Government

Supporting Women's Success in STEM As we close out Women’s History Month, we sat down with the Office of the Chief Information Officer’s Mary “Beth” Nettles, who serves as the section chief for Mine Safety and Health Administration…
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What Does the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Mean for Health Benefits? Over three years have passed since the start of the COVID-19 public health emergency in January of 2020. We have come a long way from the time of…
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Celebrating Women’s History Month First celebrated as Women's History Week in 1980, following a Proclamation by then-President Carter, March marks Women’s History Month, a time to celebrate women’s historic contributions to all aspects of…
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Five Important Changes to Your Health Coverage Once the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Ends The COVID-19 public health emergency and national emergency are likely to end on May 11, 2023.This means some of the policies put in place to…
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Expanding Opportunity for Workers – Yes, WIOA Can! Graduation gowns at the Spring 2022 Lake Area Technical College graduation.The federal government is making big investments in infrastructure, clean energy, manufacturing and technology –…
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Yes, WIOA Can!...Unleash the Full Power of the Nation’s Workforce Development System As we continue to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, workers and businesses need different supports from the workforce system, and many workforce…
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A New Collaboration Helped us Improve our Job Quality Measurement and Promote Good Jobs for All Good, family sustaining jobs make our economy and our nation stronger, but our current structure of work is not enough to provide…
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Did We Forget the Lessons of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire? On March 25, 1911, a fire started on the upper floors of the Asch Building in Manhattan, New York – home to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. That fire became one of the…
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Q&A with MSHA Instructor Michele Santos-Cranford During Women’s History Month, we asked Michele Santos-Cranford, an instructor at the National Mine Health and Safety Academy, to tell us about her career and what advice she has for…
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WISER’s Cindy Hounsell - Increasing women’s financial education and retirement security since 1996 In the early 1980s, Cindy Hounsell’s employer froze the benefits in the pension plan it offered to its employees.  That meant that…
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