Executive Branch News

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House Leadership Demands Cooperation from Holder on “Fast and Furious” - Las Vegas TSG

2012-05-19

CBS NewsHouse Leadership Demands Cooperation from Holder on “Fast and Furious”Las Vegas TSG“As co-equal branches of the US Government, the relationship between the Legislative and Executive branches must be predicated on honest communications and cannot be clouded by allegations of obstruction. If necessary, the House will act to fulfill our ...Fast & Furious: House Leaders Demand Answers from Attorney GeneralThe Cypress TimesFast And Furious Conspiracy Theorist Katie Pavlich Doesn't Understand ...Media Matters for America (blog)Boehner, House GOP leadership step up Fast and Furious pressure on HolderDaily CallerABC News (blog) -Examiner.com -Main Justiceall 181 news articles »

May

Are Americans Catching On, Waking Up, Unplugging? - Foreign Policy Journal

2012-05-19

Are Americans Catching On, Waking Up, Unplugging?Foreign Policy JournalIf the executive branch can persuade or bribe the UN to give a war OK, Congress is no longer relevant. This was too much for the awakened US Rep. Walter Jones. He has introduced House Congressional Resolution 107, which clearly states that the ...and more »

May

Executive Branch Agencies Should Live by Their Own Standards - Huffington Post (blog)

2012-05-09

Executive Branch Agencies Should Live by Their Own StandardsHuffington Post (blog)For the majority of the four million hard working employees serving in the executive branch of the federal government, the accolades are well-deserved. But just like any other organization, the reputation of a government agency can be tarnished by the ...

May

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Honors Employees in Rockville, Maryland, Ceremony - Power Engineering Magazine

2012-05-19

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Honors Employees in Rockville, Maryland, CeremonyPower Engineering MagazineThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission held its 35th Annual Awards Ceremony May 17th to acknowledge recipients of the Presidential Distinguished and Meritorious Executive Rank Awards and the NRC=s Distinguished and Meritorious Service Awards.

May

New Executive Branch Fellowship Focuses on the Material Genome Initiative - Newswise (press release)

2012-05-14

New Executive Branch Fellowship Focuses on the Material Genome InitiativeNewswise (press release)Newswise — May 14, 2012—Warrendale, PA—A new fellowship with placement in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is positioned as a key element in fostering a new era of US innovation embodied by the Materials Genome ...and more »

May

Federal bonuses down by $43 million - Federal Times

2012-05-19

Federal bonuses down by $43 millionFederal TimesThe total amount of bonuses equates to 0.4 percent of the payroll for the surveyed employees, who represent about two-thirds of the government's 2.1 million-person executive branch workforce. The federal government, in responding to the newspaper's ...

May

Nonfiction review: The Presidents Club - WSLS

2012-05-19

Nonfiction review: The Presidents ClubWSLSEnlisting Hoover's help in feeding Europe's starving millions after World War II later led Truman to appoint him chairman of a group tasked with recommending ways to reorganize the executive branch. But Truman's relationship with his successor was less ...

May

Executive exchange: San Juan County, Lake Forest Park swap administrators - Journal of the San Juan Islands

2012-05-15

Executive exchange: San Juan County, Lake Forest Park swap administratorsJournal of the San Juan IslandsJust one week after Administrator Pete Rose announced his resignation, the County Council selected veteran public administrator Bob Jean to manage the executive branch of the county on a temporary basis. And in a somewhat ironic twist, Jean is winding ...and more »

May

Keith Alexander, Jim Lewis Comment On New WH Cyber Head Michael Daniel - ExecutiveGov

2012-05-18

Keith Alexander, Jim Lewis Comment On New WH Cyber Head Michael DanielExecutiveGovKeith Alexander, head of the US Cyber Command and National Security Agency, said Daniel has had an influential voice in cybersecurity within the executive branch and that he looks forward to continuing to work with Daniel, FierceGovernment IT reports.and more »

May

Will Republicans use Troopergate playbook to pursue Libous leak? - Ithaca Journal

2012-05-19

Will Republicans use Troopergate playbook to pursue Libous leak?Ithaca JournalAndrew Cuomo and lawmakers last year -- was set up to investigate ethics complaints against lawmakers, the executive branch and lobbyists. Some groups said the incident impinges on the commission's purpose: impartiality. "We can't have a new system ...and more »

May

Farmer could face scrutiny from ethics panel

2012-05-14

The Executive Branch Ethics Commission hasn't acknowledged whether it is looking into the alleged ethical lapses of former ag commissioner Richie Farmer.

May

Panel Accuses Ex-Tourism Chief Of Misusing Funds

2012-05-14

The Executive Branch Ethics Commission is alleging that former Tourism Commissioner Mike Cooper misused state resources for his own financial gain.

May

New Executive Branch Fellowship Focuses on the Material Genome Initiative

2012-05-14

A new fellowship with placement in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is positioned as a key element in fostering a new era of U.S. innovation embodied by the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI

May

Viewpoints: Myths and facts about judicial branch amid budget cutbacks

2012-05-18

California's judicial branch has been around since statehood in 1850. But never in the 162-year history of the state has the judiciary faced the problems and challenges that it faces today – primarily as a result of the Great Recession and the budget cutbacks imposed on the courts. As established in the California Constitution of 1879, the judicial branch is composed of a Supreme Court, several ...

May

First Niagara Completes HSBC Branch Acquisition

2012-05-18

Acquires Branches Throughout New York and Connecticut; Adds 1,200 New Team Members and More Than 500,000 New Customers

May

Notice of appeal filed in Iowa discrimination case

2012-05-17

Lawyers representing black job applicants turned down for positions with Iowa's executive branch are appealing a ruling that dismissed their class-action lawsuit challenging the state's hiring practices.

May

Lawyers in Iowa discrimination case say they plan to appeal

2012-05-16

Lawyers representing black job applicants turned down for positions with Iowa’s executive branch are appealing a ruling that dismissed their class-action lawsuit challenging the state’s hiring practices. Attorney Thomas Newkirk announced Wednesday he had filed a notice of appeal, and would ask the Iowa Supreme Court to reinstate the lawsuit. The high court could hear [...]

May

Sesame Workshop Promotes Erica Branch-Ridley

2012-05-15

New York, NY -- Sesame Workshop , the non-profit educational organization behind Sesame Street , has promoted Erica Branch-Ridley to Vice President, Executive in Charge of Production for Sesame Learning.

May

Children’s Commission letter raises Council concerns

2012-05-16

Disagreements have resurfaced between Mayor Alvin Brown and the Jacksonville Children’s Commission leadership about the group’s autonomy.

May

Rensselaer To Host Colloquy With Leaders From Each Branch of the U.S. Government--Executive, Legislative, Judicial ...

2012-05-16

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will convene the 10th annual President's Commencement Colloquy, engaging its 2012 honorary degree recipients--leaders from each branch of the U.S. government, along with pioneers in the business and academic sectors--in a discussion titled "Honoring Tradition, Responding to a Changing World," moderated by Rensselaer President Shirley Ann Jackson.

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