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			<title><![CDATA[ A Long, Long Moving Day in Salt Lake City ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Moving to a new home is nearly always a trying experience. But the saga of the General Services Administration's misfortunes as it attempted to move a historic Salt Lake City building to make way for a new federal courthouse is a true nightmare. The endeavor is now well over its $5.9 million budget,...
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			<dc:creator>Al Kamen</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Probe Finds VA Offices Vulnerable to Fraud ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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An investigation in the wake of a major fraud case involving the Department of Veterans Affairs regional office in Louisville has found that other VA offices around the country suffer security shortfalls that leave them vulnerable to the same type of alleged fraud.
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			<dc:creator>Steve Vogel</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ In the Loop: A Senate Committee Annexes Canada ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce alerted us Monday to an interesting photo on the Web site of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Seems, with summer heat bearing down soon on the area, as "readers consider how to escape the heated climate change debate and spend their vacation dollars...
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			<dc:creator>Al Kamen</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Fine Print: Remembering McNamara's Hope for Peace ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Robert S. McNamara's last message to his wife, Diana, was typical, no nonsense. "No funeral/memorial service" was the way it began.
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			<dc:creator>Walter Pincus</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Sen. Kaufman Champions Public Servants From the Senate Floor ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Amid the Senate's busy floor schedule today, Sen. Ted Kaufman (D-Del.) plans to divert attention briefly from health-care reform and homeland security funding to talk about John Granville.
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			<dc:creator>Ed O'Keefe</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Jeffery A. Schloss: The 'Unsung Hero' of the Human Genome Project ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:47:04 EDT</pubDate>
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Few scientific endeavors have broken more ground and have the potential to solve the great challenges of modern medicine than the Human Genome Project.  Project scientists attrubute much of the project's sweeping success to the work of an "unsung hero," Jeffery A. Schloss.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Report Faults Performance Bonuses for Contractors ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Federal agencies have awarded billions in bonuses to contractors regardless of whether the work was deemed satisfactory, according to a Government Accountability Office report released last week.
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			<dc:creator>Steve Vogel</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Bill Would Compromise Offices, 5 Inspectors General SayBill Would Compromise Ability to Investigate, 5 IGs Say ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Inspectors general at five financial regulatory agencies are objecting to legislation that would elevate their positions to the presidential-appointment level, arguing that the move would compromise their ability to conduct independent investigations.
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			<dc:creator>Ed O'Keefe</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ In the Loop: Obama Administration Filling Top Jobs Quickly ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The Obama administration is closing in on its first six months in office -- the apparently insignificant first 200 days will end Aug. 7, as the Senate takes off for its summer break. And while it appears that the pace of nominations has slacked off a bit of late, the White House team is easily...
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			<dc:creator>Al Kamen</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Parsing the Court: Did Souter Offer Advice to Gay-Marriage Proponents? ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Anyone who follows the Supreme Court closely becomes something of a Kremlinologist.
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			<dc:creator>Robert Barnes</dc:creator>
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