Building permits are approvals for construction of new and existing privately owned homes. The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) release a monthly ...

U.S. Department of Energy Headquarters, the Forrestal Building, in Washington, D.C. (Payton Chung/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED) The new definition was shepherded by DOE secretary Jennifer M. Granholm and ...