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

El Dorado Furniture Corporation to Pay $1.3 Million to Settle National Origin Discrimination Charge

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MIAMI — El Dorado Furniture Corporation, a Florida furniture company operating 19 retail stores across the state, agreed to pay $1.3 million to a class of white, black and other non-Hispanic job applicants to resolve a federal hiring discrimination investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

U.S. Government — GAO — Reports & Decisions

Medicare Part D: Payments and Contracts Between Pharmacies and Plan Sponsors That Are Vertically Integrated

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What GAO Found The insurance plan sponsors that provide Medicare Part D drug coverage have increasingly become vertically integrated—that is, under common ownership—with pharmacy benefit managers and pharmacies. GAO found that, for four large Part D plan sponsors, the pharmacies they owned accounted for about 24 percent of the Part D drugs they provided to…

U.S. Government — GAO — Reports & Decisions

Concrete Masonry Promotion Program: Commerce Could Enhance Its Oversight Controls

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What GAO Found The Concrete Masonry Checkoff (CMC) program is a federally authorized, industry-funded program that supports research, education, and promotion projects intended to strengthen the concrete masonry industry and expand markets for its products. The term checkoff refers to the way similar programs are funded—that is, through assessments. The CMC Board administers the program,…

Washington

Washington needs this aging state ferry to keep running and running

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When the Washington state ferry Tillikum entered service in 1959, Albert Rosellini was in his first term as governor and Dwight Eisenhower was in his second as president.  The showy tail fins of Chevrolet and Plymouth sedans on its car deck could have made a killer whale jealous. The auto-and-driver fare to cross Puget Sound…