REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command issued the following news: By Ben Gonzales, Army Contracting Command Public Affairs Army Contracting Command officials awarded their first contract using the new Army Contract Writing System Sept. 14 with plans to introduce the new platform across the enterprise in the new fiscal year. Kristen Carter, a contract specialist, and Timothy Greenwell, a contracting officer, both with the Mission and I  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Sept. 20 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2023: * * * Florida Furniture Store Fired an Assistant Manager for Refusing to Violate Her Sincerely Held Religious Beliefs, Federal Agency Charges * * * Arkansas-based Hank's Furniture, Inc., a retail seller of home furniture with stores in four states, violated federal law by refusing to accommodate the sincerely held religious beliefs of an assistant store manager in  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2023: * * * Most of California, Parts of Alabama and Georgia Affected * * * The Internal Revenue Service today reminded individuals and businesses in most of California and parts of Alabama and Georgia that their 2022 federal income tax returns and tax payments are due on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. The normal due date of April 18 was postponed for many residents o  more