by admin | Oct 17, 2014 | HHS
The development of a vaccine to prevent Ebola virus disease will be accelerated with support from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR). Under a one-year contract with Profectus BioSciences...
by admin | Oct 16, 2014 | DOL
The Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) has announced the launch of http://www.PEATworks.org — a comprehensive Web portal spearheaded by ODEP’s Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology. From educational articles...
by admin | Oct 15, 2014 | DOL, Federal Labor Law, FLSA
Along with the home care worker rule, the Department of Labor (DOL) has confirmed that work on a rule redefining the exemptions from overtime pay for professional, executive, administrative, outside sales and computer employees has been delayed until next year. The...
by admin | Oct 15, 2014 | DOL
The Department of Labor today announced $169,771,960 in grants to expedite the employment of Americans struggling with long-term unemployment. The grants are part of the Ready to Work Partnership initiative to support and scale innovative collaborations between...
by admin | Oct 14, 2014 | Random Musings
Ada Lovelace in 1833 developed what was arguably the world’s first programming language, or algorithm, for mathematician and mechanical engineer Charles Babbage, who was working on two prototype computers called the Difference Engine and the Analytics Engine....