Month: September 2026

U.S. Civil Service — Independent Agencies — Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

EEOC Sues Design Cuisine and Elior North America for Religious Discrimination

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WASHINGTON — National Food Enterprises, Inc., doing business as Design Cuisine and Elior, Inc., operating as Elior North America, collectively a food services company providing event catering services in the Washington area, violated federal law when they refused to hire a Muslim applicant because she wore a hijab, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)…

U.S. Government — GAO — Reports & Decisions

Medicaid: Improved Oversight Needed of State Eligibility Error Corrective Action Plans

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What GAO Found The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) oversees the accuracy of Medicaid eligibility determinations through the Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) and the Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control (MEQC) programs. CMS estimates improper payments due to eligibility errors through its PERM program, and both the PERM and MEQC programs identify the root…

U.S. Government — GAO — Reports & Decisions

Economic Development Administration: Additional Collaboration with Other Agencies Could Reduce Risks Associated with Overlap

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What GAO Found Federal support for economic development is fragmented. GAO identified 140 federal economic development programs administered by 13 agencies. GAO surveyed these programs, 131 of which reported total obligations of about $60 billion in fiscal year 2024. Further, these programs overlap. To assess overlap, GAO reviewed four selected Economic Development Administration (EDA) programs…