US: data.gov untitled 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585 202-586-5000 The Department of Energy's mission is to advance the national, economic, and energy security of the United States; to promote scientific and technological innovation in support of that mission; and to ensure the environmental cleanup of the national nuclear weapons complex. Organizational Chart The Department of Energy (DOE) was established by the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7131), effective October 1, 1977, pursuant to Executive Order 12009 of September 13, 1977. Secretary The Secretary decides major energy policy and planning issues; acts as the principal spokesperson for the Department; and ensures effective communication and working relationships with the public and with Federal, State, local, and tribal governments. Intelligence and Counterintelligence Health, Safety and Security Energy Programs Renewable Energy Fossil Energy Nuclear Energy Indian Energy Policy and Programs Employment
The 2012 tech primary - Kim Hart As GOP presidential contenders stump for votes from Iowa to New Hampshire to South Carolina, Google, Facebook and Twitter are in a race of their own — for millions of dollars in political ads. The tech giants are offering candidates new ways to advertise — Mitt Romney has spots on YouTube and Rick Perry’s Facebook ads target Christian college kids in South Carolina — and hiring political consultants, sponsoring debates and poaching from each other’s ad sales teams to jockey for the top spot in political social media circles. Continue Reading “This is the Twitter election,” boasted Peter Greenberger, who Twitter recently lured away from Google, where he started the search giant’s political ad sales team in 2007. Not so fast, says Google, the most experienced Web company when it comes to political advertising. In 2008 and 2010, candidates largely used Google ads to fundraise.
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Republican National Convention Aims To Be ‘The Most Tech-Savvy’ In Party’s History Republican National Convention organizers have big plans to show they're on the forefront of technology, too, from live-streaming speeches to finding new ways to use Xbox tools. Shortly after announcing that Google would be the official Social Platform for the Tampa, Fla., event from Aug. 27-30, convention planners said Microsoft would be its official Innovation Provider for the third election in a row, setting an ambitious goal of the most tech-savvy convention in our party's history. We're taking the convention beyond Tampa, communications director James Davis said in a phone interview, so people can have a front-row seat. By being an Innovation Provider, Microsoft will be providing tools -- like Skype, Kinect, Web application SharePoint -- and consulting services to convention organizers and participants in the planning and execution of the Republican National Convention. They've secured the tools, but organizers are still figuring out what they can do with it.
Law - Video and Audio Resources CLEE Webcasts & Other Recordings Speaker Series | Courses Online | Conferences Complex Networks Make Up U.S. NPR Morning Edition, August 14, 2013Listen to the story, click here. Morning Edition looks back on the blackout of 2003, David Greene talks to Steven Weissman, the director of the Energy Program at the University of California Berkeley, about how the country's electrical systems work, and how to manage them in the future. Impact of Key Environmental Law Decisions by the U.S. June 30, 2009 NOTE: MCLE Credit offered with this program CDM Reforms in the Context of a Greater Protocol: Berkeley Law Students' Perspective from Copenhagen Featuring Berkeley Law students Ian Fein, Heather Matsumoto, Jeslyn Miller and Tyler McNishJuly 15, 2009 With less than six months before the world gathers to negotiate a successor treaty to the Kyoto Protocol, all eyes are turning towards Copenhagen. CLEE Speaker Series Spring 2010 Fall 2009 Spring 2009 Fall 2008 Environmental Law Courses Online
How Romney, Obama Camps Use Google Search Ads to Target Voters | PBS NewsHour | April 19, 2012 JEFFREY BROWN: Now we continue out regular look at the campaign as it plays out in social media and on the Web. For that, we’re joined again by two journalists from the new website Daily Download. Lauren Ashburn is the site’s editor in chief and is formerly with USA Today Live and Gannett Broadcasting. Howard Kurtz is Newsweek’s Washington bureau chief and host of CNN’s “Reliable Sources.” And welcome back. HOWARD KURTZ: Thank you. LAUREN ASHBURN: Thank you. JEFFREY BROWN: Let’s start with something, an effort that kicked off this week. We talked about it a little bit on last night’s program. LAUREN ASHBURN: It is. Latinos for Obama has relaunched its site. You can sign in with an email and you will also get updates on your email. JEFFREY BROWN: Very local and specific. LAUREN ASHBURN: Very local. JEFFREY BROWN: Both campaigns have this, but this is an example of targeting a group. HOWARD KURTZ: The Romney campaign hasn’t been doing as much online. What does that mean? LAUREN ASHBURN: Sure.
House oversight committee schedules contempt vote for Holder The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has scheduled a vote for next week to consider holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress over the controversial Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation. Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., released a 64-page memo in early May outlining the case for holding the attorney general in contempt. The chairman based his argument around Holder's failure to respond to an October 2011 subpoena for internal Justice Department documents on the operation. The committee's vote for contempt is scheduled for June 20. "The Obama administration has not asserted Executive Privilege or any other valid privilege over these materials, and it is unacceptable that the Department of Justice refuses to produce them," Issa said in a statement Monday, accusing Holder of having "failed to meet his legal obligations." In a separate statement, House Speaker John Boehner said the department is "out of excuses." "No. Sen.
Report: Government Wasting 'tens Of Billions' Of Dollars Annually On Duplication, Overlap As lawmakers across the Capitol hear appeals Tuesday from Obama administration secretaries pleading for their budgets, duplication and overlap in dozens of areas of government is wasting "tens of billions of dollars annually," a new government report shows. According to the Government Accountability Agency's 2012 annual report, nearly every department of the Executive Branch has room for improvement. The report, which gives 51 areas and recommends 130 actions, follows a 2011 GAO report that showed 81 areas and 176 actions to be taken to "reduce or eliminate unnecessary duplication, overlap, or fragmentation or achieve other potential financial benefits." "Collectively, these reports show that, if the actions are implemented, the government could potentially save tens of billions of dollars annually," Gene Dodaro, comptroller general for the U.S., said in remarks prepared for Tuesday's hearing in the House Oversight and Government Relations Committee. Sen. Click here to read the GAO report.
Federal Reserve System The Federal Reserve System (also known as the Federal Reserve, and informally as the Fed) is the central banking system of the United States. It was created on December 23, 1913, with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act, largely in response to a series of financial panics, particularly a severe panic in 1907.[2][3][4][5][6][7] Over time, the roles and responsibilities of the Federal Reserve System have expanded, and its structure has evolved.[3][8] Events such as the Great Depression were major factors leading to changes in the system.[9] The U.S. The authority of the Federal Reserve System is derived from statutes enacted by the U.S. Congress and the System is subject to congressional oversight. The members of the Board of Governors, including its chair and vice-chair, are chosen by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Purpose[edit] Current functions of the Federal Reserve System include:[12][25] Addressing the problem of bank panics[edit] Elastic currency[edit]
US poverty on track to rise to highest since 1960s Now Playing US poverty level set to hit highest mark since 1965 The ranks of America's poor are on track to climb to levels unseen in nearly half a century, erasing gains from the war on poverty in the 1960s amid a weak economy and fraying government safety net. Census figures for 2011 will be released this fall in the critical weeks ahead of the November elections. The Associated Press surveyed more than a dozen economists, think tanks and academics, both nonpartisan and those with known liberal or conservative leanings, and found a broad consensus: The official poverty rate will rise from 15.1 percent in 2010, climbing as high as 15.7 percent. Poverty is spreading at record levels across many groups, from underemployed workers and suburban families to the poorest poor. "I grew up going to Hawaii every summer. Fritz says she grew up wealthy in the Denver suburb of Highlands Ranch, but fortunes turned after her parents lost a significant amount of money in the housing bust.