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Public Works resists comparisons with private-sector real estate: report
Ottawa :: Canada | 10 days ago
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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 | 10 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 | 10 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
Klamath Dam outlook: Department of the Interior
Yreka :: CA :: USA | 11 days ago
Credibility United States Fish and Wildlife Klamath Basin Public Affairs Officer Matt Baun laid out the federal government’s role in the Klamath dam process from now until 2012 on Wednesday, describing the various factors that will lead to a determination by the...
Tags: Matt Baun, Interior Daily News, Department of the Interior, land use, Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement, environmental compliance, California, federal government, KHSA, use plans, Yreka, Environment, Del Norte County California, Environmental impact statement, California Environmental Quality Act, Politics, Environmental impact assessment, Klamath River, Humboldt County California, Klamath County Oregon, Impact assessment
First-home buyers fade away
Melbourne :: Australia | 11 days ago
Credibility There were just 2626 first-home buyers in NSW last month, the first month without the full Federal Government boost. There had been 6079 first-home buyer grants in September during a rush to capitalise on the last days of the full boost. The boost was...
Tags: federal government, Australia, Melbourne, First-time buyer, Politics, Economy of the Republic of Ireland
Unemployment taxes on rise
Annapolis :: MD :: USA | 11 days ago
Credibility As if small businesses needed another reason not to hire, consider their latest financial burden: The cost of rising unemployment itself. Employers already are squeezed by tight credit, rising health care costs, wary consumers and a higher minimum wage.
Tags: unemployment tax, federal government, unemployment insurance, raise tax, higher tax, Annapolis, Minimum wage, Finance, Unemployment, Employment law, Business Finance, Tax, Socioeconomics, Labor economics, Employment, Labor
State moves for quick sale of Thomson prison
Springfield :: MO :: USA | 12 days ago
Credibility A key state lawmaker wants to fast-track hearings on the possible sale of the Thomson Correctional Center to the federal government, a move made easier when the Quinn administration filed its recommendation for closing the prison. The Thomson prison has...
Tags: Thomson Correctional Center, Sen. Jeff Schoenberg, terrorism suspects, federal government, Pat Quinn, Springfield, Politics, Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution, Pontiac Correctional Center, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Prison, Penology
New Bill Cracks Down on Illegal Gun Traffickers
New York City :: NY :: USA | 12 days ago
Credibility The first comprehensive legislation in the country to crack down on illegal trafficking of guns was revealed on Tuesday at a press conference at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan. The legislation was authored by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand...
Tags: guns trafficked, Mayor Bloomberg According, New York City, illegal guns, Michael Bloomberg, Kirsten Gillibrand, press conference, Raymond Kelly, federal government, Carolyn McCarthy, Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition, Gun politics in the United States, Gun show, Gun politics, Smuggling, Law Crime
Alarm bells ring when the debate heats up
Melbourne :: Australia | 12 days ago
Credibility Stephen Minas (Letters, November 26) had me nodding in agreement until he descended into the ridiculous alarmism that is making people question the whole notion of climate change. To suggest the Earth ''may be all but uninhabitable by the end of the century''...
Tags: customer service, climate change, Australian Institute of Criminology, Kevin Trenberth, Ken Knight Hornsby Palin, Palin Liza Rybak, federal government, Telstra, natural variability, greg bird, Australia, Melbourne, Sarah Palin, Climatologists, Michael E. Mann, United States presidential election, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Kevin E. Trenberth
Congress' next trick: Pull jobs out of a hat
Center :: TX :: USA | 13 days ago
Credibility The economy is not out of the woods, and Congress is feeling pressure to do something about it...Twenty-nine states reported rising unemployment rates in October. And 1 million people are at risk of losing their unemployment benefits by January ...House...
Tags: Alan Blinder, payroll tax, Congress, tax holiday, federal government, Mark Zandi, job growth, Center, Tax cut, Supply-side economics, Unemployment, Politics, Business Finance, Macroeconomics, Tax, Labor economics, Labor
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