Leaked Document: Apparently It’s OK for the RW But Not for Clinton

A leaked memo from the Director of Congressional Affairs “The State Department’s Office of Inspector General sent a memo to members of Congress discussing the results of an “examination” of records kept on the personal hardware of five previous and current secretaries

New Protections: A Big Deal for Retirement Security : U.S. Department of Labor Blog

Are you worried about having enough money in retirement? You have a lot of company if you are. And like most people, you probably want to make good decisions about your retirement money, and would … Source: New Protections: A Big Deal

Congress Passes Puerto Rico Debt Legislation, President Obama Signs Sill into Law

Yesterday, President Barack Obama signed PROMESA (Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act) into law, just one day before the July 1st deadline where Puerto Rico is expected to default on $2 billion of debt, including $800 million of Constitutionally backed

IRS Opens Up Form 990 Data, Ushering Nonprofit Sector into the Age of Transparency

— by Alex Howard Making meaningful improvements to how the federal government uses the internet can take years, new laws, regulations, demonstration projects, testimony and dogged persistence by public interest advocates and reformers in the pursuit of change. Then, all at once,

The Irony of Ironies via Republican Poison Pills

H.R. 2577 is a conglomeration of a number of bills (Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017) that  the Senate needs to take action on failed a super-majority vote (60 votes) for cloture (the ability to be considered and

DC Circuit Court Upholds FCC Net Neutrality Rules

On June 14, 2016, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s 2015 Net Neutrality rules in their entirety. The court ruled that the FCC had the authority to regulate broadband Internet access service as a “common carrier” service

Supreme Court on DACA Tied 4/4 (Updated)

The Republican Congress has done everything possible to NOT to address effective and efficient Immigration Reform legislation.  And to assure that NOTHING happens, 113 Republicans chose to use our limited tax dollars to sue the President for attempting to take whatever action he