It’s official: 2012 was the warmest year on record in the contiguous United States, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The agency’s U.S. Climate Extremes Index, which evaluates extremes in temperature, precipitation, and storm activity, also indicated that 2012 was the nation’s second-most-extreme year on record for destructive...
Philly Inquirer's Robert Moran writes, "Richard Ben Cramer, 62, a Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent for The Inquirer who became a best-selling author, died Monday ... Mr. Cramer wrote 'What It Takes: The Way to the White House' about the 1988 presidential campaign. ... Journalists aspiring to be great writers still...
Wisconsin National Guard Members To Receive Lost Benefits Members of Wisconsin's congressional delegation were instrumental in ensuring that the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act includes a provision that will compensate approximately 80 Wisconsin Army National Guard members for accrued leave that they earned but had not received. http://www.dma.wi.gov/dma/news/default.asp Wisconsin...
Obama Signs Sequestration Delay & Defense Policy Bill President Obama signed the controversial measure that delays pending cuts to projected Pentagon spending and the 2013 military policy bill. The fiscal cliff bill’s two-month sequestration delay sets a new March 1 deadline for passage of at least $1.2 trillion in deficit-reduction...
Integrys Energy Service-Natural Gas, LLC Defense Logistics Contract- awarded $34,092,197 for natural gas. Oshkosh Corporation Army Contract- awarded $615,967,429 for trucks and truck tractors. Army Contract- awarded $12,376,416 for trucks and truck tractors. Army Contract- awarded $194,911,914 for the modification of an existing contract to procure Family of Medium...
On Thursday, the 1st day of Congress, “Family members roam the hallways, everybody is lost, and nobody is really sick of being here yet.” A lot like the first day of college. (Thanks Ben Terris @National Journal) The late-night shows welcomed the 113th Congress with a new round of jokes....
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