Analysis: 61000 US bridges 'structurally deficient'

USA TODAYAnalysis: 61000 US bridges 'structurally deficient'USA TODAYEarlier this week, the Obama administration sent Congress a $478 billion bill that calls for providing transportation funding for the next six years. The administration proposal would give a boost to the Highway Trust Fund by imposing 14% tax on an ...

Finally! We Can Get Moving On Disposing Of Our Nuclear Waste

ForbesFinally! We Can Get Moving On Disposing Of Our Nuclear WasteForbesLast week, President Obama authorized the Energy Department to move forward with planning for a separate repository for high-level radioactive waste that was created from the making of atomic and nuclear weapons. Immediately, Energy Secretary Ernie ...

US to unveil highway funding, reform bill

The Detroit NewsUS to unveil highway funding, reform billThe Detroit NewsIn April 2014, the Obama administration called for boosting the maximum fine for a delaying a vehicle recall to $300 million, up from the current $35 million — and require car dealers to fix used recalled vehicles before selling them as part of $302 ...

White House Unveiled Plan To Combat Antibiotic

Frontline DeskWhite House Unveiled Plan To Combat Antibiotic-Resistant BacteriaFrontline DeskComparatively, the Obama administration's plan calls for ending the extensive use of antibiotics in animals raised for food, which is partly to blame for the rising U.S. antibiotic resistance. Healthcare authorities expect the plan will slow the spread ...

Obama Unveils $1.2 Billion Plan to Fight Superbug Crisis, But Is It Enough?

EcoWatchObama Unveils $1.2 Billion Plan to Fight Superbug Crisis, But Is It Enough?EcoWatchThe administration's plan to combat antibiotic resistance would require $1.2 billion from Congress in its first year, nearly double the amount the country's currently spending. The Hill noted that the President's request was not included in the ...

Government Surveillance Dilemmas Present Challenges for Data Centers

Data Center KnowledgeGovernment Surveillance Dilemmas Present Challenges for Data CentersData Center KnowledgeSince the summer of 2013 when Edward Snowden, a government system administrator and insider, unveiled secret government snooping on large volumes of citizen data (without proper legal tools such as search warrants), media coverage and discussion of ...

Pot research stalled even as legalization gains momentum

Al Jazeera AmericaPot research stalled even as legalization gains momentumAl Jazeera AmericaToday a trio of federal agencies — the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the Food and Drug Administration — regulate the federal marijuana research process, determining which research gets a ...

Finally, a Budget That Balances

National Review OnlineFinally, a Budget That BalancesNational Review OnlineThat commitment is at the heart of the budget Senate Republicans unveiled last week. It not only achieves ... In the past six years of his administration, President Obama has added a staggering $7 trillion to the national debt. That's $56,000 in new ...

Democracy Alliance's goal: Push Hillary Clinton to the left

PoliticoDemocracy Alliance's goal: Push Hillary Clinton to the leftPoliticoSome within the club's ranks had felt that it aligned too closely to the Democratic Party during President Barack Obama's campaigns and administration. And the plan, called 2020 Vision, represents a more assertively liberal direction for Democracy ...

Tax Refunds, Weather and Space Porn Top Draws for Fed Websites

Re/codeTax Refunds, Weather and Space Porn Top Draws for Fed WebsitesRe/codeBut that's just one of the weird tidbits unveiled thanks to a new website launched this week by Obama administration techies, who are trying to update the federal government's less than user-friendly sites and services. They unveiled analytics.usa.gov ...

KS residents want more restrictions on hydraulic fracking laws

KWCHKS residents want more restrictions on hydraulic fracking lawsKWCHMeanwhile, Friday the Obama Administration unveiled the nation's first federal regulations on hydraulic fracturing. The new rules will apply only to oil and gas wells drilled on public lands. States have jurisdiction over drilling on private and state ...

The Brief: Course Correction on Consolidation Plans at HHSC

Texas TribuneThe Brief: Course Correction on Consolidation Plans at HHSCTexas TribuneGeorgetown Goes All In on Renewable Energy, by Jim Malewitz — Georgetown's municipal utility has unveiled plans to tap wind and solar energy to meet all of its customers' power needs, making it the first Texas city-owned utility to abandon fossil ...

Food industry waging a bitter battle over proposal on added

Los Angeles TimesFood industry waging a bitter battle over proposal on added-sugar labelsLos Angeles TimesOf all the issues the Obama administration is grappling with, a modest redesign of what food labels say about sweeteners might not have seemed among the more controversial. But ever since First Lady Michelle Obama unveiled the plan last year, a ...

Hillary's Hezbollah

Washington Free BeaconHillary's Hezbollah-Friendly DonorWashington Free Beacon“It seems the Zionist lobby in the United States and its agents in the region were displeased and worried that certain Lebanese and Arab personalities have a friendly relationship with some senior officials of the new American administration,” Fares ...

Meth rising: Bakken a new market for organized drug crime

Dickinson PressMeth rising: Bakken a new market for organized drug crimeDickinson PressThe problem has received national attention, enough that the Obama administration's drug czar highlighted the “emerging threat” of drug trafficking in the region in the government's updated drug strategy unveiled last year. “There was a big increase in ...

One State Is Completely Abandoning Community Colleges

MicOne State Is Completely Abandoning Community CollegesMicAt the beginning of 2015, the the Obama administration unveiled a grand new plan to make community college free for Americans. Later this year, Tennessee will roll out its own ambitious new program to cover the full cost of a two-year college for all ...

Fall of US

Los Angeles TimesFall of US-backed Syrian group casts doubt on plan to arm moderatesLos Angeles TimesIt wasn't the first time that weapons and other goods meant for a U.S. proxy force in Syria ended up in the hands of Al Nusra militants, but that has not stopped the Obama administration from doubling down on its strategy: The Pentagon has unveiled a ...

Latest News: Status of Women, Apple Watch, Daylight Saving Time

New York TimesLatest News: Status of Women, Apple Watch, Daylight Saving TimeNew York TimesHillary Rodham Clinton and the philanthropist Melinda Gates unveil the “No Ceilings” report today at the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women conference in New York. At the same time, Republicans are criticizing the Clinton ... President Obama is to ...

Smartphones Are Smart Foreign Policy

Huffington PostSmartphones Are Smart Foreign PolicyHuffington PostThe Obama administration and Secretary of State John Kerry have also embraced digital technologies. In fact, mobiles are a key method for achieving President's Obama foreign-aid goal of creating conditions where aid is not necessary. Turning to U.S ...

Tom Vilsack Unveils Campaign to Combat Childhood Hunger

National JournalTom Vilsack Unveils Campaign to Combat Childhood HungerNational JournalMarch 4, 2015 While Republicans on Capitol Hill attempt to rein in food stamps and roll back some of the healthier-school-meals rules that have been put in place during the Obama administration, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is organizing a new ...

GAO: Chance Of "Path To Citizenship" Was A "Primary Cause" Of 2014 Migration ...

Town HallGAO: Chance Of "Path To Citizenship" Was A "Primary Cause" Of 2014 Migration ...Town HallIt is, in fact, the policy of the Obama administration to deliver unaccompanied minor children to family, whether those family members are legally in the United States or not. And The New York Times has since reported that most migrant children were in ...

Commentary: Exporting US Drones

DefenseNews.comCommentary: Exporting US DronesDefenseNews.comNow, thanks to a years-in-the-making policy unveiled by the State Department this month, the US is closer to exporting more military and commercial drones, including armed systems like the Predator and Reaper to our closest allies. This is long overdue ...

Drug

International Business TimesDrug-Resistant Bacteria: Tracking Of CRE Superbug Infections Fragmented ...International Business TimesOne year later, the Obama administration unveiled a national strategy revamping an interagency task force on antibiotic resistance that dated back to 1999. At the same time, the president also signed an executive order requiring federal agencies to ...

Today in Politics

New York TimesToday in PoliticsNew York TimesOn Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the conservative challenge to the Affordable Care Act. A ruling against the Obama administration this year could undermine the new insurance program by denying federal subsidies to millions of ...