1:18:25
Ongoing.
1:18:26
They're ongoing.
1:18:27
They're ongoing.
Dennis Walcott
1:18:28
Yeah.
1:18:28
I mean it's ongoing and and again, I'm a big believer in the people who are working there as far as o n b and d d c as far as they're really hardworking individuals, but they have their realities they have to face as well as far as the agency they work for.
1:18:45
But we've had a very productive relationship and constant relationship with OMB as far as our needs are concerned.
1:18:52
And so OMB hears it and it's just how it dollars flow down to benefit us and I think that's where we are right now.
Carlina Rivera
1:19:00
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Linda E. Johnson
1:19:03
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1:19:04
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Gale A. Brewer
1:19:07
don't have
Carlina Rivera
1:19:07
to be nice to be kind.
John Hyslop
1:19:09
Thank
Tony Marx
1:19:09
you.