WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: Pittsburgh Center One, LLC, a provider of consumer debt collection services, and Capital Management Services, LP, a related company based in Buffalo, New York, will pay $60,000 to settle a religious accommodation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The EEOC's lawsuit alleged that in October 2016, a Center One employee,  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: By Karl Baarslag, Author, The Coast Guard to the Rescue The Long Blue Line blog series has been publishing Coast Guard history essays for over 15 years. To access hundreds of these service stories, visit the Coast Guard Historian's Office's Long Blue Line online archives, located here: THE LONG BLUE LINE (uscg.mil) (https://www.history.uscg.mil/Research/THE-LONG-BLUE-LINE/) * * * Editor's n  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 26 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on Oct. 23, 2024, during an event at NHTI - Concord's Community College on lowering the cost of prescription drugs: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everyone. Thank you, thank you, thank you. (Applause.) What's your name? AUDIENCE MEMBER: (Inaudible.) THE PRESIDENT: Oh, is that right? AUDIENCE MEMBER: (Inaudible.) THE PRESIDENT: All right. Well, thanks for being here. Have a seat, everyone. AUDIENCE MEMBER  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (TNSrep) -- The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration issued the following audit report (No. 2024-108-069) on Sept. 25, 2024, entitled "Communication Breakdowns, Hiring Volume Surges and Aging System Integration Challenges Delayed Some IRS Hiring Efforts." Here are excerpts: * * * HIGHLIGHTS Why TIGTA Did This Audit The IRS has experienced reduced staffing levels since Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 due to budget decreases. In the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news conference on Oct. 23, 2024, by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby: * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: All right. Good afternoon, everyone. Q: Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I have just one thing at the top, and then I'll hand it over. So, today, as part of the White House Initiative on Women's Health Research, First Lady Jill Biden announced $110 million in awards   more