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The nonprofit Partnership for Public Service and The Washington Post's On Leadership site jointly produce the Federal Coach, hosted by Tom Fox, director of the partnership's Center for Government Leadership. The goal is to "engage, inspire and learn from you, the federal worker, whether you are a...
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With less than two months until the November elections, the White House is weighing a package of business tax breaks potentially worth hundreds of billions of dollars.
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The federal government is suing Joe Arpaio, the controversial Arizona sheriff, over his refusal to turn over documents in a civil rights probe.
Sheriff - Law - Joe Arpaio - Lawsuit - United States Justice Department
Some men get buildings named after them; others, streets. Ron Hillyer is getting a hallway.
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The federal government awarded $330 million Thursday to two groups that are developing new student assessment systems for the District, Maryland and dozens of other states in an effort to upgrade their much-maligned standardized tests.
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A glossy "Lessons Learned" document released on Thursday by BP describes the Deepwater Horizon blowout and oil spill as a valuable spur for innovation in containing future oil rig failures.
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Hurricane Earl weakened slightly Thursday as it continued barrelling toward the North Carolina coast, forcing thousands of vacationers to evacuate parts of the Outer Banks and setting in motion a flurry of preparations to minimize damage as far north as Maine.
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NAACP leaders have a message for the members of the "tea party" movement: We're watching you. The controversy between the nation's oldest civil rights group and the new conservative movement continues with the launch of TeaPartyTracker.org
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Hurricane Earl is again upgraded to a Category 4 hurricane and poses a serious threat to the Outer Banks and other parts of the East Coast.
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Hurricane Earl swirled toward the East Coast on Thursday with treacherous winds and driving rain, forcing thousands of vacationers to evacuate parts of the Outer Banks and setting in motion a flurry of preparations to minimize damage as far north as Maine.
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An offshore oil rig exploded Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico, injuring at least one worker, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
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The premiums that employees pay for employer-sponsored family coverage rose an average of 13.7 percent this year, while the amount that employers contribute fell by 0.9 percent, the survey found.
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Hurricane Earl is again upgraded to a Class 4 hurricane and poses a serious threat to the Outer Banks and other parts of the East Coast.
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Small businesses elibgible for health insurance tax credits employ about 16.6 million workers, according to a research foundation's estimates. But those firms that are expected to make use of the credits employ only 3.4 million workers. For the most part, those firms already offer insurance to their
Health insurance - Insurance - Business - Health - United States
The U.S. Postal Service, headed toward a loss of at least $7 billion this fiscal year, opened contract talks with its largest union Wednesday seeking cost cuts that could reshape the nation's mail-delivery system.
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The nonprofit Partnership for Public Service and The Washington Post's On Leadership site jointly produce the Federal Coach, hosted by Tom Fox, director of the partnership's Center for Government Leadership. The goal is to "engage, inspire and learn from you, the federal worker, whether you are a...
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The sergeant who supervised Bradley E. Manning, the Army private accused of leaking classified material to the online site WikiLeaks, was so concerned about the soldier's mental health that he disabled Manning's weapon late last year, the private's attorney said Wednesday.
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Adrian M. Fenty, who became mayor as a dynamic young council member who would bring a new urgency to reforming the District government, acknowledged on Wednesday for the first time that he may lose the job that voters in every precinct in the city chose him for in 2006.
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Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Christina Romer will step down this week after what has been the most dismal tenure anybody in that post has had. She was the president's top economist during a time when the administration underestimated the depth of the economy's troubles - miscalculations tha
Christina Romer - United States - Unemployment - Council of Economic Advisers - Politics
The gunman who took hostages at Discovery Communications' headquarters in Silver Spring was apparently inspired by the author of a popular series about a telepathic ape who tries to save humankind from problems such as overpopulation, but the writer said Wednesday that he is baffled by James J. L...
Author - Daniel Quinn - Ishmael - Discovery Channel - Arts
James J. Lee divided the world into good and bad. According to his writings on a Web site he created, people were bad, especially "parasitic" babies.
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On the eve of the first direct Middle East peace negotiations since he took office, President Obama urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders Wednesday to seize "this moment of opportunity" and to end their decades-long conflict, pledging to throw his administration's "full weight" behind their effor...
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As President Obama convenes the first direct Middle East peace talks in 20 months, the question many observers here and in the region are asking is what, if anything, makes this round any more hopeful than the last.
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The U.S. government designated the Pakistani Taliban a terrorist group Wednesday and accused its leader, Hakimullah Mehsud, of involvement in a December suicide bombing that killed seven Americans at a forward CIA post in eastern Afghanistan.
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Jerry Linenger was the only American on the Mir space station in 1997 when a small fire caused a crisis that left him isolated in space for four months with two Russian astronauts. Cut off from his family and facing a lot of stress, Linenger endured a period of uncertainty that provides a good paral
Space - Technology - NASA - Chile - Education
It's something every worker can relate to: Your office isn't meeting its goals, customers aren't happy, there's turmoil at the top - and morale is plummeting.
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Two members of Congress who are influential on federal workforce issues are questioning the practices of the insurance company that provides life insurance for federal employees.
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Q. One of the key findings of the 2010 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government survey is that worker satisfaction is more profoundly affected by perceptions of top management than by immediate supervisors.
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