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I Wanna Work for the Government
My husband and I need more credit cards, but I want the kind that someone else pays for. If I hurry and get a job with the government, maybe I can get one of those credit cards that government employees are using to buy all those necessities of life, like say. . .”$640,000 from 2000 [...]
Auditors fault Treasury oversight of bailout funds
Auditors fault Treasury oversight of bailout funds The Government Accountability Office's report to Congress on Tuesday says Treasury has no mechanism in place to track how the banking system has used the taxpayer money INDUSTRIES
Audit Finds Weak Treasury Oversight of Bailout Funds
The Treasury has no mechanism in place to track how the banking system has used the taxpayer money that had purchased $150 billion in bank stocks as of Nov. 25 according to the Government Accountability Office's report.
Audit Finds Weak Treasury Oversight of Bailout Funds
The Treasury has no mechanism in place to track how the banking system has used the taxpayer money that had purchased $150 billion in bank stocks as of Nov. 25 according to the Government Accountability Office's report.
Saudis Got U.S. Farm Subsidies
This will make your blood boil. From the Seattle Times: A sports-team owner, a financial-firm executive and residents of Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia were among 2,702 millionaire recipients of farm payments from 2003 to 2006 — and it's not even clear they were legitimate farmers, congressional investigators reported Monday. They probably were ineligible, but the Agriculture Department can't confirm that, since officials never checked their incomes, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sai
Michael Pollan on what we can all do to improve the food situation
The statistics having to do with food in America are pretty grim. Thirty-two million Americans — that’s one in nine families — had trouble consistently putting food on the table even before the current economic problems. There’s been a 25 percent growth in need at food pantries, mostly among members of the middle class. And at the same time that families are struggling, a report from the Government Accountability Office shows that between 2003 and 2006, $49 million in crop subsidies went to f
Room at the Top for More Diversity by Joe Davidson
Diversity within the group of men — and still only men — who have been president of the United States will change significantly when Barack Obama is sworn in next month. But when he looks across the highest level of civil servants managing the government, he’ll see a mixed bag when it comes to improving the diversity of the federal Senior Executive Service. A new report by theGovernment Accountability Office says representation of women and people of color in the senior corps grew overall betw
Harvesting Cash: Even Foreigners in Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, Hong Kong Get US Farm Subsidies
Harvesting Cash: Even Foreigners in Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, Hong Kong Get US Farm Subsidies Posted in December 2nd, 2008 by admin in Uncategorized Submitted by CARPE DIEM WASHINGTON — A sports-team owner, a financial-firm executive and residents of Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia were among 2,702 millionaire recipients of farm payments from 2003 to 2006 — and it’s not even clear they were legitimate farmers, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported Monday. According to the repo
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