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Serco to Support Transitioning Military Vets Under Potential $95M Labor Dept Contract; Dave Dacquino Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 10, 2019 — Serco’s North American division received a potential five-year, $95M to support a Department of Labor program that provides counseling and career training services to military personnel transitioning to civilian life, GovCon Wire reported Dec. 3.
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Labor Dept Honors SPA With HIRE Vets Gold Award Medallion; William Vantine Quoted
Systems Planning and Analysis has received the 2019 HIRE Vets Medallion – Gold Award from the Department of Labor for the second time in honor of the company’s commitment to employ and retain veterans.
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Acuity to Help Build Labor Dept’s Cloud-Based Worker Compensation Mgmt Platform
Acuity Systems has received a contract of an undisclosed value to develop a cloud-based technology platform for the Department of Labor to manage disability compensation programs for federal employees and their dependents.
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Labor Department Looks to Tap Industry to Replace Financial Management System
The Department of Labor is seeking industry feedback on a proposed project to replace the agency’s financial management system. DOL said it seeks information from industry to help determine potential vendors, the new system’s technical characteristics and functionality as well as project cost, according to a request for information FedBizOpps posted Thursday. The current FMS […] More
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Labor Dept.,Turner Construction Partner for Workplace Safety Initiative
The Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has partnered with Turner Construction to promote workplace safety measures during construction of the U.S. Naval Academy’s Center for Cyber Security Studies in Annapolis, Md. DOL said Monday the partnership seeks to implement safety training and monitoring programs to help workers avoid injuries, illnesses and exposures to hazard in high-risk […] More
Department of Labor Seeks IT and Financial Management Services
The Department of Labor has posted a sources sought notice seeking information technology professional and financial services in support of the DoL Wage and Hour Division. IT professional services will include Agile framework development, big data analytics, IT modernization, mobility, security, operation and maintenance; while financial services will cover management, DoL said in FedBizOpps notice posted […] More
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Job Growth Jumps 222,000 in June
The U.S. economy added 222,000 jobs in June, and the unemployment rate held at 4.4 percent, according to a government report Friday. Job growth has averaged approximately 180,000 per month in 2017, slightly above the 187,000 mark in 2016.Wages remained stagnant, rising only a sluggish 0.2 percent. Hourly earnings on an annualized basis grew 2.5 […] More
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28 Year Low: Fewest Workers Receive Unemployment Since 1988
Fewer workers received unemployment benefits at the end of April than at any other time in the last 28 years, the Department of Labor reported Thursday, and when the last four weeks are taken into account, total unemployment benefit claims are at their lowest rate since 1974. . There were only 236,000 new jobless claims, better than […] More
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Report: Contractors Add Jobs as Capital-Area Hiring Grows in April
Employment data from the Labor Department suggests the economy in the Washington area is regaining growth traction after a slowdown due in part to a harsh winter, the Washington Post reported Friday. Sarah Halzack writes that DOL statistics released Friday show that D.C., Maryland and Virginia created a total of 13,000 jobs during April. The […] More