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US Postal Service seeks to pull employees from federal health plans
Modern Healthcar e.com
US Postal Service seeks to pull employees from federal health plans
Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:16:00 -0700

By AP Facing a second year of losses totaling $8 billion or more, the US Postal Service wants to pull its workers out of the retirement and health benefits plans covering federal workers and set up its own benefit systems. ...
Atheist Bus Ads Win Approval From Federal Judge
Huffington Post
Atheist Bus Ads Win Approval From Federal Judge
Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:27:28 -0700

By Kimberly Winston (RNS) A federal judge ruled Thursday (Aug. 11) that the public transit system in Little Rock, Ark., violated the free speech of local atheists by refusing to run their advertisements on city buses. US District Court Judge Susan ...
White House Eyes Jeremy Stein for Federal Reserve
Harvard Crimson
White House Eyes Jeremy Stein for Federal Reserve
Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:38:12 -0700

By Leanna B. Ehrlich, crimson staff writer harvard economics professor Jeremy C. Stein may be nominated to fill one of two empty seats on the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday afternoon, citing several ...
 Federal Reserve more likely to do third round of easing: pros
Christian Science Monitor
Federal Reserve more likely to do third round of easing: pros
Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:19:34 -0700

Federal Reserve will start purchasing assets again, some market observers predict. The chances of the Federal Reserve starting another round of quantitative easing shot up in the last week as markets became unstable. In this Aug. ...
OUR VIEW: Cost of Government Day runs late again
Gadsden Times
OUR VIEW: Cost of Government Day runs late again
Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:27:58 -0700

12 was the day in 2011 on which the average US citizen had achieved enough gross income to pay for the full costs of government spending and regulation at the local, state and federal levels. Americans for Tax Reform has promoted the concept of Cost ...
Cost of living likely eased in July
Detroit Free Press
Cost of living likely eased in July
Sat, 13 Aug 2011 23:07:36 -0700

The cost of living in the US probably eased in July, consistent with the Federal Reserve's forecast that inflation will stabilize, economists said before a report due out this week. Consumer prices excluding volatile food and fuel costs climbed 0.2%, ...
Hartzler says Congress hasn't worked hard enough to cut federal spending
Pulaski County Daily News
Hartzler says Congress hasn't worked hard enough to cut federal spending
Sat, 13 Aug 2011 04:32:02 -0700

Since January, the House has passed multiple bills to lower energy costs, roll back burdensome federal regulations that hurt job-creation efforts, and get a hold on our debt by controlling our spending. Sadly, the Senate adjourned for the summer ...
Maryland announces $27M federal grant for health exchange
Washington Post
Maryland announces $27M federal grant for health exchange
Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:05:13 -0700

By AP, annapolis, Md. Maryland has received a $27 million federal grant to fund the state's health benefit exchange. Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown announced the grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services on Friday. ...
Seda defense plans to appeal judge's ruling
Mail Tribune
Seda defense plans to appeal judge's ruling
Fri, 12 Aug 2011 02:04:40 -0700

By Mark Freeman Pete Seda will learn next month whether he will spend up to eight years in prison after a federal judge Wednesday brushed aside all attempts to toss out the former Ashland peace activist's convictions for money-launderin g and ...
Humana spent $180 K lobbying federal gov't in 3Q
Business Week
Humana spent $180 K lobbying federal gov't in 3Q
Sat, 13 Aug 2011 04:44:53 -0700

Health insurer Humana Inc. chopped its spending on second-quarter federal lobbying by 33 percent compared to 2010, as it focused only on a health care overhaul-relate d bill and a handful of other Congressional acts. The Louisville, Ky., company spent ...
GOP targets costly ghost flights
Politico
GOP targets costly ghost flights
Fri, 12 Aug 2011 04:22:58 -0700

Empty airplanes criss-cross the West, with federal taxpayers largely subsidizing the flights under the Essential Air Program now targeted for cuts by Republicans in the latest Federal Aviation Administration bill. The Associated Press reported Friday ...
 Federal appeals court strikes down insurance mandate
Los Angeles Times
Federal appeals court strikes down insurance mandate
Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:16:05 -0700

President Obama signs the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, an amendment to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. (Jonathan Ernst / Reuters / March 30, 2010) By David G. Savage and Noam N. Levey, Washington Bureau A federal ...
Ousted Florida nursing home ombudsman sues state
Miami Herald.com
Ousted Florida nursing home ombudsman sues state
Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:24:09 -0700

Florida's ousted nursing home ombudsman alleges in a "whistlebl ower" lawsuit that he was forced to resign as retaliation for his advocacy on behalf of residents and his use of the new federal health care law to seek ownership and management information ...
Thousands march against live animal exports
ABC Online
Thousands march against live animal exports
Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:13:24 -0700

Thousands of people turned out at rallies around the country on Sunday calling on federal MPs to support a ban on live animal exports. Live animal exports resumed this month after a temporary ban following footage depicting animal cruelty that aired on ...
The Fed Surprises
Huffington Post (blog)
The Fed Surprises
Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:41:47 -0700

The August 9th meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee -- the policymaking arm of the Fed -- was widely expected to be largely uneventful. It was anything but. Instead, the Fed issued a press release in the aftermath of the meeting that caught ...
Mayors Voice Support for AT&T Deal With T-Mobile
PCWorld
Mayors Voice Support for AT&T Deal With T-Mobile
Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:45:25 -0700

The mayors of Miami, St. Louis and Sacramento, California, are among those from 24 states calling for the US Federal Communications Commission and the US Department of Justice to approve the deal. AT&T announced in March that it planned to purchase ...
The Circuit: Light Squared, Verizon wins injunction, Linked In privacy
Washington Post (blog)
The Circuit: Light Squared, Verizon wins injunction, Linked In privacy
Fri, 12 Aug 2011 05:36:17 -0700

By Hayley Tsukayama leading the day: In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday, Light Squared said that interference between its proposed network and GPS is due to problems with GPS receivers. Had the GPS industry complied with ...
State could become exempt from federal AYP requirements
Burlington Times News
State could become exempt from federal AYP requirements
Sun, 14 Aug 2011 12:01:05 -0700

A potential waiver that would excuse North Carolina's public schools from having to meet federal No Child Left Behind requirements has state and local education leaders interested. If a waiver were granted, the state's school systems and charter public ...
'Political interest killed privatisation of government companies'
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'Political interest killed privatisation of government companies'
Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:29:35 -0700

In 1999, the federal government, inspired by expediency rather than policy, initiated a privatisation programme to shed off the burden of its moribund companies which it was servicing with about N1 billion daily. Public companies which were established ...
Gas Tax Fight Looms
Forbes
Gas Tax Fight Looms
Sun, 14 Aug 2011 05:13:16 -0700

At IRS, I participated in the review and audit of federal estate tax returns. I even took the lead on a successful audit. At audit, opposing counsel read my report, looked at his file and said, Gentleman, she's exactly right. I nearly fainted. ...

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Federal

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Look up federal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Federal or foederal (archaic) may refer to: In politics: Other: This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
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Adjective

federal (not comparable)
  1. Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations.
  2. Pertaining to the national government level, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town.
Derived terms
  • quasifederal

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