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

EEOC Sues Bombardier for Disability Discrimination

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TUCSON, Ariz. — Montreal, Canada-headquartered Bombardier, an aircraft manufacturing and maintenance company with job sites across the United States, violated federal law when it screened out a class of job applicants based on an unlawful qualification standard, failed to accommodate their disabilities, and refused to hire job applicants with disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity…

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

Triad National Security to Pay $2.8 Million to Resolve EEOC Religious and Disability Discrimination and Retaliation Charges

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MEMPHIS — Triad National Security, LLC, a laboratory management company based in Los Alamos, New Mexico, agreed to resolve charges of discrimination filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for $2.8 million and other relief, the federal agency announced today.

U.S. Government — GAO — Reports & Decisions

VA Health Care: Action Needed to Improve Fertility Care Communications and Eligibility Determination Process

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What GAO Found Within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is responsible for providing enrolled veterans access to reproductive health care, including fertility care. From fiscal years 2022 through 2025, VHA data show that approximately 8 million veterans used some type of VHA health care. Around 30,000 veterans had an…

U.S. Government — GAO — Reports & Decisions

Small Business Research Programs: Better Data Could Improve Insight into Companies’ Success

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What GAO Found In fiscal year (FY) 2024, the most recent data available at the time of review, 11 federal agencies issued $4.4 billion in Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) awards, split almost equally between open and conventional topics. For open topics, agencies define broad areas of interest, and…

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Data centers proposed on federal land in eastern Oregon, western states

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A new data center campus could soon be coming to federal land near Hermiston in eastern Oregon. It would be the first in Oregon sited on federal public land, and one of at least 12 proposed for more than 17,500 Bureau of Land Management acres across western states under President Donald Trump’s July 2025 executive…