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January 1 - Senate Vote 192: Restructuring of FEMA

January 1 - States and Localities: Matters of State

January 29 - Feds Look to Keep Ex-Cons Off Govt. Payroll

February 5 - Cities Hit the Hill With New, Stronger Position

February 19 - Administration Agencies Told to Ignore Funding for Earmarks Not Specified in Law

February 26 - States & Localities: Public Works, Private Hands

March 5 - Bill Would Give a Break to Four Hurricane States

March 12 - Four Measures Aim at Improving Public Access to Information

March 12 - Partisan Battle Ensues Over Housing for Hurricane Victims

March 12 - Postal Service Finds a Way to Make Time Fly

March 19 - Democrats, Citing Abuse, Take Aim at No-Bid Contracts

March 19 - House-Passed Whistleblower Bill Gives Added Protections

March 19 - Veto Threat Looms Over Disclosure Bill

March 26 - GOP Move Stalls D.C. Voting Rights Bill

March 26 - Hurricane Housing Debate Gets Tense

April 2 - D.C. Tuition Grant Extension Approved by Panel

April 23 - SBA Disaster Loan Program Would Change Under House Bill

April 23 - States & Localities: Low-Flow Revenue Stream

April 30 - Bill Gives States Power to Block Imports of Trash

May 7 - Five Questions for Michael DeLong, Retired Marine Corps Lieutenant General

May 14 - Bill Seeks Higher Percentage of Contracts to Small Businesses

May 14 - House Bill Requires Contractors To Have Payment Plan for Taxes

May 14 - Standing Alone, Farm Relief Passes Easily

May 21 - Five Questions for Lloyd Chapman, President of the American Small Business League

June 11 - Panel Approves Financial Services Bill That Would Lift D.C. Restrictions

June 18 - States & Localities: Governor: Heal Thy State

June 25 - Legislation To Reauthorize OPIC Advances

June 25 - Measures to Give D.C. More Autonomy Get Panel Approval

July 16 - Political Economy: Involuntary Reaction

July 23 - States and Localities: Trickle-Up Policy

July 30 - Searching for Security Skills

July 30 - Security Sector's Growth Spurt

August 6 - House Grapples With Steroid Use in Pro Wrestling

August 6 - Investigative Drama: Special Counsel's Crusade

September 3 - States & Localities: Strapped for Cash

September 17 - Democrats Mull Stopgap Spending Bills as Fiscal New Year Approaches

September 24 - Congress's Fresh Inspection of Inspector Generals

October 1 - States & Localities: Rehabilitation Project

October 8 - Political Economy: Risky Business

October 15 - Federal Unions Get Some Clout from Congress

October 15 - Media: Reclaiming FOIA's Value

October 29 - House Initiative Could Lead to Vote on Puerto Rico's Territorial Status

October 29 - House OKs Recognition of Native Hawaiians

October 29 - States & Localities: It Does Take a Village

November 5 - Futurist: A Vote for Better Design

November 5 - Rewrite of SBA Process for Contracts Aims to Benefit Veterans, Women

November 12 - Intelligence: Too Much Hired Help?

November 19 - Behind the Touch Screen, A Source of Uncertainty

November 19 - Biography for Andrew Romanoff - Speaker of the Colorado House

November 19 - Biography for Greg Nickels - Mayor of Seattle

November 19 - Biography for R. Ted Cruz - Solicitor General of Texas

November 19 - Biography for Sarah Steelman - Treasurer of Missouri

November 19 - Biography for Trish Riley - Director, Maine Office of Health Policy & Finance

November 19 - Local Officials Bypassing the Beltway

November 26 - Five Questions for Michael Nutter, Mayor-Elect of Philadelphia

December 17 - Democrats Find That the Game's the Thing

December 17 - Philanthropic Flap Over Postal Rates