WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the following news release: On September 19, 2022, CDC announced the recipients of 13 funding awards to establish a first-of-its-kind national network, the Outbreak Analytics and Disease Modeling Network (OADMN). The awards, totaling $262.5 million in funding over a five-year period, will support state and local decision-makers in developing and implementing new tools to d  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2023: * * * American Rescue Plan Act funds continued efforts to modernize IT infrastructure * * * The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of more than $204 million in grants to support strengthening and modernizing unemployment insurance systems in 18 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Funded by the American Rescue Plan Act, the grants wil  more

DENVER, Colorado, Sept. 23 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2023: * * * Appliance Store Refused to Provide Reasonable Accommodation to Sales Associate with Long COVID, Federal Agency Charges * * * A&A Appliance, Inc., doing business as Appliance Factory, a corporation operating appliance stores in four states, violated federal law when it refused to provide an accommodation to an employee with long COVID at its Thornton, Colorado l  more

DENVER, Colorado, Sept. 23 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2023: * * * Landry's Seafood House Discriminated and Retaliated Against Iranian Employee, Federal Agency Charges * * * National restaurant chain Landry's Seafood House violated federal law when it subjected an Iranian employee to a hostile work environment based on her national origin and retaliated against her when she made discrimination complaints at its Englewood, Colo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The General Services Administration issued the following news on Sept. 22, 2023: Today is the start of National Drive Electric Week, a campaign raising awareness about the benefits of battery-electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. At GSA, we're proud to once again celebrate this week as we continue to help our federal agency partners plan, acquire, and deploy electric vehicles in the federal fleet. Our work responds to a 2021 Executive Order that calls for 100%  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: "These robot dogs not only have the potential to save Airmen's lives, but they also serve as a reminder of how valuable your voice is, regardless of rank." Master Sgt. Dominic Garcia, the emergency management flight chief from the 2nd Civil Engineer Squadron, devised the concept of robot dogs and while he advanced his idea into building and testing the robots he learned some valuable lesso  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced today that the Alpine School District in Utah has entered into a resolution agreement to ensure the district's compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 when responding to notice of sexual harassment of its students by other students and employees. OCR determined that the district discriminated against stud  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Postal Service issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2023: The U.S. Postal Service today celebrated the imminent arrival of samples of the asteroid Bennu from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission by releasing a stamp in a dedication ceremony at the Clark Planetarium. While dedicating the stamp, Robert Raines, the Postal Service's business solutions vice president, said, "I think we would all agree that this mission exemplifies the best of American innov  more