http://usgovinfo.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com US Government Info GuideSite. http://z.about.com/f/lg/s10.gif http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2008-10-06T05:00:28Z Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:00:28 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/2008/10/06/fbi-planning-to-allow-limited-racial-profiling.htm According to Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the FBI has prepared, but not made public, new guidelines allowing federal law enforcement officers to employ racial profiling in national security investigations.... http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/2008/10/06/fbi-planning-to-allow-limited-racial-profiling.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:13:42 +0000 2008-10-06T08:13:42Z http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/2008/10/06/guess-what-federal-spending-increased-in-2007.htm The federal government spent a total of $2.56 trillion on domestic programs in 2007, an increase of 4.4 percent over 2006, according to the Census Bureau's Consolidated Federal Funds Report:... http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/2008/10/06/guess-what-federal-spending-increased-in-2007.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:00:28 +0000 2008-10-06T05:00:28Z http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/2008/10/05/simpler-student-loan-process-coming.htm The six-page-long Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form includes more than 120 questions, including three that ask how old you are in three different ways. That's the kind... http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/2008/10/05/simpler-student-loan-process-coming.htm Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:15:26 +0000 2008-10-05T18:15:26Z http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/2008/10/04/the-costly-costly-courthouse.htm The federal courthouse in Los Angeles is far too small and fails to meet modern security standards. Flashback to 2000, when the General Services Administration (GSA) drew up plans for... http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/2008/10/04/the-costly-costly-courthouse.htm Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:07:02 +0000 2008-10-04T20:07:02Z http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/2008/10/03/ice-putting-heat-on-illegal-immigrants.htm Being an illegal alien and staying out of jail is getting harder all the time. Over the last three weeks, ICE - Immigration and Customs Enforcement -- officers in California... http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/2008/10/03/ice-putting-heat-on-illegal-immigrants.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:00:43 +0000 2008-10-03T05:00:43Z http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/2008/10/02/something-about-the-bailout-bothers-me.htm It bothers me that the U.S. Senate went around the Constitution by passing a revised version of the $700 billion financial bailout bill under “The Paul Wellstone Mental Health and... http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/2008/10/02/something-about-the-bailout-bothers-me.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:00:05 +0000 2008-10-02T08:00:05Z http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/2008/10/02/what-a-pain-in-the-knee.htm A funny thing happened over at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) while they were doing a two-year, taxpayer-funded study into the effectiveness of the dietary supplements glucosamine and chondroitin... http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/2008/10/02/what-a-pain-in-the-knee.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:00:56 +0000 2008-10-02T05:00:56Z http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/2008/10/01/bills-would-simplify-home-office-tax-deduction.htm Two bills (H.R. 7074 and S. 3371) now before Congress would simplify the cumbersome home office tax deduction and relax the law’s silly limitations regarding personal use of the home... http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/2008/10/01/bills-would-simplify-home-office-tax-deduction.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:00:22 +0000 2008-10-01T05:00:22Z http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/2008/09/30/if-cuba-doesnt-want-our-63-million.htm Four times now, the US government has offered Cuba over $6.3 million worth of humanitarian aid in response to Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, and four times now, Cuba has failed... http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/2008/09/30/if-cuba-doesnt-want-our-63-million.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:00:09 +0000 2008-09-30T05:00:09Z http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/2008/09/29/how-big-is-the-bailout.htm By the end of this week, Congress may have backed an unprecedented mortgage industry bailout plan that will cost taxpayers at least $700 billion -- seven-tenths of a trillion dollars... http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/2008/09/29/how-big-is-the-bailout.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:15:35 +0000 2008-09-29T07:15:35Z