[ad_1] The early morning traffic jam of commuters slowly making their way across the 14th Street Bridge was a not-so-welcome reminder of what I feel is one of Washington’s busiest weeks of the year. Now begins the four-week sprint to see if Congress can pass a spending measure to keep the government open past Sept. ...

[ad_1] DEAR ABBY: A cousin I hardly know (he’s 20 years older than I am and has lived hundreds of miles away my entire life) was visiting. He offered to drive me to his brother’s house out in the country, about 30 miles from here, for dinner. The last 15 miles were on narrow country ...

[ad_1] Heads of Departments of Budget, Planning, Research, and Statistics (BPRS) across the 21 Local Government Areas of Anambra State were on Wednesday, handed over brand new laptops in continuation of Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s vision to equip the state workforce with digital tools. The presentation was made after the one-day training of the BPRS departmental ...

[ad_1] DEAR ABBY: My daughter is the youngest kid in the neighborhood, and a girl up the street treats her horribly. She calls her a baby, tells her she’s not a person and sends her home when everybody plays at her house. The other kids are friendly with my daughter, and when they come to ...

[ad_1] The Anambra State ICT Agency, in partnership with Wikimedia Nigeria User Group, the Anambra Network, on Tuesday successfully hosted a digital literacy training for members of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) tagged ‘Building Tech-Forward Change makers.’ The workshop, which was held at the Agency’s conference room, at the State Government House, Awka, was designed to ...

[ad_1] Employers these days are moving to skills-based hiring — looking for signs that candidates have specific abilities rather than just checking for a college degree as a default qualification. The embrace of competencies over credentials is driven by ongoing shortages of talent in many sectors, which was underlined just last week, when the U.S. ...

[ad_1] Chico’s FAS Inc. debuted a new loyalty program in June 2022, with hopes of seeing 65% of its customer base join in the first year, senior vice president of marketing Leana Less says. Within nine months, 80% of Chico’s customers were members of the program, she says. Loyalty programs are still fairly uncommon among ...

[ad_1] DAYTON, Ohio—The Air Force is telling defense companies it wants different, faster ways to buy and sustain drones that will accompany fighter pilots into combat.  “I think most people looking in from the outside, they have an expectation that it’s business as usual…it’s not,” Brig. Gen. Dale White, program executive officer for fighters and ...