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Report: – Green Jobs – A Pathway to a Strong Middle Class

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Report: Green Jobs – A Pathway to a Strong Middle Class, Staff of the Middle Class Task Force for Vice President Joseph Biden

  • “The White House Task Force on the Middle Class has a simple mandate: to find, highlight, and implement solutions to the economic challenges facing the American middle class…There are many reasons for our interest in green jobs. The Obama/Biden Administration is deeply committed to reforming how we create and consume energy in America, and project of reform is the work of many different officials and agencies within the government. One part of that agenda is to promote the creation of green jobs.”
  • Manufacturing Climate Solutions Carbon-Reducing Technologies and U.S. Jobs by Gary Gereffi, Kristen Dubay, Marcy Lowe, Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness, Duke University
  • Related postings on climate change

National Internal Security/Terrorism Prosecutions for November 2008

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“The latest available data from the Justice Department show that during November 2008 the government reported 16 new national internal security/terrorism prosecutions. According to the case-by-case information analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), this number is up from 13 in the previous month. These two months’ figures are the lowest recorded in this… Continue Reading

2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report

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“The 2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) is an annual report by the Department of State to Congress prepared in accordance with the Foreign Assistance Act. It describes the efforts of key countries to attack all aspects of the international drug trade in Calendar Year 2008. Volume I covers drug and chemical control activities.… Continue Reading

Treasury Announces Participation in Citigroup's Exchange Offering

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News release: “Citigroup is planning to strengthen its capital structure through conversion of a significant portion of its preferred securities to common equity in a series of exchange offers. Citigroup requested that the Treasury participate in this exchange offer by converting a portion of its preferred security to common equity alongside the other preferred holders.”… Continue Reading

More Than Half of Americans Say Family Skimped On Medical Care Because of Cost In Past Year

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News release: “As economic conditions continue to worsen, the public is increasingly worried about the affordability and availability of care, with many postponing or skipping treatments due to cost in the past year and a notable minority forced into serious financial straits due to medical bills, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation’s first health care… Continue Reading

New GAO Reports: Access to Arts Education, Tax Gap, DOD Acquisition Management

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Financial Audit: American Battle Monuments Commission’s Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2008 and 2007, GAO-09-293, February 27, 2009 Access to Arts Education: Inclusion of Additional Questions in Education’s Planned Research Would Help Explain Why Instruction Time Has Decreased for Some Students, GAO-09-286, February 27, 2009 Tax Gap: IRS Could Do More to Promote Compliance by… Continue Reading