Author: Ethan Johnson

America's public sector labor market is experiencing rapid change due to ongoing societal shifts and evolving skill requirements, but shifting workforce dynamics have been in the works for a long time. According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, today's American workforce is older, more diverse, and better educated. And while the job market is expanding, employers are struggling to hire and retain skilled talent across all industries, including government.This comes at a time when federal agencies are seeking to build a more diverse workforce to serve constituents equitably, reach diverse demographics, and address real and implicit bias. As the government…

Spelman College/Twitter Kenyan President Dr. William Samoei Ruto visited Spelman College in Atlanta last week to strengthen partnerships between HBCUs and Kenyan scholars. During his visit to Spelman College last week, Ruto signed an agreement with the United States to establish exchanges between Kenyan universities and HBCUs. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that representatives from Spelman College, Morehouse College, Clark Atlanta University and Howard University signed the framework agreement along with higher education and corporate leaders from both countries. Additionally, according to a press release issued by the White House, Microsoft, the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, and the four schools…

The ad was targeted to “born U.S. citizens only.” [White]' and was installed in March 2023.May 28, 2024 5:19 AM• 7 min readOfficials said companies that ran discriminatory job ads seeking only white candidates were fined by the federal government and reached separate agreements with the U.S. Departments of Justice and Labor as punishment.Arthur Grand Technologies, a Virginia-based information technology services company, posted a discriminatory job ad in March 2023 that restricted application eligibility to “U.S.-born citizens only.” [white] Anyone living within 60 miles of Dallas, Texas [Don’t share with candidates]”,” he said, according to a statement released by the…

Mill Creek residents who support a referendum for a government study committee in November have no interest in considering home rule government for the town.Residents say Pennsylvania cities and counties governed by locally written home-rule charters may not have the tax caps currently included in the second-class township law that regulates Mill Creek and most of the state's more than 1,500 townships.”Home rule would eliminate many of the limitations on tax increases contained in the second class township law on property taxes and wage taxes, and we could be subject to other new taxes,” Art Origelli said.Origelli said a government…

HARRISBURG — A Pennsylvania House committee is advancing a bill that would require the state to collect municipal storm water fees, a move the state has so far refused to make, costing local governments millions of dollars.City officials say that because spill and pollution mitigation are a shared responsibility, all landowners should be taxed, even those who are exempt from the tax, and a bill passed by the Local Government Committee on Wednesday would mandate just that.Rep. Justin Fleming, D-Dauphin, a co-sponsor of the proposal, told lawmakers before the vote that federal and state regulations are necessary to improve and…

The UK could see its wettest summer on record, with the Met Office warning that six weeks' worth of rain could fall in just three months.Forecasters have reportedly told the Government and the Transport Secretary that wet weather is likely to continue into June, through to August.According to The Sun, at this time last year there were 40 days with at least 2.5mm of rain, and this summer could see at least 50 days of rain.If it rains on more than 55 days, it could become the wettest summer since 1912.Major events such as the French flag-raising, Royal Ascot, Wimbledon,…

AP Photo In this Sept. 9 file photo, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Government employees showing up to work shouldn't be headline news, but lately it has been. Department of Labor bureaucrats gathered at their workplace earlier this year to protest the “right to work remotely,” and if that wasn't enough, the rally took place outside a federal building named for President John F. Kennedy, the president who inspired the nation with his call to public service: “Ask not what your country can do for you, but…

Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday ordered government officials to halt development of new apps. Indonesia's central and local governments run a combined total of 27,000 apps, many of which overlap or are not integrated, according to the president. New platforms are often developed every time a new minister, governor or official takes office. One ministry has been accused of running more than 500 different apps. Application sprawl not only creates confusion and bureaucracy, but is also costly: this year alone, the government has requested a budget of 6.2 trillion rupiah ($386.3 million) for the development of new applications. “Bureaucracy…

Argentine President Javier Milley accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Nicolas Posse on Monday night, in the first cabinet reshuffle in his five months in power, amid tensions over major economic reforms proposed by the government.Posse will be replaced by current Interior Minister Guillermo Francos, according to a government statement.The cabinet reshuffle comes at an especially delicate time for Milley, a far-right libertarian economist, as his signature reform bill faces new obstacles in parliament and market rallies for government bonds and the local currency appear to be stalling.The statement added that the outgoing Prime Minister's next role within government will…

DHAKA (ILO News) – A recent time-use survey by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, supported by UN Women, reveals that women in Bangladesh perform more than seven times as much unpaid care and domestic work as men – work that is largely invisible, undervalued and linked to traditional domestic roles that are deeply rooted in cultural norms and considered low-skilled.”Caregiving is an essential part of who we are and it is important that we first recognize the need for caregiving and then identify measures to redistribute caregiving to reduce the caregiving burden on women,” said MP Simeen Hussein Rimi, Minister…