The goal of this administration is marred everywhere with heritage issues from the Bush Administration.
Their goals are also to return 'GOOD PAYING' jobs to Americans. That isn't easy considering how many of the the American work force has endured paycuts and outsourcing. I think President Obama is doing an admirable job when one realizes where we were a year ago.
Regional and state unemployment rates were generally lower in November. (click title to entry - Thank you)
Thirty-six states and the District of Columbia recorded over-the-month
unemployment rate decreases, 8 states registered rate increases, and 6
states had no rate change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported
today. Over the year, jobless rates increased in all 50 states and the
District of Columbia. The national unemployment rate edged down in No-
vember to 10.0 percent, 0.2 percentage point lower than October, but
3.2 points higher than November 2008....
Some of the failure of a rebound is what I described earlier in regard to States convening their legislatures to create jobs and extend training.
The weather promises to be colder as the nation just experienced a major snow storm. It is the time to weatherize. The Stimulus funds need more oversight as some of the projects appear to be no better quality than those in Iraq by Halliburton.
WEATHERIZATION PROJECT: Nevada behind schedule in spending stimulus funds (click here)
State must use or lose federal monies
Nevada has some catching up to do if it hopes to make full use of millions in federal stimulus dollars aimed at making homes more energy efficient and creating green jobs.
Of the $18.6 million in Recovery Act funds available to Nevada for residential weatherization projects, only $607,000 had been spent retrofitting about a hundred homes by the end of last month....
Michael Cooper is used to reporting on shoddy construction, he covered Iraq for a long time.
Inadequate Oversight Cited in Weatherization Program (click here)
When federal inspectors visited Illinois recently to see how the state was using $242 million in stimulus money for weatherizing homes, they were troubled by what they found.
A weatherization contractor had done slipshod work, installing a furnace that leaked gas in one home, they said, and the local agency overseeing the work had failed to detect the leak. The state was not inspecting the work of all the agencies administering the work, and the federal government was not making required site visits. In short, both the state and federal oversight of the program fell short, they found....
The Public needs education to their best outcomes when weatherizing their residence and businesses. They have become accustomed to the 'LACK' of help from systematic abuse by Republicans and need a refresher course on what to expect and checking the costs.
Montana Weatherization Training Center
Montana State University Extension & Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
Providing Training and Certification to the Weatherization Professional since 1991
The goal of weatherization is to reduce energy costs for low-income families, particularly for the elderly, people with disabilities, and children, by improving the energy efficiency of their homes while ensuring their health and safety....
