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The Works Progress Administration (WPA; from 1935 to 1939, then known as the Work Projects Administration from 1939 to 1943) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, [1] including the construction of public buildings and roads.
Poster by Albert M. Bender, produced by the Illinois WPA Art Project Chicago in 1935 for the CCC CCC boys leaving camp in Lassen National Forest for home. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. [1]
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), [note 1] officially the U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization, is a temporary organization under the United States DOGE Service, formerly known as the United States Digital Service.
A federal research agency that tracks the progress of America’s students is being hit with almost $900 million in cuts after Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency found no need for ...
This was the main focus of the essay by Cyril Northcote Parkinson, published in The Economist in 1955, [1] [7] and reprinted with other similar essays in the successful 1958 book Parkinson's Law: The Pursuit of Progress. [8] The book was translated into many languages. It was highly popular in the Soviet Union and its sphere of influence. [9]
Dec. 14—Citizens often wonder if their government is working efficiently and serving their needs. That's especially true of local governments as they are closest to the people and provide the ...
Government. Abortion; Capital punishment; ... and seeking to improve urban living and working conditions. ... Progress was made in tackling slum housing, while city ...
A US government poster from 1940 summarizing the Works Progress Administration's achievements. Public works are a broad category of infrastructure projects, financed and procured by a government body for recreational, employment, and health and safety uses in the greater community.