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US Wants to Take Your Dollars -- and Replace Them With Coins

Americans are a tight-fisted people when it comes to their dollars. So in order to replace the paper currency with dollar coins -- a long-advocated move that could save the government an estimated $5.5. billion over 30 years -- the General Accountability Office called on Congress, the Federal Reserve and the Treasury to...

Opinion: Government Waste by the Numbers

In an organization as big and sprawling as the federal government, it's sometimes hard to grasp the magnitude of the waste that goes on. But the Government Accountability Office has released a report that gets at this problem in a unique way. It looks at government programs with an eye to rooting out duplication and...

DHS, Interior Among 5 of the Worst-Run Federal Programs

WASHINGTON -- The Government Accountability Office released its biennial list of the poorest performing government agencies today -- and this year, the Interior Department's management of the nation's oil and gas resources made the list for the first time. This should come as no surprise, given the breathtaking scope of...

Three Potential Problems With Obama's Missile Defense Plan

A new arms-control pact with Russia has finally received Senate approval, helped along with an amendment assuring Republicans that START won't limit the United States' ability to pursue missile defense. In some ironic timing, however, the Government Accountability Office this week released a report that is deeply critical...

Opinion: A Higher Standard for Career Colleges

(Aug. 4) -- Some people can't take yes for an answer. Private-sector colleges and universities are expanding access to higher education, providing a pathway to skills and training for over 2.7 million students every year. Many of these are older working adults returning to school to rejuvenate careers and improve job...

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05/27/12 Mali: Tuareg and Islamist rebels agree to merge Source: Zee News Two rebel groups that seized northern Mali have reportedly agreed to merge and create an independent Islamic state to rule the north of the country.