Snippet of Article: "The information was revealed in a letter from the National Archives to Republican Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson. ...The documents inside have not yet been inspected by officials... boxes were turned over to the National Archives in early November"
Source: www.dailymail.co.ukSnippet of Article: "...Fox News Digital previously reviewed a LinkedIn account for one Tom Jurgens, earlier on Monday which stated he is a staff attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center. That LinkedIn account has now apparently been removed. Fox News Digital also examined The Florida Bar's profile of Jurgens, which shows he graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law in 2019 and currently works for the Southern Poverty Law Center in Decatur, Georgia. "
Source: www.foxnews.comSnippet of Article: "Are employers required to accommodate the religious beliefs and practices of applicants and employees? Yes. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination based on religion. This includes refusing to accommodate an employee's sincerely held religious beliefs or practices unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship (more than a minimal burden on operation of the business). A religious practice may be sincerely held by an individual even if newly adopted, not consistently observed, or different from the commonly followed tenets of the individual's religion."
Source: www.eeoc.govSnippet of Article: "...Walmart said they are closing the stores because they were not meeting financial expectations. “The decision to close these stores was made after a careful review of their overall performance,” a Walmart spokesperson said. “We consider many factors, including current and projected financial performance, location, population, customer needs, and the proximity of other nearby stores when making these difficult decisions. After we decide to move forward, our focus is on our associates and their transition, which is the case here.”..."
Source: www.fox19.comSnippet of Article: "The racial group with the lowest average salary increase is for White federal employees. ...The racial group with the highest average salary increase is for Black federal employees...The percentage of Whites in the federal workforce is also lower over the last three years (-1.92%) while other racial groups are higher. As the underlying philosophy of the Biden executive orders on race..."
Source: www.fedsmith.comSnippet of Article: "Skills Gaps Within OPM’s Own Workforce Could Make It Less Able to Help Others. ...But OPM’s efforts to help agencies close their skills gaps could be endangered by skills gaps within the HR agency’s own workforce. Of the 11 objectives within OPM’s current strategic plan dedicated to addressing governmentwide skills gaps, GAO found that the agency’s existing skills gaps imperil nine of them. And thus far, OPM has not established an action plan to deal with that risk..."
Source: www.govexec.comSnippet of Article: "Want to make money right after graduating from college? It might help to know ahead of time which majors pay and don't pay. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York released an economic research report analyzing 2021 labor market outcomes by breaking them down by college majors. ...Here's a look at the 10 majors with the lowest pay for recent college graduates, as well as the 10 highest, according to the federal report."
Source: yahoo.comArticle Title: White House to Federal Employees: You Have 30 Days to Delete TikTok
Snippet of Article: "The White House announced the TikTok ban from government issued devices yesterday. Employees have 30 days to remove the app.
In a move to cut government employees from accessing TikTok on government-issued devices, the White House told federal agencies yesterday that they have 30 days to remove the app from government-issued devices. The TikTok ban comes as the U.S. government grows weary about security concerns..."
Snippet of Article: "...Democrats remain at an impasse over raising the debt ceiling. "The CBO made it clear that the level of growth necessary to balance the budget without cutting spending is impossible," a GOP aide told Fox News Digital. They said Swagel told the lawmakers, "We cannot grow ourselves out of this."..."
Source: www.foxnews.comSnippet of Article: "While Biden’s approval has remained consistent among Democratic voters, at 77% approval in January and 78% in February, the share of Democratic voters who think Biden should be the 2024 nominee has jumped by 13 points since the January Emerson poll, from 58% to 71%. Less than a third (29%) of Democratic voters think someone else should be the Democratic nominee in 2024. Spencer Kimball, Executive Director of Emerson College Polling, said: “Biden’s support is highest among Democratic voters under 35..."
Source: Emerson College PollingArticle Snip: "The economists added that for the Fed's stated 2% inflation target to be achieved, the unemployment rate would have to climb to 7.4% for one year. That's more than double the currency jobless rate of 3.4%. "A deep recession," the economists said, "would be necessary to achieve the SEP's projected inflation path. ..."
Reference: businessinsider.comArticle Title: House Republicans have reasonable and sensible solutions to debt ceiling crisis. Biden wont negotiate on added pork
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House Republicans have reasonable and sensible solutions to debt ceiling crisis:
Recapture Unobligated COVID Money – There is nearly $100 billion in uncommitted pandemic money that Congress could rescind to reduce the deficit.
Put Americans Back to Work – By reinstating work requirements in welfare programs (like TANF and SNAP) we could save tens of billions and spur economic growth.
Reduce Fraud in the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and SNAP (Food Stamp) Program – Requiring Social Security numbers for the CTC and income verification for SNAP would not only reduce fraud, but it would also save roughly $70 billion.
Limit Obamacare to its Original Purpose – Capping Obamacare subsidies at 400 percent of poverty and below while recovering overpayments could save nearly $65 billion.
Cancel Wasteful EPA Programs from the IRA – The Inflation Reduction Act included $27 billion for the EPA with no specific programmatic purpose, and $60 billion for “environmental justice” programs. That money should be rescinded.
End President Biden’s Student Loan Bailouts – President Biden’s student loan bailout is not only costly and misguided, but recent studies have also shown that it disproportionally benefits the top 10% of income earners. Ending these bailouts would save hundreds of billions of dollars: $25 billion from ending his loan repayment moratorium and $379 billion from prohibiting the debt cancellation all together.
Stop Wasteful and Extreme Climate Spending – Rescind $3 billion for new USPS electric vehicles, $1 billion for “clean” garbage trucks, $3.4 billion for “regional greenways” and “tree planting,” and $5.6 billion for low emissions buses.
Refocus Spending to Programs that Address the Crisis at Our Border, Not Exacerbate It –The recent $1.7 trillion omnibus that Democrats rushed through at the end of the year was ripe with wasteful and misguided spending, including hundreds of millions of dollars towards organizations that facilitate illegal immigration and $10 million for legal assistance for detained migrants.
Address Billions in improper payments – The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently reported that federal agencies made an estimated $281 billion in improper payments during FY21. House Republicans will put a stop to these improper payments.
Stop Woke-Waste – The recent omnibus included millions of dollars in funding for woke policies that American taxpayers shouldn’t be footing the bill for, including $1.2 million for “LGBTQIA+ Pride Centers,” $1 million for a space for “gender-expansive people of color,” $3.6 million for a Michelle Obama Trail in Georgia, and $750,000 for “Transgender and Gender nonconforming and Intersex (TGI) immigrant women in Los Angeles.”
Snippet of Article: "In general, you must be a U.S. citizen or national (residents of American Samoa and Swains Island) to work for the federal government, but there are some exceptions. In rare cases, a federal agency may:
* Hire a non-U.S. citizen into the excepted service or Senior Executive Service, if the annual Appropriations Act, the Immigration Law and the agency’s internal policies allow it.
* Request approval to hire a non-U.S. citizen into the competitive service, if no qualified U.S. citizen is available. "
Snippet of Article: "...Net worth of the Tesla CEO soared $50 billion this year to $187 billion. ..."
Source: www.fortuneindia.comSnippet of Article: "Declines signal tenants may be maxed-out on how much income they can devote to rent...Apartment rents fell in every major metropolitan area in the U.S. over the past six months through January, a trend that is poised to continue as the biggest delivery of new apartments in nearly four decades is slated for this year. Renters with new leases in January paid a median rent that was 3.5% lower than they would have paid last August, according to estimates from listing website Apartment List. It was the first time in five years that rent fell every month over a six-month period, according to the same estimates. ..."
Source: Wall Street JournalSnippet of Article: "Federal environmental authorities have ordered a temporary halt in the shipment of contaminated waste from the site of a fiery train derailment earlier this month in eastern Ohio near the Pennsylvania state line. Region 5 administrator Debra Shore of the Environmental Protection Agency said Saturday the agency ordered Norfolk Southern to "pause" shipments from the site of the Feb. 3 derailment in East Palestine..."
Source: www.cbsnews.comSnippet of Article: "H.R. 866: To amend title 5, United States Code, to achieve parity between the cost-of-living adjustment with respect to an annuity under the Federal Employees Retirement System and an annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System, and for other purposes. ...Call or write congress on H.R. 866"
Source: www.govtrack.us
Snippet of Article: "In a 10-2 decision, the appeals court said OPM regulations around hazardous duty pay only address the handling of “virulent biologicals” in a laboratory setting, not “ambient” exposure to infected individuals. ...“The OPM memo provides that COVID-19 exposure falls within the [hazardous duty pay] ‘virulent biologicals’ category when the employee is ‘exposed to the virus during the performance of assigned duties (e.g., as in the case of a poultry handler or health care worker)’ but not when the employee is incidentally exposed ‘to the public or other employees who are ill,’” Reyna wrote. “Poultry handlers and health care workers are obviously not laboratory employees working directly or indirectly with COVID-19. These employees’ jobs, like the poultry handlers, require them to work closely with or around other people, subjecting the employees to the hazard of COVID-19 exposure while on the job.”"
Source: www.govexec.comSnippet of Article: "You have the right to form, join or assist a union. ...Supervisors and managers cannot spy on you (or make it appear that they are doing so), coercively question you, threaten you or bribe you regarding your union activity or the union activities of your co-workers. You can't be fired, disciplined, demoted, or penalized in any way for engaging in these activities. Working time is for work, so your employer may maintain and enforce non-discriminatory rules limiting solicitation and distribution, except that your employer cannot prohibit you from talking about or soliciting for a union during non-work time, such as before or after work or during break times; or from distributing union literature during non-work time, in non-work areas, such as parking lots or break rooms. Also, restrictions on your efforts to communicate with co-workers cannot be discriminatory. For example, your employer cannot prohibit you from talking about the union during working time if it permits you to talk about other non-work-related matters during working time. ..."
Source:Snippet of Article: "A federal judge in Detroit on Thursday dealt a blow to a U.S. labor agency by drastically narrowing his recent order that had barred Starbucks Corp from retaliating against pro-union workers nationwide to cover only one Michigan store. ..."
Source: www.msn.comSnippet of Article: "Officials described the objects as 'dual-purpose technologies' but have been reported in Canadian media as being used for spying. The Canadian military has discovered Chinese spy buoys in the Arctic which are monitoring US submarines and melting ice sheets. ... "
Source: www.telegraph.co.ukSnippet of Article: "Tim Burrack, a northern Iowa farmer in his 44th growing season, has taken to keeping a wary eye out for unfamiliar vehicles around his 300 acres of genetically modified corn seeds. Along with other farmers in this vast agricultural region, he has upped his vigilance ever since Mo Hailong and six other Chinese nationals were accused by U.S. authorities in 2013 of digging up seeds from Iowa farms and planning to send them back to China...."
Source: yahoo.comSnippet of Article: "...The House Oversight and Accountability Committee has requested Serbian politician and former U.N. General Assembly President Vuk Jeremic hand over documents and testify for the panel’s investigation of the Biden family’s foreign money-making schemes. ..."
Source: www.washingtontimes.com