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5 days ago · Start by defining what a federal system is, and how it differs from a unitary or confederal system. Also, introduce key terms such as federalism, delegated powers, reserved powers, concurrent powers, and federal supremacy, and explain how they relate to the distribution of power between the federal and state governments.
4 days ago · Ann-Christine Frandsen draws on Michel Foucault's "bottom-up" conceptualizing of "governmentality" to think the "governing subject" as initiator of, and passage point for, the "thinking and acting" of governing, beginning around 3300 bce in Mesopotamia and continuing down to today.
5 days ago · Session ID: 2024-05-08:e9dcc6ad71dd37cff02ae2cf Player ID: frb-video38154. Accessible Keys for Video.
5 days ago · Department of Defense : The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller, in coordination with other relevant offices involved in the recently established services working group, specifies the data sources and methodology for forecasting budget needs for service contracts across the Future-Years Defense Program to inform its fiscal year 2026 and future ...
4 days ago · Gene L. Dodaro is the eighth Comptroller General of the United States and head of GAO. As Comptroller General, Mr. Dodaro leads GAO and helps oversee the hundreds of reports and testimonies that GAO provides each year to various committees and individual Members of Congress. The U.S. Comptroller General is appointed to a 15-year term.
3 days ago · A top Federal Reserve official opens door to keeping rates high for longer. Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson suggested that the central bank’s key rate may have to remain at its peak for a while to bring down persistently elevated inflation. Updated 7:43 AM PDT, April 16, 2024.
3 days ago · As of 2010, 68.8% of federal individual tax receipts, including payroll taxes, were paid by the top 20% of taxpayers by income group, which earned 50% of all household income. The top 1%, which took home 19.3%, paid 24.2% whereas the bottom 20% paid 0.4% due to deductions and the earned income tax credit.
