Will Independent Contractors Be Reclassified Out of Existence?

By James Plummer

10/17/2012

The proposed Labor Department budget for fiscal year 2013 includes money for 35 new investigators to dig through business records and go after employers and employees who contract independently.

TAGS: Department of Labor, independent contractors, IRS, Obama Administration, unions

Louisiana Energy Leader Describes Obama Administration as Hostile

By Kevin Mooney

04/26/2011

If the Obama Administration actually favored increased production in the Gulf of Mexico, it would be happening Don Briggs, president of the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association (LOGA) told audience members at luncheon held in New Orleans. "Louisiana is the Aorta of America," he said in his talk. But a change in Administration is needed.

TAGS: British Petroleum, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Don Briggs, Gulf of Mexico, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Louisiana Oil and Gas Association (LOGA), Michael Bromwich, Obama Administration, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE)

Vitter Challenges Obama Administration on the Number of Oil Drilling Permits

By Kevin Mooney

03/17/2011

Sen. David Vitter has called out top Obama Administration officials for misleading the public and members of Congress on the actual number of offshore oil drilling permits. A recent motion from the Department of Justice includes numbers that tell a much different story than what has been communicated in congressional testimony.

TAGS: David Vitter, Department of Justice, Interior Department, Ken Salazar, Michael Bromwich, Obama Administration, oil drilling, Permits

Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government

In their report “Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government,” Ted Bolema, Ph.D., J.D., Antitrust and Competition Fellow at the Innovators Network Foundation, and Vance Ginn, Ph.D., Chief Economist at the Pelican Institute, write that while the current frustrations with the size of large tech companies and censorship practices may be warranted, giving...

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