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President's remarks at Ellicott Dredges
Remarks by President Barack Obama this afternoon at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore, from the White House. THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Baltimore! (Applause.) Well, it is wonderful to see all of you. Give Duncan a big round of applause for the great...
Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Politics, Budget Control Act of 2011, Travel, Barbara A. Mikulski
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VA to immediately evaluate, pay oldest disability claims
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced Friday a plan to immediately evaluate and pay the oldest disability claims, a move that advocates expect will bring relief to Maryland servicemen and women who face one of the largest backlogs in the...
Tags: Barbara A. Mikulski, Veterans Affairs, Politics, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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Federal firefighters push for shift-swap flexibility
When city or county firefighters have a family event or unexpected obligation pop up on a workday, their solution is familiar to most shift workers: They find a colleague willing to trade hours. But for the roughly 10,000 firefighters employed by the...Tags: Mark Wright, Hospitals and Clinics, Politics, National Institutes of Health, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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Md. lawmakers say budget cuts could harm BWI
With the BWI Marshall Airport terminal as a backdrop, Democratic members of Maryland's congressional delegation took turns Friday bashing mandatory federal budget cuts they said could harm not only air travel but local businesses that rely on passenger...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Politics, U.S. Department of Transportation, Budgets and Budgeting, Federal Aviation Administration
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'Bring your own' devices pose challenges for government
Mika J. Cross, a human resources manager for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, sometimes uses a laptop issued by the agency. But she is far more likely to check email or collaborate with colleagues on one of her two personal computers. As someone...
Tags: Wireless Technology, Politics, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Computer Hardware, Theft
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House votes to extend federal pay freeze
The House of Representatives voted Friday to block a half-percent pay raise ordered by President Barack Obama for federal employees, the latest move by GOP lawmakers to trim budget deficits by attempting to cut the size of the government. The proposal,...
Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. House of Representatives, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, U.S. Senate
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Obama outlines ambitious agenda for second term
President Barack Obama used the first State of the Union address of his second term to try to breathe new life into his economic agenda, reviving modest measures to spur growth and trying to create fresh momentum in the all-but-stagnant talks over deficit...
Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, State of the Union Address, Gun Control, Politics, Baltimore County
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Md. congressional leadership demands answers from VA
Calling the failures at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Baltimore "inexcusable," Maryland's congressional leadership on Monday demanded the beleaguered agency develop an immediate plan to fix the local problems in processing disability claims....
Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Veterans Affairs, Politics, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Agent Orange Poisoning (1961-1971)
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Advocates cheer SEC consideration of corporate disclosure rule
WASHINGTON — A decision by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to consider a new rule this year requiring companies to release information about their political spending has buoyed disclosure advocates, who say such a move could be a game-...
Tags: Pension and Welfare, Politics, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Interior Policy, Litigation and Regulation
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Hoyer, Van Hollen: No more cuts to federal workforce
As the fiscal cliff looms, two of Maryland's most influential congressmen have a message for those looking to the federal workforce for more savings: Look somewhere else. "Federal workers have already been asked to sacrifice as part of the budget cuts...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Fiscal Cliff, Politics, Republican Party, Donna F. Edwards
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Hurricane Sandy boosts federal telework
Federal officials shut the government down as Hurricane Sandy crashed ashore late last month, but NOAA employee Holly Bamford remained hard at work. While heavy rain and wind lashed her Silver Spring office, the National Ocean Service manager oversaw...
Tags: Montgomery County (Virginia), Politics, Montgomery County (Maryland), Hurricanes, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Delaney defeats Bartlett in the 6th District
Republican Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett, who has represented Maryland's 6th District for nearly two decades, lost his bid for an 11th term Tuesday to a Democratic businessman who cast the closely watched race as a battle of different economic visions for the...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Politics, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Montgomery County (Maryland), Stock Market
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