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The Corporation for National and Community Service, headquartered in Washington, D.C., is an independent federal agency. The Corporation has a Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The mission of the Corporation for National and Community Service is to improve lives, strengthen communities, and foster civic engagement through service and volunteering.
Susan Kinzie of the Washington Post picks up a small piece of good news amidst the crushing recession:
More Americans volunteered last year despite the worsening economy, according to a reported released Tuesday by the Corporation for National and Community Service. Almost a million more ...I haven't blogged yet about Barack Obama firing Gerald Walpin, the Geroge W. Bush-appointed inspector general at the Corporation for National and Community Service, even though the story involves Kevin Johnson, the current mayor of Sacramento and one of my favorite childhood basketball players. But ...
David Herzenhorn of the New York Times reports that the Senate yesterday greatly expanded national community service programs like AmeriCorps. The bill sounds fine. But why did the Senate spend their entire three-day work week on an uncontroversial provision to expand federal volunteer programs?
Last week, Washington ...
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