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This paper investigates the impact of federally financed business R&D on productivity of the US non-farm business sector. Results of a co-integration analysis suggest that a long run relation between [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The magnitude of stimulus funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, combined with mandated requirements for accountability and transparency, has posed significant challenges to [...]

Bush administration policies are limiting the effective ness of family planning organizations in Uganda, thus contributing to women's deaths due to unsafe abortions and causing decreased access to emergency contraception, [...]

Intel and Dell are among a number of technology vendors involved in an initiative to greatly expand the reach of broadband Internet connectivity to underserved and rural areas in the […]

President Obama announced Oct. 27 "the largest single energy grid modernization investment in U.S. history" with $3.4 billion in Smart Grid Investment Grant awards, said a statement by the Department […]

Byline: Omaha Public Power District The Omaha Public Power District is applying for federal stimulus funds for a project using smart grid technology to accelerate modernization of the its electric [...]

WASHINGTON -- By Monday, bank lobbyists had stopped celebrating their regulatory-relief victory and started worrying about two other bills Congress approved over the weekend in its rush to recess for [...]

Byline: Allan Sloan Next month the White House and its congressional allies will be taking victory laps when the deficit for fiscal 2006 is announced. The stated deficit for the [...]

Byline: Jonathan Alter A year ago, in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, NEWSWEEK published a cover story called 'Poverty, Race and Katrina: Lessons of a National Shame.' The article suggested [...]

Byline: Mark Hosenball The Dutch know a thing or two about staying dry. Most people in the Netherlands live below sea level, and the country's major cities are in continual [...]

With the delay in the launch of the Airbus A350 taking the heat off of the transatlantic launch aid row for now, both sides insisted at Farnborough that an imposed [...]

WASHINGTON -- The House narrowly passed a budget-reduction package Friday that would eliminate a cotton subsidy program and repeal a trade law that compensates domestic firms hurt by undervalued imports [...]

Official development assistance ----------------------------------------------------- 1962-98 1999 2000 2001 2002 Economic aid 275,217 12,542 11,980 11,048 15,293 Military aid 146,940 3,916 4,834 4,691 5,938 Total 422,157 16,459 16,814 15,740 21,231 Source: [...]

Federal government finances -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total receipts 2,025.0 1,991.2 1,853.2 1,782.3 1,880.1 Personal income tax 1,004.5 994.3 858.3 793.7 809.0 Corporate tax 207.3 151.1 148.0 131.8 [...]

Pakistan is to further accelerate the modernisation of its military aircraft fleet, with the USA pledging an additional $150 million in foreign military financing (FMF). US manufacturers expect the funds, [...]

Federal government finances -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Total receipts 1,827.5 2,025.0 1,991.2 1,853.2 1,782.3 Personal income tax 879.5 1,004.5 994.3 858.3 793.7 Corporate tax 184.7 207.3 151.1 148.0 [...]

Two words that will not be heard together between now and the November 2 election are "transportation" and "policy." In fact, the word "transportation" may not be heard at all. […]

President George W Bush has run the most reckless fiscal policy in the history of the US - so reckless that we can be sure that the policies will be [...]

Federal government finances -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Total receipts 1,721.8 1,827.5 2,025.0 1,991.2 1,853.2 Personal income tax 828.6 879.5 1,004.5 994.3 858.3 Corporate tax 188.7 184.7 207.3 151.1 [...]

The Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) has become a milder call for changes to Pentagon business and defense weapons acquisition practices and cuts to troops and civilian employees. The final draft of QDR is expected to be published around the second week of January 2006 and delivered to Congress along with the 2007 budget in early February 2006.

Amid warnings of flu pandemic and concerns over bioterrorism, House Republicans have proposed cuts to the nation's public health budget. The House Appropriations Committee on June 16 approved a fiscal [...]

THE U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)--the federal agency that delivers the bulk of U.S. food aid--appears poised to shift some percentage of its largesse away from direct donations of [...]