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06/15/11 The U.S. Department of Labor has certified for release $838,680,283 in unemployment insurance modernization incentive funds to the state of California. California qualified for its full share of the funds available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by including in its law provisions that assist recent entrants to the workforce, part-time workers and workers who become unemployed ...
06/14/11 The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $1.3 million in unpaid prevailing wages and fringe benefits for 67 employees of CAL Construction Co. Inc., a Chelsea, Mass.-based contractor, for work performed on a Long Island, N.Y., low-income housing project funded in part by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The company and owner Cesar A. Lemus, in addition to making this payment ...
06/14/11 When I worked in the Obama White House, one of my most important assignments was to help oversee implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act , commonly known as the stimulus. The measure met its major objectives, hitting spending targets on time, keeping down waste and fraud, and surpassing the goal of saving or creating 3 million jobs. Yet it never won favor with the public.
06/06/11 In 2010, rural communities received a significant increase in U.S. Rural Development grant and loan funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Although that money has been allocated already, U.S. Department of Agriculture...
06/01/11 State Department Completes U.S. Passport Agency Expansion Project Media Note Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC June 1, 2011 With the opening of the Atlanta Passport Agency in May, the U.S. Department of State completed its expansion of passport agencies to better serve U.S. citizen travelers. The Department used funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 to open ...
06/01/11 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Windstream began laying fiber optic cable today near Prentiss, Miss., as part of its first broadband stimulus project. The work is being funded in part by a federal grant under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
05/27/11 As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the government is investing billions of dollars to encourage health care providers to use electronic health record systems. Many providers will probably switch from older systems to new systems to qualify for the federal incentives, but whether the upgrade improves patient care and safety has remained an open question.
05/14/11 Several personnel resignations and transfers were accepted during a special meeting of the USD 234 school board Friday. The non-renewals were funded by the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. This is the last year that funding will be provided, Business Manager Tiffany Forester said.
05/10/11 Amtrak stations across northwest Montana are getting a facelift. The work is being done to bring stations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. It is being funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
05/09/11 WASHINGTON | Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Washington successfully completed a $3.6 million, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funded, HVAC restoration project at Naval Support...
04/28/11 STEUBENVILLE - Approximately 20 employees of the Jefferson County Community Action Council weatherization program will lose their jobs next month as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding comes to a close.
04/21/11 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu issued the following statement on the completion and startup today of the Abiquiu Hydropower Project in New Mexico - the first hydropower project funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to be completed nationwide.
04/20/11 SCHOTT Solar PV, Inc. and Albuquerque-based Consolidated Solar Technologies today inaugurated a 50-kilowatt photovoltaic solar power system at Moriarty High School. The installation was funded through a grant system initiated in 2009 using funds from the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act .
04/14/11 BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Big Bear Choppers, a California manufacturer that designs, engineers and crafts motorcycles, retained 25 jobs through a Layoff Aversion Program with assistance from the San Bernardino Workforce Investment Board (WIB). The program, issued by the WIB through funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, provides technical support for manufacturers ...
04/11/11 The seven primary and urgent care and 14 specialty clinics of Lake Regional Health System are taking medical records to a new electronic system this spring and summer to the benefit of patients. Spurred by new regulations in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, hospitals and clinics around the country are gradually making this transition. Lake Regional is an early adopter of the ...
04/06/11 share: digg facebook twitter The bulk of the money, part of $814 billion provided under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed in 2009, went to save the jobs of teachers and other school employees, as state and local revenue dried up during the prolonged economic downturn. Officials in some states saw the cliff coming from the start and encouraged districts to use stimulus money in ...
03/29/11 SunDurance Energy announced it has been awarded a contract to design and build a 300 kilowatt solar photovoltaic (PV) energy system for The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. The project is being funded in part with a grant provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), with the remainder of funds provided by University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center ...
03/16/11 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds used to help provide for the salary and benefits of some personnel in the Cumberland County School System will run out this year. The state of Tennessee has also exhausted ARRA funds it was using to fund several grant programs in the past two fiscal years.
03/08/11 EarthLink Business ( Nasdaq: ELNK ), the newly formed business unit of EarthLink, has completed Phase I of the Eastern Middle Mile Fiber Project in eastern Tennessee. The network extension is being built with $9.4 million in federal stimulus funding via the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Broadband Technology Opportunity Program (BTOP), which the former DeltaCom won last March ...
03/02/11 SCHOTT Solar PV, Inc. and Albuquerque-based Consolidated Solar Technologies today inaugurated a 50 kilowatt photovoltaic solar power system at Dulce High School. The system is the fourth in the state to be funded through a grant system initiated in 2009 using funds from the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act .
02/28/11 FAA announced completion of expansion and renovation of passenger terminal at Pitt-Greenville Airport in Greenville, NC. Paid for with $7.9 million from American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, project consisted of expanding terminal to 2-story structure that meets current floodplain standards. Additional improvements include departure waiting area for passengers, 2 additional gates, and one ... | 
