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Warning on the segregation of school students and the risk to business We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement An increasing lack of social mobility and segregation in schooling has been blamed for limiting career opportunities and the creation of “boardroom bubbles”. In his book, The End of Aspiration? Social mobility and our children’s fading prospects, British author Duncan Exley explores the impact of social...

Following the instructions and guidelines that are available for each call for EU funds is a guaranteed way of producing a correctly written and structured proposal. However, when it comes to putting pen to paper, things can sometimes start to look a bit more complicated, and one may ask: “But what exactly should we be writing here?”, or “What’s the level of detail that is expected from us?” DG Reform of the European Commission is offering a set of free courses on European Central Fun...

Hendersonville Times-News An investigation is still in the works to examine the Jan. 13 incident that killed one man and injured four others in a retaining wall collapse at the Hajoca parking lot in Hendersonville. This type of investigation can last anywhere from a few weeks to six months, according to Jennifer Haigwood, director of Communications and Policy Development for the N.C. Department of Labor. On the day of the incident, Henderson County Attorney Russ Burrell confirmed that the count...

Government Executive email Watchdog groups and Democratic lawmakers have raised concerns about Trump officials’ records management.  The National Archives and Records Administration is still completing the transfer of records from the Trump White House amid concerns that officials did not adequately preserve them.  The agency said it received approximately 4,700 cubic feet of textual records (roughly 11.8 million pages) and expects to take in up to 500 terabytes of electronic record...

Govt Under Pressure to Increase Tax by 15% Kenya Revenue Authority signage on a building Twitter The Ministry of Treasury has been pressured to increase tax on cigarettes by 15 percent to raise more revenue for the government. A report by People Daily on Monday, February 1, indicated that International Institute for Legislative Affairs (IILA) group had also asked the government to make the tobacco tax uniform. The Nairobi based organisation argued that the move would bar individuals from opti...

  UPDATED, Feb. 5 2021, 3:55 p.m.: It’s been nearly a year since the start of the pandemic — and for some retailers, that means it’s been nearly a year since they’ve paid rent. Take L’Occitane, the French beauty brand. On March 25, 2020, the company told one of its landlords, Simon Property Group, that it would stop paying rent at its locations for “as long as the crisis continues,” starting in April. It then halted rent payments at 40 of its stores. As a result, L’Occitane owe...

New UW–Madison Policy Library now live January 26, 2021 If you need to find one of UW–Madison’s nearly 900 university-wide policies, your task just got a lot easier. After a two-year effort that engaged stakeholders across campus, the new UW–Madison Policy Library is live at policy.wisc.edu. The online, searchable policy library serves as the single, up-to-date resource for all university-wide polices at UW–Madison. The library features extensive search functionality...

Elizabeth Richter, left, has been named interim head of CMS, replacing Administrator Seema Verma. As President Joe Biden settles into the Oval Office, his new administration has named Elizabeth Richter acting administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, where she will serve on an interim basis until a permanent chief is chosen. Picking a new administrator will require Senate confirmation. The change was reflected on CMS website, which lists Richter as acting administrator. ...

The Colombo Regional Representative Conference of the Federation of National Organizations will be held under the patronage of its Convener Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekara on January 21 at 3.30 pm at the Sambuddhatva Jayanthi Mandiraya, Thummulla, Colombo 07.  The theme of the conference is “Do not submit to Islamic extremism and do not alienate national resources, including […]

AG agrees with Prof. Gunaruwan report By Shamindra Ferdinando Attorney General Dappula de Livera, PC, has informed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact, Project Implementation Agreement, as well as Articles of Association of MCA (Millennium Challenge Act), Sri Lanka, are violative of cerain provisions of the Constitution. The AG has said […]