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Federal Tipoffs Involving Alabama Newsletter for Saturday May 20, 2023 ( 2 items )  

BLS: Unemployment Rate at 1.6 Percent in Three Metro Areas in March 2023
WASHINGTON, May 20 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: In March 2023, Decatur, Alabama; Huntsville, Alabama; and Rapid City, South Dakota, had the lowest unemployment rates, 1.6 percent each. The next lowest rates were in Madison, Wisconsin; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1.7 percent each. El Centro, California, had the highest unemployment rate, 15.6 percent, followed by Visalia-Porterville, California (11.3   more

Incoming Commanders Learn Ins & Outs of Organic Industrial Base
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama, May 20 -- The U.S. Army Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command issued the following news: New leaders from across the Army's Organic Industrial Base took a week to better understand their unique role and responsibilities as an incoming OIB commander. The Army's OIB - consisting of 23 arsenals, depots and ammunition plants that manufacture, reset and maintain Army equipment - provide critical materiel and sustainment support to warfighters across the joint   more