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Department of Education Begins Grant Competition to Improve Education
A competitive grant contest through the U.S. Department of Education is undergoing new changes, as entrants — innovators looking to improve America’s schools — must now secure private funding before...
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White House Tackles the Gender Pay Gap: Gives Agencies Deadline
A new presidential memo has made the rounds in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) at the White House, in which President Barack Obama has called for a new government strategy to close any gender...
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Sustainable Development: UN, UK, and U.S. All Fuel New Innovation
On May 13, the United Nations held a meeting to encourage a new wave of technological innovation to meet the UN’s current goals in sustainable development. The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)...
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Looming Federal Government Shutdown Could Affect Higher Education
The federal government shutdown that looms ahead on Oct. 1 will not immediately affect higher education, but could eventually lead to cuts to financial aid programs and research funding. Unless...
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Government Shutdown Hits Education, Labor Departments
Colleges that depend on research funding, military members looking for tuition assistance and those who need information from the monthly government jobs report all are suffering under the current...
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More Good Economic News: Fannie Mae to Repay $116 Billion Bailout by Year’s End
At the time of the financial bailout in 2008, the number seemed impossibly high: $116 billion. That’s how much of taxpayers’ money was used to bailout Fannie Mae, the government-controlled mortgage...
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State Funding Cuts Have Led to Tuition Increases, According to Researcher
The cutting of education funds by individual states is a contributing factor to the skyrocketing costs of higher education, according to an official from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. In...
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Commerce Department Releases Report on Benefits of Government Data
The massive amounts of data collected and disseminated by the federal government could bring benefits to average citizens and businesses at very little cost, according to a report released by the U.S....
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Survey: Americans Think a Business Background Makes for Better Politicians
Many Americans believe more business-minded politicians are what the country needs for better government, according to a recent Gallup poll. Four out of five respondents said that business and...
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Feds Unlock iPhone Without Help from Apple
Feds Unlock iPhone Without Help from Apple The legal standoff between the U.S. Department of Justice and Apple ended quietly Monday, March 28, when the government announced it had found a way to unlock...
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