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IG: Army Near Term Energy-Efficient Technologies program didn't always follow Recovery Act

When spending its $75 million share of $300 million in stimulus funds appropriated to the Defense Department for near-term energy efficiency research and development, the Army didn't always follow Read more...

SSA in rush for new backup center

The Social Security Administration is working on finding a new backup site for a data center to house 450 million earnings and benefit SSA documents. Right now, it has no backup, and a crash of its Read more...

Agencies get money for big IT projects

There's billions in the 2009 American Recovery and Investment Act and plenty of it heading directly to federal agencies to improve information technology systems in the federal government. Read more...

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Weatherization Assistance Program Ranked as Second Highest Recovery Act Job Creator

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The U.S. Department of Energy’s low-income Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) created or retained more than 13,000 jobs in the fourth quarter of 2011, ranking Read more >>