Comments for GovInfo-notes http://govinfonotes.wordpress.com Government information for business Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:29:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Blagojevich names Obama successor anyway by coffee fiend http://govinfonotes.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/blagojevich-names-obama-successor-anyway/#comment-51 coffee fiend Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:29:06 +0000 http://govinfonotes.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-51 i'm hoping Blagojevich will inspire Congress to finally grow a pair and start doing what's best for the people they represent (by putting this guy away for a long time) i’m hoping Blagojevich will inspire Congress to finally grow a pair and start doing what’s best for the people they represent (by putting this guy away for a long time)

]]> Comment on Congress to Banks – Watch the Bonuses! by » Congress to Banks - Watch the Bonuses! http://govinfonotes.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/congress-to-banks-watch-the-bonuses/#comment-44 » Congress to Banks - Watch the Bonuses! Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:45:02 +0000 http://govinfonotes.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-44 [...] Finance, Economy-Business News, Stock Market wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptHenry Waxman, Chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform questioned nine banks about their plans to provide bonuses to employees - bonuses that some stories (Bloomberg and Time magazine, both on October 27th) claim will be paid because the banks received billions in bailout dollars.  The implication - without the bailout the banks might not have had the cash to pay bonuses. In letters sent to the CEOs of Citibank, Bank of America, Bank of New York Mellon, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, State Street Corp., and Wells Fargo, Waxman said “While I understand the need to pay the salaries of employees, I question the appropriateness of  depleting the capital of taxpayers just injected into the banks through the payment of billions of dollars in bonuses …” “To assist the committee’s investigation into this issue”, Waxman requested each bank to provide various pieces of information about salaries, […] [...] [...] Finance, Economy-Business News, Stock Market wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptHenry Waxman, Chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform questioned nine banks about their plans to provide bonuses to employees – bonuses that some stories (Bloomberg and Time magazine, both on October 27th) claim will be paid because the banks received billions in bailout dollars.  The implication – without the bailout the banks might not have had the cash to pay bonuses. In letters sent to the CEOs of Citibank, Bank of America, Bank of New York Mellon, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, State Street Corp., and Wells Fargo, Waxman said “While I understand the need to pay the salaries of employees, I question the appropriateness of  depleting the capital of taxpayers just injected into the banks through the payment of billions of dollars in bonuses …” “To assist the committee’s investigation into this issue”, Waxman requested each bank to provide various pieces of information about salaries, […] [...]

]]> Comment on DOE Turns On Rooftop Solar System by Eric Steele http://govinfonotes.wordpress.com/2008/09/14/doe-turns-on-rooftop-solar-system/#comment-31 Eric Steele Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:35:24 +0000 http://govinfonotes.wordpress.com/?p=69#comment-31 The install was actually completed by Standard Solar. www.standardsolar.com Thanks! The install was actually completed by Standard Solar. http://www.standardsolar.com

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]]> Comment on Expanded offshore drilling or no FY09 budget? by Matt http://govinfonotes.wordpress.com/2008/08/22/expanded-offshore-drilling-or-no-fy09-budget/#comment-28 Matt Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:51:59 +0000 http://govinfonotes.wordpress.com/?p=42#comment-28 I just ran across this interesting article "<a href="http://jaajoe.com/Energy/We-are-America-and-we-must-use-every-one-of-our-natural-resources-to-keep-us-strong-and-insure-growt.html" rel="nofollow">Drill Here, Drill Now</a>," that delivered a number of interesting points about offshore drilling. One interesting fact is that 620,500 barrels of oil ooze organically from North America's ocean floors each year, compared to the average 6,555 barrels that oil companies have spilled annually since 1998. It's an interesting article and i suggest you read it. I just ran across this interesting article “Drill Here, Drill Now,” that delivered a number of interesting points about offshore drilling. One interesting fact is that 620,500 barrels of oil ooze organically from North America’s ocean floors each year, compared to the average 6,555 barrels that oil companies have spilled annually since 1998. It’s an interesting article and i suggest you read it.

]]> Comment on Will Amtrak finally get decent funding? by Ran http://govinfonotes.wordpress.com/2008/05/26/will-amtrak-finally-get-decent-funding/#comment-6 Ran Wed, 28 May 2008 18:52:36 +0000 http://govinfonotes.wordpress.com/?p=11#comment-6 There's more related discussion of the HSR portion of this bill here (http://rbiii.wordpress.com/2008/05/22/maximizing-the-value-of-the-nec/) and here (http://rbiii.wordpress.com/2008/05/23/train-speed-on-the-nec/). There’s more related discussion of the HSR portion of this bill here (http://rbiii.wordpress.com/2008/05/22/maximizing-the-value-of-the-nec/) and here (http://rbiii.wordpress.com/2008/05/23/train-speed-on-the-nec/).

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