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A persistent criticism of the Real ID Act since its enactment in 2005 has been the charge that the law is a massive unfunded mandate. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) initially estimated that ...

During an April 2 floor debate, New Jersey Democrat Rob Andrews criticized Republicans for citing a study that “ the author claims is just being blatantly misrepresented,” and the House energy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some of those savings come from cuts to federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, ...

The term “fuzzy math” was first introduced during the 2000 presidential campaign by Republican nominee George W. Bush. He used it to describe Democratic nominee Al Gore’s criticism of Bush’s economic ...

The Butler County commissioners went one step further in protesting a potential 24% property value hike, inviting the new state tax commissioner to come here and explain the rationale as real estate ...

A report released today by the National Council on Teacher Quality gave college teacher-training programs a failing grade for their preparation of teachers to teach elementary- and middle-school ...

The government's explanations on Terrorist Watch List don't add up On July 14, 2008 the ACLU marked the addition of the millionth record to the nation's terrorist watch list. Although this milestone ...

SOA is still a fuzzy concept to many corporate IT professionals. According to a recent IDG Research Services Group survey, IT professionals are almost evenly split between people who claim some ...

Earlier this week, lawmakers on the House and Senate Appropriations Committees put forward six spending bills that would fund the government through the end of the year. In a press release, ...