Sunlight Foundation Receives $4m For Obama Era Data Visualization ReadWriteWeb Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:14 AM PDT The Sunlight Foundation , one of the coolest geek organizations on the Internet, announced today that it has added $4 million to its budget compliments of the Omidyar Foundation, eBay founder Pierre Omidyar's group. Sunlight works with government information made publicly available to turn it into websites and services that anyone can find useful. At the start of what could be the most open US ... | Correction: Michelle Obama story Bradenton Herald Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:13 AM PDT In a March 17 story about Michelle Obama and community service, The Associated Press erroneously reported that President Barack Obama's budget proposal for 2010 would expand the YouthBuild program from 8,000 to 50,000 young people annually. The proposed expansion was part of candidate Obama's national service platform and would be carried out over eight years. | Envoy wins nod from key Republican for Iraq job The New Zealand Herald Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:11 AM PDT WASHINGTON - Veteran diplomat Christopher Hill yesterday won the support of Republican Senator Richard Lugar to become the next United States Ambassador to Iraq, even as other Republican senators bluntly urged President Barack Obama... | Obama Aides, Lawmakers Knew Of AIG Bonus Plan NPR Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:11 AM PDT For months, the Obama administration and members of Congress have known that insurance giant AIG was getting ready to pay huge bonuses while living off government bailouts. It wasn't until news was trickling out that official Washington rose up in anger. | Obama Traveling To Recession-Stricken California NPR Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:08 AM PDT The president plans a series of town hall meetings and an appearance on 'The Tonight Show' â" and is likely to face questions about his economic and home ownership plans. | Obamaâs Commerce Secretary nominee faces Senate hearing WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:06 AM PDT 11:52 a.m. WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Washington Gov. Gary Locke faced mostly friendly questions at his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday for his nomination as commerce secretary. | AP Analysis: White House and Democrats backpedaling on AIG WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:06 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) - For the first time since last fallâs election, Democrats and the Obama administration are backpedaling furiously on an issue easily understood by financially strapped taxpayers: $165 million in bonuses paid out at bailed-out AIG. | | |
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