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Science & Space — NASA — Centers & Facilities

Lion Nebula Roars to Life With NASA’s Webb

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Observing across the starry “plains” of space, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has taken new images of NGC 2392, nicknamed the Lion Nebula. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope previously viewed this planetary nebula in 2000, imaging the lion face-shaped target in visible light and revealing features such as the “mane” of hazy, comet-shaped objects. Now Webb…

U.S. Civil Service — Independent Agencies — Federal Trade Commission

FTC Stops Sprawling Credit Repair Scheme that Scammed Consumers Out of Nearly $200 Million

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Scheme allegedly deceptively posed as debt collectors and creditors, used false and misleading promises to collect illegal upfront fees and recurring charges At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court has temporarily halted a bogus credit repair scheme run by a sprawling network of 17 related companies and their principals.View Press Release

U.S. Government — GAO — Reports & Decisions

Army Depot Maintenance: Information on Workload, Workforce, and Challenges

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What GAO Found The Anniston and Red River Army Depots, among other things, perform maintenance and repairs on ground vehicles, including vehicles such as tanks, personnel carriers, and self-propelled artillery systems; trucks for hauling fuel and supplies; and light armored vehicles for transporting personnel and cargo. The maintenance and repairs performed at both depots include…

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

Tennessee Healthcare Management to Pay $200,000 in EEOC Race, National Origin and Age Discrimination Lawsuit

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Healthcare Management, Inc. (THM), a provider of administrative, purchasing, technology and human resources services to health care communities, will pay $200,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race, national origin, age discrimination and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) the federal agency announced today.

U.S. Government — GAO — Reports & Decisions

State Department: Standards for Overseas Housing Need Review

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What GAO Found The Department of State last updated its standards for overseas housing space in 1991, according to State officials. Those standards may no longer align with State’s goal of providing Foreign Service personnel living abroad with housing comparable to the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. In the last 35 years, housing in the Washington,…

Washington

$20M in long-term care money for WA immigrants to cover fewer than 200 people

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Washington state lawmakers this year approved spending nearly $20 million to ensure immigrants here could retain long-term care insurance coverage they’re set to lose under federal law.  Legislators and advocates thought that money would put the state on a path to cover nearly 1,200 lawfully present noncitizens. It turns out that it’ll only be enough…