The holiday season will provide the struggling U.S. Postal Service with a much needed infusion of revenue, but hardly enough to stop its financial meltdown.
As the mail service heads into the holidays buckling under a $5.1 billion debt, sending packages is just about the only business line that’s growing and in the black. Keep reading →
This is the final installment in a series of columns by Recovery Board Chairman Earl Devaney on the lessons he has learned from his work on the Recovery Board, which oversees the $787 billion Recovery program. The column originally appeared at Recovery.gov.
Having spent nearly four decades in the federal government before taking this job in February 2009, I thought I knew pretty much everything about how the government works. Keep reading →
A few federal workers gathered last month at a coffee shop in D.C. with the goal of helping other agencies make government available to citizens via mobile technology.
Specifically, they created content for the Making Mobile Gov Wiki. Keep reading →
A new sense of urgency emerged Tuesday to save the U.S. Postal Service from disaster. It reported a $5.1 billion deficit for 2011 expected to grow to more than $11.3 billion next year.
Postal Service executives pleaded with Congress to come up with a plan to save the 200-year-old American institution. It’s likely to include layoffs of thousands of workers. Keep reading →
Next year will mark the hundredth anniversary of the founding of Marine Corps Aviation. To commemorate this noteworthy milestone, the US Marine Corps has produced a remarkable new publication entitled 1912-2012 100 Years of Marine Corps Aviation: An Illustrated History.
A stirring snapshot of some of the key people, aircraft, and events that comprise this first century of Marine aviation, this book showcases the achievements of Marine aviation through seldom seen photographs and accounts of pivotal battles and events. Keep reading →
This is the last of a three-part series examining government services addressing key challenges among military veterans amid high unemployment, a woeful economic outlook and an anticipated influx of veterans returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan in the next few years.
On top of myriad other issues that can hinder military veterans’ path to employment, caring for the sometimes complicated war-related health problems they come home with also serves as a major roadblock. Keep reading →
There is a lot of frustration in America today. Income inequality is on the rise and opportunities to find good paying work are scarce. A Wall Street Journal/NBC poll this week found that over three-quarters of respondents believe the structure of the economy favors the rich. It seems many Americans think politics is rigged. They might be right. The cause, however, might be a surprise.
The cause is not elected officials, corporations, or the political parties. It is the national election system. Keep reading →
This is the second of a three-part series examining government services addressing key challenges among military veterans amid high unemployment, a woeful economic outlook and an anticipated influx of veterans returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan in the next few years.
When Nick Colgin came back from treating gunshot wounded soldiers and civilians in Afghanistan, he set out to find a job doing what he had done well enough to save lives in the war-torn country. Keep reading →
This is the first of a three-part series examining government services addressing key challenges among military veterans amid high unemployment, a woeful economic outlook and an anticipated influx of veterans returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan in the next few years.
The nation’s military veterans have long been lauded America’s heroes, deserving the utmost respect, admiration and support from fellow citizens. Keep reading →
The National Ocean Service mobile website allows users to have access to the National Ocean Service website’s information, including audio and video, on their mobile device.
The National Ocean Service mobile website allows users to easily open up the website on their mobile device and find information regarding facts on the ocean, news and to explore ocean related topics. Here are some listed features: Keep reading →