A report released Tuesday from Job Corps’ Office of Inspector General outlines a series of serious problems in the program with implementation of covid-19 protocols, inadequate supplies for students, compliance with virus-related requirements and gener…
Author: Joe Davidson
Racism costs Americans trillions. Biden and the Fed say they’re working to change that.
Racial and economic disparities in the labor market have cost all Americans trillions in lost economic opportunities, a new study has found.
The Federal Reserve is overwhelmingly White. Biden is being pushed to appoint Black members to its board.
The lack of African Americans in crucial positions in the Federal Reserve has prompted a coalition of organizations to push President Biden to appoint Black members to its now all-White board — which will soon have four of its seven seats open — includ…
NIH innovators who helped develop coronavirus vaccines get top prizes at the Sammies awards for federal workers
Barney Graham and Kizzmekia Corbett, who helped develop the “basic structure” of the coronavirus vaccines with their work at the National Institutes of Health, will be honored with that title during the annual Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals…
Biden pushes for racial equity in federal health programs. But fragmented plans, poor data hinder efforts.
Beyond blunt truths about Columbus Day, Biden presses for real progress for Indigenous people
The Biden Administration, the first to recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day, is also pushing a number of programs to improve infrastructure and representation for Native Americans.
Secret Service work is a grind, generating a ‘concerning level of risk,’ new report says
Secret Service agents have faced increasing burdens at the same time the agency dealt with budget cuts, a new report from the National Academy of Public Administration found.
As another shutdown looms, a bipartisan bill would force legislators stay in D.C. to pass a budget
A bill sponsored by Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) would force legislators to stay in D.C. to pass budgets in order to avoid government shutdowns.
Biden’s SBA nominee would be the country’s highest-ranking Muslim. The GOP won’t let him get a vote.
Republicans have accused Dilawar Syed, President Biden’s nominee as deputy administrator of the Small Business Administration, of being anti-Semitic, but Jewish groups have countered that the claims are anti-Musliim.
U.S. agencies spent years testing pandemic responses. But many didn’t learn lessons for coronavirus, GAO finds.
Although U.S. agencies conducted numerous tests to prepare for a pandemic, many failed to learn lessons from those exercises, the Government Accountability Office found in a new report.