The Postal Service asked Congress yesterday for $5 billion for its ongoing battle against terrorism - including $2.5 billion for electron-beam devices that would cook harmful bacteria to death in [...]
George W. Bush is no Thomas Jefferson, despite the metaphor of political unity that Bush borrowed from the Founding Father (who also won a narrow victory 200 years ago) for [...]
Software quality, Signiant Inc., United States. Library of Congress, Computer software industry, Software, and Libraries
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The Library of Congress tapped a Burlington software firm to help archive and digitally preserve its collection of American artifacts - from books and photos to recordings and even Twitter [...]
Crimaldi, Laura, Fitzgerald, Jay, and Lupkin, Sydney
The Boston Herald. May 29, 2010, 005.
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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services -- Political activity, Boston College. Law School -- Political aspects, and Boston College. Law School -- Political activity
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U.S. Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.), facing mounting pressure from 'don't ask, don't tell' opponents, yesterday insisted a repeal of the 1993 military policy is 'premature.' 'He is keeping [...]
Government contract, General Electric Co., United States. Department of Defense, Automobiles -- Motors, engines, etc., Electrical equipment and supplies industry, Fighter planes, Aircraft industry, and Defense contracts
Even one of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's floor whips, U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch, says a proposed parliamentary move to pass health-care reform would be 'disingenuous' and harm the credibility of [...]
WASHINGTON - Even if the United States captures or kills Osama bin Laden, his al-Qaeda terrorist network still poses a deadly threat to Americans, FBI officials warned yesterday. [...]
United States. National Institutes of Health and Harvard University
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WASHINGTON - A congressional committee is investigating whether the National Institutes of Health played favorites in awarding a $40 million contract to Harvard University. The House Energy and [...]
At long last, House Republicans and Democrats have found something this year on which they can virtually all agree: They all hate the media, or at least the major television [...]
Long a punching bag for tightfisted lawmakers, Amtrak got an unexpected holiday gift from Congress last week: a reprieve in filing a federally mandated liquidation plan. Amtrak was [...]
WASHINGTON - The FBI, stung by mounting evidence it botched key Sept. 11 warning signs, yesterday unveiled a sweeping overhaul that shifts its focus from traditional crime-busting to preventing deadly [...]
National Broadcasting Company Inc., United States. National Endowment for the Arts, and Broadcasting industry
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The Senate approved a $7 million budget hike for the National Endowment for the Arts on Thursday, bringing the embattled agency's funding to $105 million. It's the first time Congress [...]
Congressmen probing whether the Boston FBI tried to quash commutations for two innocent men want former Massachusetts parole board members to testify about alleged intimidation they faced after backing Peter [...]
An 'out of control' FBI and a blinded Massachusetts legal system cost Joseph Salvati 30 years of his life in prison for a murder he did not commit, Salvati and [...]
WASHINGTON - The GOP-run Congress, overriding fierce Democratic objections and a sure White House veto, yesterday approved a sweeping $792 billion tax cut pact to be phased in over 10 [...]
A win today by George W. Bush could corner the market on Washington power for the GOP, with Republicans battling fiercely across America to retain control of both the House [...]
Reacting to nationally publicized taxpayer horror stories with near unanimity, Congress yesterday shipped to President Clinton the most comprehensive overhaul of the Internal Revenue Service in its long and troubled [...]
Voters nationally and here in Massachusetts seem to have grown comfortable with the notion of divided government - an executive from one party and the legislative branch in the hands [...]
It is amazing what fear and a bit of bureaucratic opportunism can create. Last week, spurred by headlines that an obscure Chicago scientist planned to clone people, the [...]
