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Private schedules of Donald Trump: What does "RON" in diary stand for?
Apparently that's a common (in government/Washington DC, anyway) scheduling acronym which stands for "remain overnight."
The globe-trotting secretary of state and globe-trotting former president ...
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What is the US 'Deep State' and what evidence is there for it?
The general claim that I have seen is not that there is an organization that calls itself the deep state but that there are a bunch of people that have a particular set of views that dominate the ...
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What proportion of unemployment benefit spending actually goes to the unemployed?
The answer by RickSmith correctly points out that the federal appropriations that cover most of the administrative costs of unemployment insurance have been around $2.5-2.6 billion in recent years. ...
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Is the CDC Director really below the former Ambassadors to Palau?
Yes.
Category is 42b is the best fit. The Center for Disease Control is an office or agency within an executive branch department, specifically the Department of Health and Human Services within the ...
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How does India's BJP maintain party discipline over 180 million party members?
maintain party discipline over 180 million party members
Why would there be a need to "control" the rank and file members, which is what most of those 180M people are? People should be ...
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Could federal agencies be physically moved out of Washington DC?
Yes, this could be done legally. Indeed, every now and then, headquarters of government agencies one level below that of a cabinet agency are relocated.
For example, the creation of the "Space ...
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Could federal agencies be physically moved out of Washington DC?
The pedant in me feels the need to note that not only is it possible for a cabinet-level department to not be headquartered in Washington D.C., it is currently the case.
The Department of Defense is ...
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Where is information stored, that shouldn't nessecarily be stored in law but still needed in government
Government agencies generate vast amounts of documentation in support of their missions in what are called "public records."
Laws and regulations aren't primarily places to store information....
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What proportion of unemployment benefit spending actually goes to the unemployed?
GDP (2016): 18.71 trillion USD
Public unemployment spending as a percent of GDP (2016): 0.19%
Total unemployment spending (2016): 18710 billion * 0.0019 = 35.549 billion
Percent administrative ...
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What is the US 'Deep State' and what evidence is there for it?
There's something quite mundane and obvious that could be called "deep state", which is simply all of the federal government's permanent bureaucracy, which is quite large.
These people tend ...
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How does India's BJP maintain party discipline over 180 million party members?
I don't how many of the people involved in this discussion are actually from India, but I am from India, rural India to be specific and I have seen many political party's membership rollouts in person....
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What is the US 'Deep State' and what evidence is there for it?
Regarding question #2, on the nature of available evidence indicating the presence of powerful shadowy cabals, and how they might best maintain their mysteries.
Preventing testimony against ...
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What are the negative consequences of stricter opioid prescription policies?
Here's an argument as to how an insufficiently cautious prescription reduction law might do harm...
Suppose loyal Perdue Pharma booster Dr. X was a true believer and prescribed 500mg a day of opioid ...
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Why does Broward County FL need to apply a voter fraud law around handling of provisional ballots?
Controversy of voting fraud law relates to the actions of election officers in processing the ballots, not the individual voter cited in the article originally linked to the question. Contrary to ...
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Governments can organize themselves into a few bodies, or into many (ministries, agencies, etc.) What are the relative advantages and disadvantage?
I would consider the simple comparison of the number of "top level" ministries utterly pointless.
Countries have different types of federal structures. A state within a country, or a ...
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Could federal agencies be physically moved out of Washington DC?
There is no current legal barrier to it.
However, this topic is a subject of a partisan debate.
Republicans favor spreading Federal workers as much as possible throughout the country
Democrats favor ...
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Governments can organize themselves into a few bodies, or into many (ministries, agencies, etc.) What are the relative advantages and disadvantage?
In parliamentary systems of government, Ministry refers to a Cabinet Level division of Government who's head will be an elected minister who will be responsible for that department before legislative ...
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