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FTC, States Sue Amazon Over Secret Ad Surcharge Scheme

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FTC and 22 state attorneys general allege Amazon concealed unfair charges in its digital advertising auction pricing Today, 22 states joined the Federal Trade Commission in filing suit against Amazon, alleging that the company engaged in deceptive and unfair practices that secretly inflated prices in its online search advertising auctions.View Press Release

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

EEOC Sues Family Dollar Stores of North Carolina for Pregnancy Discrimination in Alleged Violation of PWFA

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GREENVILLE, N.C. — Family Dollar Stores of North Carolina, LLC, a Matthews, North Carolina-headquartered retailer with a store in Greenville, violated federal law by refusing to provide a reasonable accommodation for an employee’s pregnancy-related limitations and then firing her, according to a lawsuit announced today by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

U.S. Government — GAO — Reports & Decisions

Telecommunications: GSA Should Assess Agencies’ Effectiveness at Preventing Service Disruptions

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What GAO Found The General Services Administration (GSA) is responsible for ensuring that federal agencies have access to telecommunications services. Six agencies GAO selected to review recently completed their transitions from expired, legacy telecommunications contracts to the replacement Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contract. However, their transitions were delayed by more than three years past GSA’s…

U.S. Government — GAO — Reports & Decisions

Broadband Deployment: Agencies Should Take Steps to Better Target Underserved Areas and Consider Sustainability

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What GAO Found Since 2020, four federal agencies administered the bulk of federal funding for broadband deployment through the nine programs GAO reviewed. These were the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), and Departments of Agriculture and the Treasury. For example, NTIA oversees the over $42-billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment…