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Federal Tipoffs Involving Connecticut Newsletter for Sunday February 16, 2020 ( 5 items )  

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Sues Yale New Haven Hospital for Age and Disability Discrimination
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 13 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * - Hospital Unlawfully Subjected Only Physicians Over 70 to Neuropsychological and Eye Exams, Federal Agency Charges * * * Yale New Haven Hospital, the teaching hospital of the Yale School of Medicine, violated federal law by adopting and implementing a discriminatory "Late Career Practitioner Policy," the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a laws  more

Fed Vice Chair Quarles Issues Speech at Yale Law School
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 12 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following speech on Feb. 11 by Vice Chair for Supervision Randal K. Quarles at the Yale Law School entitled "Spontaneity and Order: Transparency, Accountability and Fairness in Bank Supervision": It's a great pleasure to be with you today at Yale Law School to deliver this Dean's Lecture. I first arrived here at the Yale Law School on a sunny September afternoon almost 40 years ago, and I have a very clear memory of the first ti  more

NASS - New England Field Office: New England Vegetable Report, 2019 Crop
CONCORD, New Hampshire, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - New England Field Office issued the following news release: We are pleased to present the New England Vegetable and Strawberry Report for crops produced in 2019. USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Northeast Regional Field Office collects, analyzes, and estimates fruit and vegetable prices and yields at the request of USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA). Funding was   more

President's Fiscal Year 2021 Budget for Corps in New England to Continue Flood Risk Operations, Fund Boston Harbor Deepening Dredging
CONCORD, Massachusetts, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release: With the release of the President's Budget for fiscal year 2021 (FY21) for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works program on Feb. 10, 2020, the Corps' New England District anticipates continued operations and funding in fiscal year 2021 that starts on Oct. 1, 2020. In Connecticut, the FY21 budget proposes continuing funding for the operation and maintenance of the 8 Corps-managed flood   more

Set of 2020 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Coins on Sale Starting Feb. 20
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's U.S. Mint issued the following news release: The 2020 United States Mint (Mint) America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set(TM) (product code 20AQ) will be available for purchase starting on February 20 at noon EST. The set features all five 2020 America the Beautiful Quarters minted in 99.9 percent silver at the San Francisco Mint. Their reverse (tails) designs honor the National Park of American Samoa (American Samoa), Weir Far  more