Federal stimulus finding of $1.3 billion has saved almost 26,000 Florida education jobs, according to US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Duncan and Vice President Joe Biden visited Jackson Middle School in Orlando today to announce the results. Arne Duncan an education administrator and currently United States Secretary of Education. Duncan had previously served as CEO of [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Exide Technologies is getting $34.3 million in federal stimulus funding to launch a new production line in Columbus, Georgia, creating 200 new manufacturing jobs. The workers will produce affordable lead-acid batteries incorporating advanced carbon technology, for industrial and transportation uses. Founded by W.W. Gibbs in 1888 as the Electric Storage Battery Company, Milton, Georgia’s Exide Technologies is [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 6, 2009
ECOtality and subsidiary Electric Transportation Engineering (eTec) will get $100 million in federal stimulus funds to build an electric vehicle charging infrastructure, in partnership with Nissan. The firms will build networks of charging stations in 12 cities nationwide, including eTec’s home town of Phoenix. The firm expects to create 750 jobs there, and 5,000 new jobs [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 4, 2009
The Stanford University School of Medicine, which is using stimulus funds to create youth Summer jobs, will spend $18 million of federal stimulus funding to create or retain at least 34 research jobs. The funds were made available through the National Institutes of Health to support research on pain, eye disease, cancer, tissue engineering & transplantation, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 3, 2009
The Justice Department is directing more than $12 million in stimulus funds to the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, to create or preserve 50 law enforcement jobs. The money comes from the Community Oriented Policing Services program, or COPS. The city received the largest allowed grant, due to high crime and rampant unemployment [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, August 2, 2009
City Colleges of Chicago is creating 450 youth Summer jobs with $15 million in stimulus funds. The participants are between the ages of 19 and 24. The temporary positions provide work experience, for example within the administration of the City Colleges of Chicago. Founded in 1911, The City Colleges of Chicago is a system of seven community [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 30, 2009
The Stanford University School of Medicine has 22 young workers this summer, due to $200,000 in federal stimulus cash. Twelve high school and 10 college students are employed by the program, through the National Institutes of Health, assisting researchers. Stanford University School of Medicine is a leading medical school, located at Stanford University Medical Center in Stanford, [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 30, 2009
Dayton, Ohio won’t have to lay off 11 police officers after all, due to funds from the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009. The $5.6 million Community Oriented Policing Services grant will cover the retention and hiring of 21 cops, including the 11 who were already served pink slips. The city was hoping to get a [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Ohio’s Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department will be able to keep 15 deputies, due to $3.5 million in federal stimulus funds. The money is from the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program, which is part of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act. The county also seeks funds to ease jail overcrowding, by expanding its electronic monitoring program and [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 17, 2009
Ed Montgomery, the Obama administration’s Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers, aka “Car Czar,” has announced the commitment of $25 million in stimulus funds for the retraining of laid off auto workers. The cash be awarded to training programs that can help auto workers transition to industries that are seeking new employees, such as [...]
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
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