Tuesday, March 3, 2009
NIST to Receive $610 Million Through Recovery Act
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will receive $610 million in funds as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The agency will use the funds for programs that support U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness, key factors in spurring economic growth.
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 Tuesday, March 3, 2009
NOAA Receives $830 Million Through Recovery Act
The Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will receive $830 million in funds as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The agency will use the funds, equivalent to 20 percent of NOAA's 2008 budget, for projects that protect life and property and conserve and protect natural resources.
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 Monday, March 2, 2009
President Obama Announces the Release of $155 million of ARRA Funds for Health Centers Across America
"We have acted quickly to put Recovery Act dollars to good use in communities across America," said President Obama. "The construction and expansion of health centers will create thousands of new jobs, help provide health care to an estimated 750,000 Americans across the country who wouldn't have access to care without these centers, and take another step toward an affordable, accessible health care system."


 Friday, February 27, 2009
Secretaries Donovan and Chu Announce Partnership to Help Working Families Weatherize Their Homes
PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu today announced a major partnership between HUD and DOE that will streamline and better coordinate federal weatherization efforts to make it much easier for families to weatherize their homes and spur a new home energy efficiency industry that could create tens of thousands of jobs.
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 Thursday, February 26, 2009
U.S. Department of Labor announces boost in weekly unemployment benefit amounts
WASHINGTON — Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today announced a weekly increase in unemployment compensation, as provided for in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, enacted on Feb. 17.
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 Thursday, February 26, 2009
Secretary Chu to Join Vice President Joe Biden at Middle Class Task Force Meeting in Philadelphia
Washington, DC - Energy Secretary Steven Chu will join Vice President Joe Biden and The Middle Class Task Force for its first official meeting on FRIDAY February 27th at 12:30 PM EDT at the William B. Irvine Auditorium on the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia. The focus of this meeting is on green jobs as a pathway to a strong middle class.
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