Wisconsin Guard Team Visits Nicaragua To Plan Disaster Relief Responses Seven members of the Wisconsin National Guard's Military Engagement Team (MET) - representing MET's communications, logistics and operations teams - collaborated on disaster response with officials from the Nicaraguan army's civil defense authority for three days. http://1.usa.gov/15cUxby Fort McCoy Moving...
The Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) program provides more than $2 billion of R&D funding to innovative small businesses across a broad range of technologies each year. Along with the SBIR/STTR reauthorization that was passed early last year, there are new rules and regulations. As...
A new Fox News Poll finds that people are deeming it more important that a partner shares their political ideology. Some 55% of respondents believe it is “somewhat important” that a special someone share their views, up from 51% a year ago. Meanwhile, 28% think it is “very” important, up...
Democrats face an uphill battle as they seek to retake the House majority they lost in 2010, writes The Cook Political Report’s Charlie Cook. The chamber has largely sorted itself out. With 96% of Democratic House members representing districts carried by Obama and 94% of Republican House lawmakers representing districts...
The U.S. posted its first January surplus in five years, The Wall Street Journal reported. The surplus for the month was $2.88 billion, compared with a deficit of $27.41 billion in January 2012.
Today is the last chance for states to tell the Health and Human Services Department whether they want to have any role in planning the health insurance marketplaces that are set to open for enrollment in October. INFO RECORD-BREAKING RECOVERIES FROM HEALTH FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS NJ writes, “For every dollar spent...