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The Mortgage Reports (blog)
January 29, 2018
The Mortgage Relief and Debt Act is not in the news, and that's a crime. Probably it seems odd that after more than a decade, we're still picking and pulling over the mortgage meltdown. The reality is that fallout from that event continues to impact our real estate markets. In fact, there's a very good chanceÃÂ ...
USAPP American Politics and Policy (blog)
January 29, 2018
Last week the United States government shut down for the first time in nearly 5 years. At the centre of the shutdown was the impasse between Democrats and Republicans over the DREAM Act, which would grant residency to those who came to the US as the children of undocumented immigrants. While theÃÂ ...
Quartz
January 29, 2018
McCabe has been targeted by right-wing media who characterize him as part of a “deep state” cabal of anti-Trump government employees in the US intelligence agencies. Pro-Trump talking heads wheeled out anti-McCabe talking points this past weekend. “The management layer, the seventh floor,ÃÂ ...
The National Law Review
January 29, 2018
Leaked DOJ Memo Indicates New Government Focus on Dismissing Meritless False Claims Act Cases ... the Granston Memo notes that dismissal under ç 3730(c)(2)(A) should be considered an “important tool” to advance governmental interests, preserve limited resources, and avoid adverse precedent.
Reliefweb
January 29, 2018
The organisation will urge governments of low and middle income countries to commit either a fifth of their overall budget, or 6% of their GDP, to education, at least half of which should go towards providing 12 years of basic education for every child. We are also urging governments of richer nations to makeÃÂ ...
The Canberra Times
January 29, 2018
Public education lobby group Save Our Schools has called on the federal and ACT governments to wind back funding to Canberra's non-government sector as new analysis shows all but three independent schools are funded well above their entitlement. A report by Save Our Schools convenor TrevorÃÂ ...
ABC News
January 28, 2018
A demonstrator with a Russian national flag wrapped in his shoulders shouts slogans during a rally in Vladivostok, Russia, Jan. 28, 2018.more +. 0 Shares. Email. Russian police detained a top opponent of President Vladimir Putin today as thousands of people around the country protested against a lack ofÃÂ ...
Voice of America
January 22, 2018
Poland's right-wing government faced pressure on Monday to act forcefully against far-right extremists following an expose of Polish neo-Nazis who celebrated Adolf Hitler, burning a swastika and dressing in Nazi German uniforms. Private news channel TVN24 broadcast hidden-camera footage SaturdayÃÂ ...
Inside Higher Ed
January 22, 2018
In the interim, we call on Congress and the president to act quickly and responsibly and not shutter government's many vital functions, among them ... Catherine Lhamon, the assistant secretary for civil rights during the Obama administration, said when the government shutdown for 16 days in 2013, herÃÂ ...
FederalNewsRadio.com
January 22, 2018
Ten Democratic senators on Friday introduced a bill that would withhold pay for members of Congress during the government shutdown. The legislation comes from Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), along with Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Claire McCaskillÃÂ ...
CBS News
January 22, 2018
Do members of the military get paid during a shutdown? Only once Congress acts. According to the Department of Defense, the military, along with "essential" civilians, will not be paid until funds are appropriated. Troops will continue to earn their paychecks but won't receive them unless and until a newÃÂ ...
The Canberra Times
January 22, 2018
The ACT government was warned about fire safety risks potentially affecting a "significant" number of territory buildings almost two years before the issue flared-up at a Forrest apartment complex. In late November 2017, residents of the Bentley Suites complex in Forrest were told of alleged building codeÃÂ ...
Politico
January 22, 2018
Shutdowns end up being more expensive than just keeping the government open—and this one, if it's like past shutdowns, will likely cost tens of millions ... Some budgetary costs are more difficult to estimate: Under the Prompt Payment Act and Cash Management Improvement Act, the government must payÃÂ ...
Four States Homepage
January 22, 2018
MISSOURI - Missouri U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill introduced legislation today to withhold pay of members of Congress during the government shutdown. McCaskill introduced legislation to withhold pay of members of Congress during the shutdown. The No Government No Pay Act of 2018 would beÃÂ ...
Quartz
January 22, 2018
Congressional Democrats are holding government funding, including funding for our troops and other national security priorities, hostage to an unrelated ... Update: Experts tell Quartz that the White House phone line probably doesn't violate the Hatch Act, but it may contravene the ideals that the law wasÃÂ ...
NJ.com
January 21, 2018
Held a bipartisan call with the NJ congressional delegation to discuss the impacts of the government shutdown. ... The immigrants are known as dreamers after the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act that would have allowed those brought to the U.S. as children to remain in the countryÃÂ ...
KARK
January 21, 2018
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- This week on Capitol View, there is much discussion about immigration and the status of people brought to this country illegally as children. Many in Congress cite it as a key issue holding up negotiations and shutting down government funding. Washington, D.C. Reporter DrewÃÂ ...
Bahamas Tribune
January 19, 2018
#BAHAMIAN businesses will "have our backside handed to us" unless the Government "aggressively" undertakes key reforms prior to joining the WTO, a governance reformer warned yesterday. #Robert Myers, a principal with the Organisation for Responsible Governance (ORG), told Tribune Business theÃÂ ...
Washington Examiner
January 19, 2018
Environmental groups sued Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Thursday for not protecting endangered North Atlantic right whales from being entangled in lobster traps and drowning off the U.S. coast. “The law is clear: The federal government must act, and act immediately, to save the right whale fromÃÂ ...
New York Times
January 19, 2018
Like Ms. Rubin on the other side of the spectrum, Mr. Louis finds fault with the entire political system for the looming shutdown. And while he lays out the political calculus, he also establishes the stakes: “The government lost more than $2 billion during the last shutdown, and $24 billion was shaved fromÃÂ ...
CNN
January 19, 2018
In that statement, Feinstein is quoted as saying, "I said in December that I wouldn't vote for a CR without the Dream Act, and I won't do so now." Pressed on why she might vote to shut down the government if it could cause people to die, Feinstein acknowledged it's a "big risk." Feinstein's press office didn'tÃÂ ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
January 19, 2018
Nevada's public records law has a big bark, but little bite. It's time to change that. The law states that public access to government records “foster(s) democratic principles.” The records act “must be construed liberally to carry out this important purpose.” That's strong rhetoric, and rightly so. GovernmentÃÂ ...
NBCNews.com
January 19, 2018
In fact, a government shutdown would likely have little impact on members of the military, especially if Congress takes action to minimize the effects as it has in the past. ... Before the shutdown began, the president signed the Pay Our Military Act, which ensured that members of the military were paid. InitiallyÃÂ ...
Washingtonian.com
January 18, 2018
Besides the global embarrassment that comes with being the world's only advanced democracy where government functions can grind to a halt just because the legislative branch can't get its act together, a shutdown will bring many sweeping, uneasy, and downright obnoxious changes to Washington.
Sacramento Bee
January 18, 2018
There are about 800,000 so-called Dreamers in the U.S., and California has the largest population. Napolitano and Becerra are pushing those Dreamers to take advantage of an unexpected window of opportunity that allows them to reapply for the program after the federal government announced its phaseÃÂ ...
The RiotACT
January 3, 2018
It's been a long time coming but as of 1 January 2018, we have been able to understand the workings of the ACT Government much better, with some of the ... I think these new laws are a big step forward in increasing the transparency and accountability of governments, will improve government decisionÃÂ ...
Patheos (blog)
January 3, 2018
Houses of worship are now eligible for taxpayer money through Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster relief grants for those affected by natural disasters — also called “Acts of God” — according to the government agency's newly published policy.
Seattle Times
January 3, 2018
Civil-rights groups should not have to file lawsuits to ensure elected city governments reflect the diversity of their neighborhoods. Yet that remains the reality in many places throughout Washington state, due to a state law that bars most cities and towns from electing council members by geographic district.
Accounting Today
January 3, 2018
State governments are worried about the potential loss of tax revenue after passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and may be forced to restructure their tax laws. New York Governor Mario Cuomo announced plans Wednesday to sue the federal government over the new tax law, which limits state and localÃÂ ...
KSN-TV
January 3, 2018
Ambassador Gholamali Khoshroo says U.S. leaders have “incited Iranians to engage in disruptive acts” and the U.S. government has been ... The United Nations' high commissioner for human rights, meanwhile, called on Iran to investigate all deaths in the protests and act “with great care so as not toÃÂ ...
Lawfare (blog)
January 3, 2018
Overall, this new Election Security Act succeeds in doing so: It does not command states to act in specific ways, it does not hijack election administration from counties, states, or municipalities, and it limits the federal government's role to advising and empowering state and local jurisdictions to run theirÃÂ ...
The Canberra Times
January 3, 2018
Canberra heritage advocates have lashed an ACT government decision to quietly ditch plans for a museum preserving units at the Northbourne Flats, saying they were not told about the backdown. National Trust ACT spokesman Eric Martin said he had understood the government was still considering aÃÂ ...
The Northwest Florida Daily News
January 3, 2018
The Great Depression was caused by a massive government failure led by the Federal Reserve's rapid 25 percent contraction of the money supply. The next government failure was the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, which increased U.S. tariffs by more than 50 percent. Those failures were compounded byÃÂ ...
FedScoop
December 12, 2017
The highly anticipated legislation to modernize the federal government's aging information technology infrastructure is now law. President Donald Trump codified the Modernizing Government Technology Act on Tuesday when he signed the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act. The IT legislation wasÃÂ ...
Ghana News Agency
November 26, 2017
Government takes steps to address chieftaincy disputes ... chiefs and queenmothers on the provisions of the Chieftaincy Act 2008, Act 759. ... those provisions and refrain from acts and utterances that fuel chieftaincy disputes ...
Washington Examiner
November 26, 2017
Dick Durbin, D-Il., has authored a bill, known as the Dream Act, that would offer legal status to individuals who received protection under DACA.
Business Insider
November 26, 2017
Those in opposition cited the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, which established the agency, as evidence that Cordray, and not Trump, has the proper ...
Economic Times
November 26, 2017
He also talked about the focus of his government on improving the ease of living for the citizens which has led to an improvement in the ease of ...
AllAfrica.com
November 24, 2017
In 2015, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf presented a Bill titled: "The Local Government Act to the 53rd National legislature for enactment into ...
Cointelegraph (Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain News)
November 24, 2017
The approval of the defense spending bill called the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) may lead to the mainstream adoption of ...
Clean Energy Wire
November 24, 2017
While the acting government under Chancellor Angela Merkel is largely ... The governmental cliffhanger comes at a relatively comfortable point ...
FedScoop
November 15, 2017
Legislation to make all government information machine-readable and accessible through open-source code got another boost Wednesday as ...
The Sydney Morning Herald
November 13, 2017
This was unsurprising; oppositions almost always complain that governments are neglecting "law and order" and that, as a result, crime is rising ...
TASS
November 13, 2017
"It is necessary to proceed from collecting data to undertaking at the governmental level measures to keep population of wild reindeer. <.
Seeking Alpha
November 13, 2017
The Senate's version, of the Act, makes no changes to the existing ... state and local governments without any meaningful benefit to the federal ...
Cadillac News
November 13, 2017
As outlined in the Michigan Open Meetings Act and Freedom of Information Act, there are certain situations when governmental ... “Anytime there is a lack of clarity in a government decision, it's worthy of legislative attention.”.
Lexology
November 13, 2017
On November 1, 2017, the Government of Ontario introduced Bill 174, ... Once passed, the Act will enact the Cannabis Act, 2017, the Ontario ...
Lexology
November 12, 2017
The Government has recently published two consultations to review (i) the implementation of the 2011 changes to the Construction Act; and (ii)Â ...
BBC News
November 10, 2017
More than half of England's secondary schools, 54%, did not offer GCSE computer science in 2015-16, a report from the Royal Society has ...
CNN
October 23, 2017
Washington (CNN) A government report released Monday is sounding an alarm over the threat of climate change, and the government's ...
