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Ottawa starves climate critics of cash on eve of eco-summit
Toronto :: Canada | 3 days ago
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The federal government, already facing international criticism as a climate change laggard ahead of next week's Copenhagen summit, has cut funding to a Toronto aid group that helps the world's poorest countries cope with the ravages of global warming.
Tags: federal government, Kairos, Ottawa, Canada, Toronto, Canadian International Development Agency, Environment, Politics, Human rights, Catholic liturgy, Foreign relations of Canada, Religion Belief
In-home caregivers plead for Sacramento County support
Sacramento :: KY :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility This year, the cash-strapped county government currently in contract negotiations with the union representing In-Home Supportive Service workers was able to replace a portion of its contribution to the entitlement program with federal stimulus funds.
Tags: stimulus funding, IHSS, federal government, Sacramento County, Steve Keil, entitlement program, Sacramento, Health economics, Sacramento California, Social Issues, Geriatrics, Labor, Home care
JOB HUNT: Federal Government 'In-Sourcing'
New York :: NY :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility If you add in military and civilian Department of Defense employees -- the number jumps to roughly 4.8 million. During years of Republican rule, there was an effort to move many government jobs over to the private sector. That is changing under President...
Tags: federal employees, federal government, government workers, Department of Defense, New York, Politics, International Peace Operations Association, Sourcing, Business Finance, Blackwater Worldwide, Currituck County North Carolina, Mercenaries, Labor
We may appeal to Unesco, warns Lim
George Town :: Cayman Islands | 4 days ago
Credibility Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has fired a warning shot at the Federal Government over the RM25mil promised allocation for conservation works. Accusing it of “broken promises”, Lim said the state would consider appealing to Unesco directly if it had no other...
Tags: Unesco, federal government, Cayman Islands, George Town, Lin, Malaysian Chinese, Politics, Lim Guan Eng
Talking with Tom Tomczyk: Benefits consultant makes calls on and off the field
South Bend :: IN :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility Monday morning he's still making calls, but this time at his job Downtown as a consultant who offers advice to businesses about employee benefits. Mr. Tomczyk got his start in health care at Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania where he spent 15 years becoming...
Tags: health care, federal government, care reform, notre dame, Penn State, South Bend, Consumer-driven health care, Workers' compensation, Health economics, Health care reform in the United States, Healthcare reform, Healthcare reform in the United States, Health insurance, Labor
Dallas County health official calls for easing of rules on who can get swine flu vaccine
Duncanville :: TX :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility Zachary Thompson, director of Dallas County Health and Human Services, said he was concerned that the vaccine supply already shared with local pharmacies had not found enough takers among the targeted high-risk groups. "It's time for the federal government...
Tags: swine flu, Dallas County, Zachary Thompson, county health, local pharmacies, flu vaccination, risk group, h1n1 vaccination, vaccination effort, federal government, Duncanville, Health Medical Pharma, Prevention, Immunology, Pandemics, flu pandemic vaccine, Influenza vaccine, Swine influenza, Vaccines, flu pandemic
U.S. firm building Canada’s Olympic pavilion
Vancouver :: Canada | 6 days ago
Credibility Canada’s $9.2-million, Olympic pavilion is being built by a U.S. firm from Chicago. And Joyce Murray, Liberal MP for Vancouver Quadra, is accusing the federal government of badly botching the contracting process by waiting too long to issue it. "Think...
Tags: Canada Pavilion, U.S, federal government, Joyce Murray, Canada, Vancouver, Dean Del Mastro, Murray
Public Works resists comparisons with private-sector real estate: report
Ottawa :: Canada | 7 days ago
Credibility The cost-effectiveness of Public Works projects can't be directly compared with the private sector partly because construction firms jack up their prices when dealing with the federal government, says a new report. "Private sector companies, who build...
Tags: Public Works, private sector, federal government, sector real, report card, Canada, Ottawa, Public economics, Business Finance, Building
Bipartisan panel sought to study possible prison sale
Havana :: IL :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility House Republicans on Friday called for a special committee to study the state's potential sale of a northwest Illinois prison to the federal government to house terrorism suspects now held at Guantanamo Bay , Cuba . The request, contained in a letter...
Tags: Illinois, federal government, House, Havana, Pat Quinn, Speakers of the Illinois House of Representatives, Politics, Republican Party, Business Finance, Michael Madigan
'Incompetence' hindering NT progress
Sydney :: Australia | 7 days ago
Credibility Incompetence' hindering NT progress Posted November 28, 2009 14:46:00 Reconciliation Australia has described the Federal Government's amendments to the Northern Territory Emergency Response legislation as "a step in the right direction". Indigenous Affairs...
Tags: chaney says, Australia, Mr Chaney, anecdotal evidence, welfare quarantining, federal government, Sydney, Law enforcement in Australia, Human rights, Politics, Indigenous peoples of Australia, Northern Territory National Emergency Response, Members of the Australian House of Representatives, Government of Australia, Northern Territory, Fred Chaney
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