Topic: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

A Stimulating Green Package

  On Friday the US Congress passed the final version of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, also known as the “stimulus package”, and President Obama is slated to sign it on Tuesday.  If you want you can read ...READ»

Job Fields That Could Benefit from the Stimulus Plan

The U.S. stimulus plan means good news for six broad categories of jobs.READ»

Fox Meadows Well Positioned to Assist ARRA

Fox Meadows EMR software and Practice Management software already is serving thousands of physicians.READ»

Obama's Stimulus Package May Lead to a Medical Records Bonanza

A two-year window spurred by the new Administration's providing economic stimulus funding for purchasing EMR software could lead to a veritable "bonanza" as clinicians rush to take advantage prior to January 1, 2011, when the money kicks in.READ»

The Status of the Stimulus Plan

I was supposed to be a guest on the Today Show earlier this week to speak about job-hunting, specifically the effects on jobs of the stimulus package--the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. But I had to bow out because ...READ»

More on the Stimulus Plan

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has been in effect long enough for news to come out about some of the specifics it contains. I’m especially interested in these specifics because when I put together a book about ...READ»

Companies Embrace Innovation Through Their Buildings

This morning, I attended a private tour of the new Eco Office at Southface Energy Institute in Atlanta, Georgia.   Southface is an organization who works in green building advancement.  Long before the USGBC began gaining ...READ»

Companies Embrace Innovation Through Their Buildings

This morning, I attended a private tour of the new Eco Office at Southface Energy Institute in Atlanta, Georgia.   Southface is an organization who works in green building advancement.  Long before the USGBC began gaining ...READ»

Companies Embrace Innovation Through Their Buildings

 This morning, I attended a private tour of the new Eco Office at Southface Energy Institute in Atlanta, Georgia.   Southface is an organization who works in green building advancement.  Long before the USGBC began ...READ»

Biden Unveils Blueprint for Energy Efficient Homes, but Will It Work?

Vice President Joe Biden and the government's Middle Class Task Force unveiled a report this week that aims to make homes more energy efficient. Dubbed "Recovery Through Retrofit," the report offers suggestions on how to use ...READ»

Watch Out Nike Swoosh, Obama's Got a New Logo!

Forget the Nike Swoosh or the Starbucks Mermaid. Get ready for the ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) circle! Master brander President Obama once again proves he gets the importance that design and imagery play in ...READ»

Welfare-to-Work and the Stimulus

I have been paying more attention to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 than to most legislation, largely because it is the focus of my latest book, Great Jobs in the President’s Stimulus Plan. As the title ...READ»

The Status of the Stimulus Plan (2)

In mid-June, I posted a blog entry about the status of the stimulus plan, which I have been following closely ever since writing a book about it (Great Jobs in the President’s Stimulus Plan). I rushed out this book before the ...READ»

Why Electronic Health Records Are Worth the Hype -- and the Price

The push for electronic medical records has stirred controversy -- but their potential is immeasurable.READ»

• The Doctor of the Future

Health Insurance Quote Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME 8/28/09

This Week in Health Care Reform This week, Sen. Ted Kennedy, longtime champion of universal health coverage, died at age 77. It remains to be seen how his death will affect the debate over health care reform as Democrats continue efforts without his guidance. Sen. Kennedy READ»

Will the U.S. Use Japanese Bullet Trains for High Speed Rail?

Bullet train companies have probably been salivating ever since Obama allocated $8 billion for high speed rail in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. So it comes as no surprise to learn that Central Japan Railway Co. ...READ»

Which Senators Are Fighting Broadband Funding?

As the President's stimulus package approaches $1 trillion, the Senate is looking to cut the fat. In the senators' sights: about $6 billion in funding for expanded broadband access, much of it for wireless access in rural areas, among ...READ»

Fox Meadows Software Packages Certain to be Federally Complian

Fox Meadows plans to continue its proven track record of diagnostic and treatment efficacy while meeting all ARRA standards.READ»

Breaking Down the "Energy" Projects in the Stimulus

Most of the projects in the the President's $900 billion stimulus package are the kind of public works the government has executed for decades: trains, bridges, and so on. But the "Energy" projects that will be eligible for funding ...READ»

How the Stimulus Package will help Small, Green Businesses Help us All

What's small and green and will get the economy moving again?READ»

FAA Hacked; Obama Orders Review of Federal Cyber Security

Hackers breached the network of the Federal Aviation Administration earlier this week and gained access to sensitive records, according to an aviation trade publication. The FAA breach has prompted President Obama to order an ...READ»

Health Insurance Quote Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME

rejection of two amendments, one from Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and one from Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), that would have incorporated a public option in the bill.READ»

Everything You Need to Know About the Stimulus Is Online

If you listen to the news, you'd think that President Obama's $819 billion stimulus package was drawn up in watercolor. What will get funded? Which states will get money? What are the parameters? A new website launched this week ...READ»

Fox Meadows Software Systems to be Funded by Obama's New Stimulus Plan

Excellent "paperless" solutions from Fox Meadows are expected to be a perfect fit for ARRA. READ»

Will Obama's $5 Billion Pledge to NIH Boost Manufacturing and Construction Too?

Yesterday Obama pledged $5 billion toward biomedical research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) over the next two years. Ostensibly, this is in addition to the $10.4 billion that was allocated to NIH when the American ...READ»