And GOP critics claim the administration program is too much, too late, and contains many controversial proposals.
Columbia Business School posted a 19% drop in applications to its flagship two-year master of business administration program this year, after four years of rapid growth.
Race to the Top is an Obama administration program that is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to reward states for aggressively reforming their education systems.
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Yes, more than a few Democrats will claim that the Veterans Administration health program is the liberal Shangri-la: an integrated single-payer system in which government pays VA doctors directly and owns and runs VA hospitals.
When pressed, Jarrett and Blank both pointed to initiatives by the Obama administration the program supported by PowerWomen and Xerox CEO Ursula Burns to encourage girls to pursue educations in STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) careers as signs of commitment to improving educational and employment for women.
White House officials said Wednesday that the administration has no intention of cutting off funding for the program, and that the options outlined in the document were simply meant to frame a discussion within the administration over the program's future.
Solyndra, on the other hand, was the first company funded by this Administration under this program.
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It was a memo that represented the discussion internally within the administration about this program.
In addition, Carney said, Republican governors in Nevada and Utah already are seeking waivers under the administration's program.
The administration says the program has reduced juvenile crime and improved academic achievement.
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The administration insists the program was authorized when Congress approved military action against al Qaeda after the terrorist network's 2001 attacks on New York and Washington.
The Social Security Administration has a program called Direct Express, a debit card that can be used for purchases and cash withdrawals without a bank account.
Despite the gaps, the administration says the program is helping.
Head coach Sean Payton did not directly participate, nor was he involved in the administration of the program, however, he knew about the allegations and failed to stop it, the NFL said.
And the previous administration started a program -- the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP -- to provide these financial institutions with funds to survive the turmoil that they had helped unleash.
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All six of the companies, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America, Washington Mutual and Countrywide, are already participating in an earlier, administration-led program to freeze rates for some borrowers on adjustable-rate plans.
All six of the companies, Wells Fargo (nyse: WFC - news - people ), JPMorgan Chase (nyse: JPM - news - people ), Citigroup (nyse: C - news - people ), Bank of America (nyse: BAC - news - people ), Washington Mutual (nyse: WM - news - people ) and Countrywide, are already participating in an earlier, administration-led program to freeze rates for some borrowers on adjustable-rate plans.
That led the administration to create a permanent jobs program, the Works Progress Administration.
"We should not allow our disappointment at the Bush administration's poor handling of the TARP program to prevent the Obama administration from using the funds in more appropriate ways, " he said in a statement.
Obama called for a program of loans for small businesses made through either the federal Small Business Administration's Disaster Loan Program or by private lenders.
Babbitt said the Transportation Security Administration has approved the program, and that he expects it to begin in the coming weeks.
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The Bush administration argues the NSA program is exempt from that requirement.
He urged the administration to submit its program to the federal court that oversees wiretap requests "lock, stock and barrel" for its review.
They are taking to task the Obama administration's stimulus program and health care initiative, and say Congress is not giving constituents enough information about where their tax money is spent.
The administration is also readying a second phase of the financial bailout program launched by the Bush administration last fall.
Characteristically, the Administration had urged such a program but did not provide the funding.
The Clinton Administration transformed the missile defense program it inherited from Reagan and successor George H.
As a result, more than a year ago, the Obama Administration refused to implement the program.
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If the Obama administration decided to scale that program back dramatically, for instance, it would affect Raytheon.
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The Social Security Administration has set up a program to let some applicants jump to the front of the line.
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