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WASHINGTON - The Obama administration last year continued its seven-year-old commitment to bringing veterans into the federal government, with former service members making up 44 percent of all full-time hires.
WASHINGTON - Since the scandal over the coverup of long patient wait times broke two years ago, Department of Veterans Affairs officials have touted a reorganization dubbed "MyVA" as the road to excellence.
The Daily Item is searching for the 50 most iconic things in the Greater Susquehanna Valley. Take this poll to help us narrow down the list. If you have any recommendations for people, places, and objects you think should be featured in a future poll, please email aagerton@dailyitem.com with…
The Daily Item is searching for the 50 most iconic landmarks in the Greater Susquehanna Valley. Take this poll to help us narrow down the list. If you have any recommendations for places you think should be featured in a future poll, please email aagerton@dailyitem.com with the subject: "50 …
On Feb. 3, 1943, four Army chaplains – Lt. George Fox, Lt. Alexander Goode, Lt. John Washington and Lt. Clark Poling – selflessly helped panicked service members aboard the U.S.A.T. Dorchester as the torpedoed transport ship sank into the icy waters of the north Atlantic Ocean.
The American Legion, a group representing 2.4 million U.S. military veterans, has called on Congress to remove marijuana from Schedule 1 of the federal Controlled Substances Act and "reclassify it in a category that, at a minimum will recognize cannabis as a drug with potential medical value."
With the discovery of the closest exoplanet that scientists believe could support life last week, it seems like the opportunity to meet Mr. Spock is closer than ever.
Listen in as Daily Item Sports Reporters Chris Nagy and Todd Hummel break down every local high school football game scheduled for Friday night. To play, click the arrow on the above file. To download the audio file to your computer or portable device, right click on the audio file above, th…
Daily Item Sports Reporters Todd Hummel and Chris Nagy break down every game scheduled for this weekend.
Bucknell professor Michele Thornley said people can enjoy watching "the river of stuff" falling down to Earth during the Perseid meteor shower.
While the Olympics maybe all the way down in Rio, you can still keep up with Team USA through the Daily Item's Olympics website. Click here to check out to see schedules, national medal counts, trivia quizzes, and much more.
Today is National Book Lovers Day and to celebrate the Daily Item staff is sharing some of their favorite literary classics with their readers.
Looking back, I should have known I would end up rescuing two kittens off of the side of a back road at midnight on a hot July night and giving them a home. Anyone who knows me knows if I see a cat or a dog out on a walk or in a store, I have to say hello, give them lots of love, and take a …
As Curt Ehlinger ran across the finish line in Cameron Park, Sunbury this morning, he felt a sense of pride knowing his run has helped raise funds for MS research by participating in the MS Run the US relay, which raises money and awareness to fight multiple sclerosis.
Lee and Cathy Mayne of Burlington Flats, New York have never met Khizr and Ghazala Khan, but the parents have something significant in common: Their sons, Cpl. Michael Mayne and Capt. Humayun Khan, both soldiers in the United States Army, were killed in action in Iraq.
When Republican nominee Donald Trump said his daughter, Ivanka, would "find another career or find another company if" she was being sexually harassed in her workplace on Monday, Lewisburg crisis center, Transitions' Programs Director Heather Over said he was "perpetuating the continual vict…
Dr. Christina Francis, an associate professor of English and director of the Gender Studies Minor at Bloomsburg University, remembered watching the "Wonder Woman" television show with her father when she was a teenager.
Each spring women are bombarded with advertisements telling them to get their bodies ready for bikini season. However, a recent Dove Global Beauty and Confidence Report found the media's hyperfocus on women having the perfect body harms women's self-esteem.
Every week, house film critic Justin Engle reviews the latest offerings in theaters and on Netflix.
Local astronomers believe the Juno mission — where NASA was able to put Juno into Jupiter's orbit this week — will offer an opportunity for kids to get excited about outer space exploration.
These five local farmers' markets don't just offer people a chance to buy locally grown produce and unique ingredients for their 4th of July barbecue, but also present opportunities for people to mix and mingle over minced onions:
Pennsylvania has the fourth largest veteran's population, of 939,069.
For people on the "look-up" for a summer activity, Bucknell physics & astronomy professor Ned Ladd recommends people try stargazing.
Throughout the job market’s slow recovery from the recession, nursing and other patient care jobs continued to be a bright spot in hiring. That was, of course, no help for people who had zero interest in hands-on health care.
Q: I recently was told that my job was going to be eliminated after nearly 20 years. While I found a new position and am moving on, the whole process was very impersonal and felt unfair. What would have been fair to expect, and what can I do?
Look out, non-millennials. The new generation has us surrounded.
As a television news anchor, Cynthia Demos’ schedule made her home life a challenge.
Q: In the family business where I work, the owner and his son have very different perspectives.
Employee engagement surveys are great, but they’re rarely done often enough.
Q: People always ask me why I’m so negative.
Q: I believe that I’m not being hired because of my last employment record.
Lockton Companies executive vice president Mark Henderson has a long-standing habit of going to lunch each week with two randomly selected employees to talk about anything they want.
We are heading toward the holiday that encourages gluttony.
“I cannot and will not give up my family time.”
I am having lunch at The Vagabond in Miami when owner Avra Jain welcomes my small group and draws our attention to the details of the retro-inspired boutique hotel, including the stylish bar and mermaid fountain.
Q: My colleagues frequently complain that my emails are too long. Because my thoughts seem to occur in “long form,” it takes a lot of time to edit, shorten, tighten and cut an email from several paragraphs to one. When I’m rushed, upset, emotionally invested or trying to be thorough, this is especially difficult.
Calling in sick because it’s a beautiful autumn day? You should know that about 1 in 3 employers said they check to see if their employees really are sick.
Miller writes an advice column on navigating the modern workplace. Each week she will answer one or two questions from readers.
Have you ever dropped everything to make sure you were early or on time for a meeting or appointment, only to be kept waiting by the other party?
Q: Lately I seem to be irritable at work all the time.
Workplaces are awash in statistics. Surveys and studies pop up weekly on every issue imaginable — diversity, health, engagement and job satisfaction, to name a few.
When Pope Francis made his historic trip through the U.S. last month and sent a message that strong families are the foundation of a healthy society, he left me to ponder the predicament America finds itself in.
Q: Two years ago, our department got a new director who came from another business. “Rick” gradually brought in more employees from his previous company, and they now make up a rather large group.
A job hunter offered to come in for an interview because she was “needing a daytime job to fill my time.”
Once the choirs have stopped singing and the homilies have been delivered, will Pope Francis' urging that we all commit to helping the poor make a difference?
Q: My current employer recently lost a major contract to another bidder.
