News: Center For American Progress

Federal Contracting Reform and Other Operational Changes Could Save Hundreds of Billions of Dollars: The president’s budget proposes $79.4 billion in federal IT spending for fiscal year 2011, so the sheer amount of federal spending in this area makes it fertile ground for budget savings. The White House rollout of the president's 2011 budget last..

Neera Tanden of the Center for American Progress wrote an article in The New Republic this weekend echoing calls for those of us with doubts about the Senate health care bill to "stop the bluster and get with the program." She's wrong, and here's why.

Speaking at a conference on the future of America's economic competitiveness, green jobs leader Van Jones called for a "robust policy discussion" on equity, inclusion, & fairness in the emerging green economy. In one of his first appearances since returning to the Center for American Progress, senior fellow Van Jones told attendees of the CAP-Apoll

Thanks to Freedom of Information requests, the Chicago Tribune revealed significant collusion among Department of Energy officials and AWEA, as well as other third-party special interest groups such as the Center for American Progress, a think tank that pushes Green and other liberal agendas. ...

RELEASE: Van Jones Rejoins American Progress to Lead Green Opportunity Initiative: February 24, 2010: Contact: Suzi Emmerling: Phone: 202.481.8224: Email: semmerling@americanprogress.org: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today the Center for American Progress announced that Van Jones is rejoining the center as a Senior Fellow and leader of the Green Opportunity In