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Advocates cheer SEC consideration of corporate disclosure rule
WASHINGTON — A decision by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to consider a new rule this year requiring companies to release information about their political spending has buoyed disclosure advocates, who say such a move could be a game-...
Tags: Litigation and Regulation, Interior Policy, Elections, Pension and Welfare, Christopher Van Hollen Jr.
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Auto safety bill is scaled back in face of industry opposition
The sweeping legislation that grew out of Toyota Motor Corp.'s sudden-acceleration crisis — heralded as the most important auto safety bill in a decade — has been scaled back significantly in the face of auto industry opposition.
The bill...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Toyota Motor Corp., Science and Technology, Standards, Fines
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President's remarks at Ellicott Dredges
Remarks by President Barack Obama this afternoon at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore, from the White House.  THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Baltimore! (Applause.) Well, it is wonderful to see all of you. Give Duncan a big round of applause for the great...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Apple iPad, Steny Hoyer, State of the Union Address, Regional Authority
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VA to immediately evaluate, pay oldest disability claims
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced Friday a plan to immediately evaluate and pay the oldest disability claims, a move that advocates expect will bring relief to Maryland servicemen and women who face one of the largest backlogs in the...
Tags: Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Eric Shinseki, Veterans Affairs, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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Federal firefighters push for shift-swap flexibility
When city or county firefighters have a family event or unexpected obligation pop up on a workday, their solution is familiar to most shift workers: They find a colleague willing to trade hours. But for the roughly 10,000 firefighters employed by the...Tags: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Science and Technology, Standards
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Md. lawmakers say budget cuts could harm BWI
With the BWI Marshall Airport terminal as a backdrop, Democratic members of Maryland's congressional delegation took turns Friday bashing mandatory federal budget cuts they said could harm not only air travel but local businesses that rely on passenger...
Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Budgets and Budgeting, Layoffs and Downsizing, Air Transportation Industry
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'Bring your own' devices pose challenges for government
Mika J. Cross, a human resources manager for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, sometimes uses a laptop issued by the agency. But she is far more likely to check email or collaborate with colleagues on one of her two personal computers. As someone...
Tags: Government, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Science and Technology, Standards, Public Employees
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House votes to extend federal pay freeze
The House of Representatives voted Friday to block a half-percent pay raise ordered by President Barack Obama for federal employees, the latest move by GOP lawmakers to trim budget deficits by attempting to cut the size of the government. The proposal,...
Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Employees, Baltimore County, Republican Party
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Obama outlines ambitious agenda for second term
President Barack Obama used the first State of the Union address of his second term to try to breathe new life into his economic agenda, reviving modest measures to spur growth and trying to create fresh momentum in the all-but-stagnant talks over deficit...
Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Michelle Obama, U.S. Congress, Baltimore County, Public Finance
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Md. congressional leadership demands answers from VA
Calling the failures at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Baltimore "inexcusable," Maryland's congressional leadership on Monday demanded the beleaguered agency develop an immediate plan to fix the local problems in processing disability claims....
Tags: C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Heart Attack, U.S. Congress, Steny Hoyer, Veterans Affairs
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Hoyer, Van Hollen: No more cuts to federal workforce
As the fiscal cliff looms, two of Maryland's most influential congressmen have a message for those looking to the federal workforce for more savings: Look somewhere else. "Federal workers have already been asked to sacrifice as part of the budget cuts...Tags: Government, Donna F. Edwards, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., U.S. Congress, Steny Hoyer
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Hurricane Sandy boosts federal telework
Federal officials shut the government down as Hurricane Sandy crashed ashore late last month, but NOAA employee Holly Bamford remained hard at work. While heavy rain and wind lashed her Silver Spring office, the National Ocean Service manager oversaw...
Tags: Science and Technology, Employees, Public Employees, Productivity, Career and Workplace
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