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          By Kimberly Plamer via: yahoofinance   You’ve probably heard the news: Social Security recipients aren’t getting a bump up in their benefits next year. The Social Security Administration recently announced that because inflation has been flat, there will be no cost of living adjustment for seniors. Whether or not you […]

From Michael Blake,  Associate Director in the White House Office of Public Engagement coordinating African-American outreach: Health care is very personal for me. I was born with a heart murmur, my mother is a breast cancer survivor but lost her mom at the age of 3, an aunt who lost her life due to cancer, […]

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From Thomas Edison and Winston Churchill to Bill Clinton and George Costanza, the nap has had many famous champions. And with good reason. Ever since sleep scientist David Dinges helped found the modern science of napping in the early '80s at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, short periods of sleep have been shown to improve alertness, memory, motor skills, decision-making, and mood.

As a model for workforce diversity, the federal government ensures equal opportunity to all Americans regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or disability. Roughly 44 percent of the federal workforce are women, and 33 percent are minorities.