Office of Management and Budget

More Workers Killed On Job In 2010, Labor Group Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: White House, House of Representatives, Workers, Workplace Deaths, Safety, Office of Management and Budget, Afl-Cio, Regulation, Mine Safety, Worker Safety, Barack Obama, Cass Sunstein, Death, Video, Workplace, Gop, Unions, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Thirteen U.S. workers were killed on the job each day and roughly 50,000 died from work-related diseases in 2010, a worrisome increase i...

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Veterans Shielded From Massive Budget Cuts

HuffingtonPost.com | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Video, Budget Cuts, Office of Management and Budget, Jeff Miller, Federal Budget Cuts, Supercommittee, Barack Obama, Sequestration, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Office of Management and Budget, a White House agency, ruled on Monday that the Department of Veterans Affairs would be exempt from ...

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Republican Financial Regulator Goes Crying To OMB

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 03.09.2012

Read More: Conflicts of Interest, Conflict of Interest, Video, Dodd-Frank, Wall Street, Office of Management and Budget, Wall Street Reform, Regulation, Dennis Kelleher, Regulators, Scott O'malia, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Omb, Cftc, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In a signal that partisan squabbling in the nation's capital may be reaching new levels of rancor, a key Republican regulator is pursuin...

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Life-Saving Regulation Languishes As Campaign Money Flows

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: White House, Homebuilders, Workers, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Office of Management and Budget, Regulation, Worker Safety, Rulemaking, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance, Worker Safety Rule, Video, Labor, Silica Rule, Construction, Campaign Money, Work Safety, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A federal rule meant to protect the lungs of workers has been caught in bureaucratic purgatory for more than a year now, frustrating pub...

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EPA 'chemicals of concern' list stuck nearly two years in executive review

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 04.10.2012

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By Chris Hamby and Jim Morris, iWatch NewsAbout 21 months ago, a proposed list of widely used chemicals that may pose health risks landed at the Whi...

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Reflections on Twenty Years of Policy Innovation

Robert Stavins | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Market-Based Environmental Policies, Efficiency, Environmental Policy, Economic Policy, Distributional Analysis, Environmental Economics, Cost-Effectiveness, Politics, Climate Change Policy, Office of Management and Budget, Market Failure, Regulation, Positive Political Economy and Tagged Acid Rain, Obama Administration, SO2 Allowance Trading, Global Climate Policy, Externalities, Waxman-Markey Legislation, U.S. Senate, Energy Policy, Energy Economics, Cap-and-Trade, Environmental Politics, U.S. House of Representatives, Green News

In 2009, the U.S. Congress considered but ultimately failed to enact legislation aimed at limiting U.S. greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions. The bill unde...

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Federal Fracking Regulations In Draft Report Would Require Disclosure Of Chemical Fluids

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 02.07.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Natural gas drillers would be required to disclose the chemicals they use in hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" on public lands, accordi...

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Economics of the Environment

Robert Stavins | Posted 03.31.2012

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The Sixth Edition of Economics of the Environment: Selected Readings has just been published by W. W. Norton & Company of New York and London. Throug...

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Is Industry Pressure Delaying Safety Rule At White House?

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: White House, Silicosis, Workers, Crystalline Silica, Silica, Silica Rule, Office of Management and Budget, Labor Department, Elections 2012, Department of Labor, Worker Safety, Osha, Safety Regulations, Barack Obama, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A long-awaited federal rule designed to protect workers in the construction and mining industries has been tied up in red tape at the Wh...

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Obama Makes New Appointment

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 03.18.2012

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday named Jeffrey Zients as his acting budget chief but held off on nominating him for the permanent ...

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Cutting Federal Deficit Via Building Sales Doesn't Sit Well With Homeless Advocates

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Social Services, Deficit, Obama Administration, Surplus Federal Properties, Poverty, Homelessness, Office of Management and Budget, Business News

In Boston, an 11-story building near the city's financial district beckons homeless veterans with a range of assistance programs, including medical at...

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National Menorah To Be For 1st Night Of Hanukkah

AP | Posted 12.20.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A special lighting ceremony is planned for the National Hanukkah Menorah near the White House on the first night of the eight-day Jewish...

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Health Care Workers On Verge Of Winning Equal Rights, Higher Pay

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.04.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Though many of the people they care for wouldn’t know it, the roughly two million home care aides who tend to the elderly and disabled...

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Review Of Obama Regulations Reveals Surprising Result

Bloomberg | Mark Drajem And Catherine Dodge | Posted 12.26.2011

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President Barack Obama's "tsunami" of new government regulations looks more like a summer swell. Obama's White House has approved fewer regulations...

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EPA Pushes Back Against Report Alleging Agency Cut Corners On Climate Finding

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 11.28.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday pushed back against an inspector general report alleging the White House cut corners in...

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Low and Slow: The Process of Reforming Government

Linda E. Brooks Rix | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Federal Government, Office of Management and Budget, Office of Personnel Management, Reform, Innovation, Federal IT, Vivek Kundra, Usajobs, Politics News

If you were asked to make a personal investment in an organization would you accept an investment plan that would take 10 years, billions of dollars, with the odds of success below 25 percent?

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House Republicans See Rushed Review In Solyndra Emails

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Federal Loan Guarantees, Office of Management and Budget, Solar Panels, Obama Administration, Congressional Investigations, Department of Energy, Fred-Upton, Omb, Solyndra, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Green News

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans on Wednesday charged top administration officials with rushing the review of more than $500 million in loan guarantees...

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Hopeless Obama

Steven Cohen | Posted 11.06.2011

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Killing the air rule was bad politics. I guess his consultants hope that Obama can neutralize his opposition by moving in their direction. The only problem is that instead of looking moderate, the president looks unprincipled.

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White House Report: Unemployment Rate Above 6 Percent Until 2016

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.01.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A series of sharp spending battles and a wave of new tax receipts have improved the nation's long-term fiscal outlook, a new report by t...

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After Long Delay, White House Moves On Child Labor Rule

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Farming, White House, Workplace, Child Labor, Agriculture, Office of Management and Budget, Workplace Safety, Barack Obama, Monsanto, Child Labor Laws, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- After much delay, the White House has finally released a proposed rule that would update child labor regulations in agricultural work. P...

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White House Gives CIOs New Roles, Without Authority To Cut IT Waste

Wyatt Kash | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Steven VanRoekel, White House, Office of Management and Budget, Chief Information Officers, Jacob Lew, Technology, Government Waste, Vivek Kundra, Cios, Politics News

A recent White House memo giving chief information officers at federal agencies greater responsibilities to reduce wasteful technology spending presents the latest example of the how too often in government, responsibility and authority don't always go hand in hand.

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Federal Agencies Warned To Prepare For More Cuts

AOL Government | Wyatt Kash | Posted 10.18.2011

Federal agency and department leaders should plan for a 5 percent reduction in discretionary spending in fiscal year 2013, and prepare for more cuts -...

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Despite Teen Deaths On Farms, Child Labor Rules Stalled At White House

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 10.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Last week, two 17 year olds were critically injured in Oklahoma when they were pulled into a grain augur while on the job. Responders ha...

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Leon Panetta Approved By Senate As Next Pentagon Chief

AP | By DONNA CASSATA | Posted 08.21.2011

WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved the nomination of Leon Panetta to be the next Pentagon chief, handing him a crowded agenda of...

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Political Climate Helps Push Federal Workers To Unionize

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Tsa, Labor, Department of Defense, Afge, John Boehner, Office of Management and Budget, Scott Walker, John Kasich, Transportation Security Administration, Unions, Labor Unions, Barack Obama, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Conventional wisdom says American unions are wheezing. But at the largest union representing federal workers, there has been nothing but...

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