Obama Administration proposes new rule to rein in nonprofit political groups

89.3 KPCCObama Administration proposes new rule to rein in nonprofit political groups89.3 KPCCThe Obama administration this week unveiled a proposed rule that would limit the role tax-exempt, nonprofit groups play in politics and election campaigns. Under the proposed rule, “social welfare” groups like Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS and the pro ...

Obama launches competition to revamp high schools

PoliticoObama launches competition to revamp high schoolsPoliticoThe school offers associate degrees in applied sciences in information technology — and, just as important, those degrees are aligned to the requirements for entry-level jobs at companies like IBM. The tech giant helped design the school's curriculum ...

Insurers restricting choice of doctors and hospitals to keep costs down

Washington PostInsurers restricting choice of doctors and hospitals to keep costs downWashington PostThe Obama administration made it a priority to keep down the cost of insurance on the exchanges, the online marketplaces that are central to the Affordable Care Act. But one way that insurers have been able to offer lower rates is by creating networks ...

Taxpayer

BloombergTaxpayer-Funded Technology Flops Plague U.S. GovernmentBloombergThe list of federal information-technology lapses and flops includes systems to modernize air-traffic control and to secure the nation's border, and now even President Barack Obama is wondering why the government can't get it right. .... At the Federal ...

White House Defends Obama's Executive Authority to Act on Health Insurance ...

TheBlaze.comWhite House Defends Obama's Executive Authority to Act on Health Insurance ...TheBlaze.comWhite House press secretary Jay Carney defended President Barack Obama's authority to take unilateral action on health insurance plans – even comparing it to the administration's action last year not to prosecute certain illegal immigrants. ... Thus ...

US unveils new program designed to help prepare for droughts

Canadian UnderwriterUS unveils new program designed to help prepare for droughtsCanadian Underwriter... accessible information about matters such as long-term weather prospects and soil moisture levels under a program designed to help communities prepare for future droughts and respond more effectively when they happen, Obama administration officials ...

The Early Obamacare Numbers Are As Dismal As You'd Expect

Slate Magazine (blog)The Early Obamacare Numbers Are As Dismal As You'd ExpectSlate Magazine (blog)The Obama administration is set later this week to unveil its first official tally of just how many people have chosen coverage using the troubled Obamacare website healthcare.gov, but unnamed officials have already given a sneak peak to the Wall ...

America's Vets: More Jobs, More Help, More Suicides

The Fiscal TimesAmerica's Vets: More Jobs, More Help, More SuicidesThe Fiscal TimesUnemployment among veterans in general has steadily dropped as the Obama administration and private industry have aggressively pursued programs to employ the country's heroes and their families. After a public uproar over an insensitive ... Last Friday ...

The lowest low of the Obama presidency

Washington Post (blog)The lowest low of the Obama presidencyWashington Post (blog)caitlin_dewey · Europe eases rules for gay asylum-seekers · WorldViews | Caitlin Dewey · max_fisher .... Time and time again during the interview with Todd, Obama kept running into the political reality that the 5 percent of the country who can't keep ...

What Your Favorite Fairy Tales Would Look Like Today

Huffington PostWhat Your Favorite Fairy Tales Would Look Like TodayHuffington Post<a href="http://secretary.state.gov/www/albright/albright.html" target="_blank">Madeleine Albright</a> (born 1937) became the first female Secretary of State when she joined the Clinton administration in 1997. ... In her 2008 candidacy for President ...

This week: Daylight Savings Time and Twitter's IPO

Washington TimesThis week: Daylight Savings Time and Twitter's IPOWashington Times2008- For better or for worse, Barack Obama became the first African-American to be elected President of the United States. ... 1933- High unemployment and an infrastructure in desperate need of help prompted President Franklin D. Roosevelt to unveil ...