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Daily Headlines for September 28, 2010
| Stimulus Hiring, Contracting Called Out at Dept. of Energy | The Energy Department pre-selected a contract employee in its Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and may have given that senior official inappropriate influence on contracting decisions, according to the agency's inspector general. "A memo justifying the employee's federal appointment describes the contractor as the selection official's 'deputy' who was already responsible for the unnamed program's operations."
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| Closing Office Symbolizing Corruption |  | The Lakewood, CO office of the former Minerals Management Service, a scandal-plagued poster child of government corruption, will disappear Friday. There is no official ceremony or a sign rechristening it the Office of Natural Resources Revenue.
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| 10,000 Employees Get Secret Clearances | The new head of the Transportation Security Administration says he's giving 10,000 of the agency's employees access to secret intelligence information to better enable them to detect threats and stop terrorists.
Posted: 9/27 |
| NASA Showdown | The American space program was thrown into turmoil when President Obama decided to end the agency's follow-on moon program. With more than 1,500 space shuttle workers facing layoffs this week, legislators say they will take a final shot at passing a blueprint for the space program before adjourning.
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| Not Guilty But Career and Personal Finances Damaged |  | A judge had a warning for the Justice Department lawyers who accused Army Lt. Col. Robert Morris of conspiring to steal military supplies: The case could be "ill-advised." The judge's prediction was right but by then his career had derailed. His parents had mortgaged their home to help with $250,000 in legal bills. He had drained his own savings.
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| Losing Confidence in Government | A record-low 36% of Americans have a great deal or fair amount of trust and confidence in the legislative branch of government, down sharply from the prior record low of 45% set last year. A new poll finds that confidence in the legislative branch has dropped most precipitiously among Democrats.
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| Wiretapping and the Internet | The Obama administration is pushing to make it easier for the government to tap into internet and e-mail communications.
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| Raising 3000 Pounds of Food for Food Bank |  | The 90 employees of the Maricopa, Arizona USDA/ARS/Arid Land Agricultural Research Center (ALARC) recently completed their 2010 Feds, Farmers and Friends Feed Families Food Drive.
Posted: 9/28 |
| Do You Trust Congress With Your TSP Investment? | How safe are your investments in the TSP? It is a model program for retirement, according to some experts, but keep a close eye on it. Some in Congress see a better way to invest your money--and, perhaps, a way to help out some of their constituents at the same time.
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