Archive for the ‘Government’ Category

Government borrowing set to hit new high
Government borrowing could hit a new record high in next Thursday’s public sector net borrowing figures.

Cass Sunstein on the limits of open government
Cass Sunstein, the Obama administration’s “regulatory czar,” gave a speech at the Brookings Institution this afternoon. Regular readers are probably familiar with most of its content — the open government directive, OMB’s dashboards for transparency and IT projects. But Sunstein made a couple of interesting points on the limits of open government initiatives. Sunstein acknowledged that [...]

Saskatchewan government enters agreements with First Nations to levy on-reserve liquor fees
The provincial government has entered into agreements with several First Nations that will permit them to levy their own on-reserve liquor fees, which could bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars a year for First Nations governments.

Florence Teaches Kids About Local Government
The city council wants to give local students a first hand look at the role of city government.

N.B. bakery gets $300,000 loan from government to help expand, protect jobs
The New Brunswick government is providing a $300,000 forgivable loan to help expand a Moncton bakery.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS NEED MORE STUDIES
SHAH ALAM, March 7 (Bernama) — Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said more studies are needed before local government elections can be implemented in Selangor.

Local government candidates face Monday filing deadline
With Monday being the last day to file, only one race has drawn more than one candidate in Sherman and Denison local government elections. Across the state, city council and school board elections will pick local leadership at the polls May 8 and in early voting leading up to that date.

Pentagon shooter feared vast government conspiracy
US investigators are focusing on what led a California man to open fire outside the Pentagon before he was fatally shot by police, with internet posts suggesting he feared a vast government conspiracy.

Brant MP welcomes Tories’ move to ‘less government’
The minority Conservative government’s budget revealed few signs of “recalibrating” the national finances, but gets a passing grade as a hold-the-course statement of fiscal intentions through the next year.[...]

Sri Lanka: Government continues to deceive IDPs in resettlement in HSZs in Valikaamam President of IDP Welfare …
Sri Lanka government continues to deceive the people evicted from their properties in Valikaamam north and east in Jaffna, which were declared High Security Zones (HSZs) by Sri Lanka Army (SLA), without allowing to them to resettle in their homes as promised time and again by government ministers and officials, A. S. Nadarajah, the president of the Federation of Welfare Organizations in Jaffna …