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Employer to pay $570K in back wages to 994 Asian, Black, multi-racial, white applicants DALLAS – The Nielsen Company US LLC, a global marketing research, data analytics and opinion-research company, will pay $570,000 in back wages and interest to resolve allegations of systemic race-based hiring discrimination in Dallas and San Antonio identified by the U.S. […]
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $960,000 grant to The Enterprise Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to establish the Infrastructure Innovations and Business Opportunities Center in Newark, New Jersey. This grant will connect socially and economically disadvantaged contractors and businesses to large-scale infrastructure projects in the region. […]
The Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Resilience, through its Manufacturing Capability Expansion and Investment Prioritization (MCEIP) office, entered an agreement with Talon Nickel (USA), LLC (Talon) to increase the domestic production of nickel. The $20.6 million agreement, entered into under Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III authorities and using […]
WILMINGTON, DE – The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into a conciliation agreement with Navient Corp. to resolve alleged hiring discrimination at three of its facilities in Indiana, Pennsylvania and Texas. Headquartered in Wilmington, Navient services student loans for the U.S. Department of Education. The company’s current student loan contract ends December 2023. A compliance […]
Assessing whether the right material is pre-positioned appropriately and near-optimal distribution nodes is at the heart of the Defense Logistics Agency’s efforts to posture itself for future operational challenges, DLA Vice Director Brad Bunn said Aug. 29 at the National Defense Industrial Association’s Emerging Technologies for Defense Conference in Washington, D.C. Future military operations […]
The increased appetite among allies and partners to participate in multinational exercises throughout the Indo-Pacific is a key indicator that the United States’ strategy in the region is paying off, said Gen. Charles A. Flynn, commander of U.S. Army Pacific. Flynn noted yesterday there’s been a significant increase in the desire of regional allies to […]
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced today that the president has made the following nominations: Air Force Lt. Gen. James C. Slife for appointment to the grade of general, with assignment as vice chief of staff, U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. Slife is currently serving as deputy chief of staff, Operations, Headquarters […]
ARMY Leidos Inc., Reston, Virginia, was awarded a $7,900,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for hardware systems, system management solutions, components, customizable sustainment strategies, non-personal services and continuous technology upgrades. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 30, 2033. […]
Authorities in Ohio say they will release body camera footage of a fatal police shooting of a pregnant Black woman By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America September 1, 2023, 1:08 AM ET • 3 min read COLUMBUS, Ohio — Body camera footage showing the final moments of a pregnant Black woman who was shot […]
Pittsburgh, PA – Today, Secretary of Education Dr. Khalid N. Mumin visited Pittsburgh Lincoln PreK-5 to read a book to 1st grade students as part of the school district’s Black Men Read initiative. “Reading opens up a whole world of possibilities. It allows us to learn new things and to envision ourselves as the characters and heroes of […]