GOVNEWS REPORT 3-30-09

Obama calls for a new war strategy, backs off on global climate change
leadership,

or at least tempers it, and tracking some of the recovery dollars…

[1] http://bit.ly/MZTF

"…chief climate-change negotiator said Sunday that

the U.S. would be "powerfully,

fervently engaged" in global talks to reduce carbon emissions but warned

of a difficult path ahead…"

Is the US tempering its global climate change stance?  Climate
negotiator tempers

first signs of bold US leadership

[2] http://bit.ly/BSzP

Obama video on the new strategy in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Whether you are for or against Obama's policies, one thing you cannot argue
with

is Obama's administration is sweeping Web 2.0 into the White House. 
This

video, linked to his original campaign blog, is a great example of the types

of tools web 2.0 can provide to enhance government and public exchange.

[3] http://bit.ly/aj6eN

"Perry said the money would come with too many strings attached.

Taking the half billion would require the state to assist qualified
out-of-work residents

seeking part-time jobs, an idea that Perry said the state has rejected
before,

 partly because it could discourage them from seeking full-time
employment."

The ramifications of the recovery act of 2009….States chafe under federal

power grab.

[4] http://bit.ly/llwP7

"U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the
first award of nearly

$100 million in environmental stimulus funding to be
invested in Colorado

under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery
Act)"

The Recovery Dollars at work.  Colorado gets first of the
green part of the

recovery act

Paul Collier

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[5] http://www.freedomist.org