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EPA head: environmental protection is good for business
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency is pushing back against those who claim that protecting the environment is bad for business. Administrator Lisa Jackson is in a tug of war with members of Congress who want to block her agency from regulating greenhouse gases.
Tags: management , environment , EPA , Lisa Jackson , Lisa Murkowski , Clean Air Act , Max Cacas
President to order pay freeze
In an effort to get a handle on the ballooning cost of government, President Obama is expected to use his first State of the Union address to announce, among other things, freezes in pay for some White House officials, as well as a government-wide spending freeze. But one of the President's top budget experts says don't look for the freeze to affect all federal agencies equally.
Tags: management , State of the Union , Office of Management and Budget , Rob Nabors , Congressional Budget Office , President Obama , Max Cacas , Jason Miller , budget
USPS' Potter urges 'public dialogue' on future of Postal Service
Today, the U.S. Postal Service is expected to release its final list of post offices and other postal facilities that it plans to close across the country. Its all part of an effort by the USPS to close an estimated 5 billion dollar budget shortfall forecast for this year. Postmaster General John Potter addressed the subject at the National Press Club on Thursday.
Tags: management , newsstand , U.S. Postal Service , USPS , Postmaster General John Potter , Max Cacas
2010 Census to get a cold start in late January
Although Census Day, April 1st, is almost five months away, planning is in the final stages for the start of the 2010 Census. The constitutionally-mandated decennial count of the population is slated to begin officially late next month, according to Census Bureau officials holding their second briefing at the National Press Club on Monday.
Tags: newsstand , Census , Robert Groves , Max Cacas
Chu: "Sputnik moment" for clean energy research
Energy Secretary said China's growing innovation should spur US to ramp up investment in clean energy, despite a shift in Washington on climate change.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Steven Chu , DoE , technology , management
