Boat people have had the Rudd government lost for words
Crikey
The Government is clearly rattled. Oddly, though, it hasn’t been rattled by the Coalition, which has its own problems on asylum seekers. It seems more scared by what might happen on the issue rather than what has happened.
Woman charged with theft of government funds
The Times and Democrat
Lynn Phillips Smith, 60, of Orangeburg, has been charged with one count of theft of government funds and one count of failing to advise the Social Security Administration of circumstances that affected the continuing right of a person for w...
Government aims to increase control over pay
The Post and Courier
WASHINGTON -- The government zeroed in on corporate excess and recklessness Thursday with deep, unprecedented cuts in executive compensation at companies living on taxpayer money, and a move to wield veto power over pay policies at thousand...
imPACTS(TM) and Kelly Government Solutions Win Multiple-Award DHS
MSN Money
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded two IDIQ contracts under the Program Management, Administrative, Clerical, and Technical Services (PACTS) program to the imPACTS Team -- a joint venture that includes Kelly Government So...
Gates: Legitimate Afghan government could take months
Dubuque Telegraph Herald
ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY JET -- The Obama administration needs to decide on a war strategy for Afghanistan without waiting for a government there to be widely accepted as legitimate, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday. Gates' comments...
Bachmann Repeats Sex Clinics In Schools Warning
Huffingtonpost.com
As Bachmann sees it, the legislation being considered by Democrats in Congress would allow the government to grant abortions on demand and bring groups like Planned Parenthood into education facilities. The section she refers to in the legi...
New snags in Lebanese government
UPI
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Demands by top party leaders in Beirut for more ministerial positions in the next Lebanese government threaten to derail the latest momentum, analysts say.
Bailout watchdog Barofsky: Too early to say how much of $700B will be ...
Baltimore Sun
WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who watches over the $700 billion in government money given to banks and other institutions to avert a financial collapse says it's too early to say how much will be repaid to the taxpayers. Neil Barofsky (buh-RAHF...
Figures on government spending and debt
AP via Yahoo! Finance
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Figures on government spending and debt (last six digits are eliminated). The government's fiscal year runs Oct. 1 through Sept. 30. Total public debt subject to limit Oct. 21 11,893,375 Statutory debt limit 12,104,000 To...
Vanguard's Volpert: Government TIPS Sales To Top $100B In 2010
Wall Street Journal
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The supply of Treasury securities that allow investors to hedge against inflation is likely to top $100 billion next year as the government ramps up its sales to fund continued budget shortfalls. That bold call on TIPS...
Rand Slumps Most Worldwide; Government Denies Currency ‘Freeze’
Bloomberg
Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) -- The rand tumbled the most of any major or emerging-market currency after the Sake24 financial news service reported the government planned to “freeze” the currency. The government denied any such plan.
Group petitioning federal government to list 83 coral species as ...
Baltimore Sun
HONOLULU (AP) — Environmental activists are petitioning the federal government to put 83 coral species on the endangered species list. They say global warming and ocean acidification are threatening the corals with extinction. The Center fo...
La. lawmakers weigh government retirement change
CNBC
BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana lawmakers are considering a sweeping change in the retirement plans given to state government workers and teachers, a shift that would strip the guarantee of a benefit tied to salary and years of service. The Ho...
Government departments to set energy efficient example
PublicTechnology.net
£20 million is to be invested in innovative energy efficiency measures to cut emissions and energy bills in central government departments it was announced yesterday.
