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Mr. Richard Kwashie Kovey, Convenor of the Campaign Against Privatization and Commercialization of Education (CAPCOE), has urged the government to prioritise the school feeding programme to avoid the consistent challenges. "Let me say if the government prioritises school feeding by showing concern for basic education, the caterers can be paid…

In President Donald Trump’s budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2018, he asked Congress to authorize a new round of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC). For the sixth year in a row, Congress denied that authorization. Despite Congress’s intransigence, the need for base closures and realignment is not going away. The Department of Defense (DOD) has approximately 20 percent excess infrastructure,

This Heritage Foundation Backgrounder details the challenges that Congress faces in crafting the budget

The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) says the Ministry of Finance claimed it was no longer indebted to the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) as it had agreed to write off a US$50 million advance owed the corporation. The US$50million was advanced to the Ministry of Finance for the…

Lennar Corporation has sued the federal government to recover legal fees incurred in defending itself in a lawsuit related to Hunters Point development.

Minority Wants Assurances That Proceeds From Road Tolls Will Not Be Used To Construct National Cathedral

Base Realignment and Closure is not about jobs, nor should it be.It is about national security. The Pentagon has too muchinfrastructure, and much of what it has is outdated andunnecessary. A successful BRAC will help the Pentagon to providenational security, which is the most appropriate contribution theDefense Department can make to the U.S. economy.

The budget cuts instituted under the Budget Control Act of 2011 are compelling the Administration and Congress to decrease the Department of Defense’s resources.

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has asked managers of the Minerals Development Fund (MDF) to judiciously utilise resources accruing to the fund for the benefit of mining communities.

In 2011, AB 109, the Public Safety and Realignment Act, was passed to reduce prison overcrowding in California by sending non-violent felons to counties for supervision. Since then the Nevada County Community Corrections Partnership (CCP)…