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  • Continuing to Crack Down on Government Waste

    OMB issues guidance to Federal agencies to take additional actions to increase efficiency and strengthen accountability in the areas of travel, conferences, real estate, and fleet management.

  • Introducing the IT Shared Services Strategy

    Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel releases the Federal IT Shared Services Strategy, which will arm agencies with new tools to eliminate waste and duplication and update their services for the 21st century.

  • Reducing Red Tape: Regulatory Reform Goes International

    President Obama signs a historic Executive Order on Promoting International Regulatory Cooperation that will promote American exports, economic growth, and job creation.

  • World Intellectual Property Day

    Around the world, people will be celebrating the benefits and contributions of intellectual property to our societies. Intellectual property gives us art and entertainment.

  • Job Training Cuts in the Republican Budget

    President Obama visits Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio to highlight how federal job training funding is helping unemployed workers get the skills they need to compete for jobs in high-demand, high-growth industries.

  • Protecting the Top, Hurting the Hungry

    On Monday, Senate Republicans voted to block the Buffett Rule. Unfortunately, this week we’ll see a similar turn from common sense and fairness in another area: agriculture.

  • Do Not Pay Solution Open for Business

    As Americans across the country prepare to file their taxes, the Administration launches a new tool to help guard against wasteful and improper payments that squander taxpayer dollars.

  • Intellectual Property and the U.S. Economy

    U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Victoria Espinel announces the release of a first-of-its-kind report that identifies the full range of sectors that generate intellectual property, as well as the jobs, exports, and wage premiums those sectors support.

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