Today, Governor Bobby Jindal announced two appointments to the Louisiana State Library Board of Commissioners.
The Louisiana State Library Board of Commissioners serves to help build an informed, literate and democratic society by ensuring access to informational, cultural, and recreational resources, especially those resources unique to Louisiana.
According to the statute, the board is composed of seven members appointed by the governor and subject to Senate confirmation.
Appointments to the LouisianaState Library Board of Commissioners:
Bibb Ingram, of Rayville, is currently serving as a teacher at JackHayesElementary School and has also served as a Richland Parish Library Board member. Ingram is the granddaughter of Robert R. Rhymes who donated the building for the first parish library in the state of Louisiana.
Argiro Morgan, of Mandeville, formerly served as a teacher in Jefferson and Orleans Parish public schools and has also served as a member of the St. Tammany Parish Library Board. Morgan was awarded the Bush Excellence in Teaching Award in 1991.
UL Lafayette’s NIMSAT Institute Hosts The Gulf Coast Conference
Inaugural Conference to be held April 22-24 in New Orleans
Next week, at the New Orleans Marriott Hotel, April 22-24, 2008, keynote speakers, James Lee Witt and Senator Landrieu, including: Heads of Recovery and Offices of Emergency Management for both Louisiana and Mississippi, Senior Whitehouse official Thomas Bossert (Special Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Senior Director for Preparedness Policy); Ms. Janet Woodka (Department of Homeland Security, Gulf Coast Recovery Office); Col. Merrick Krause (DHS, Director of Infrastructure Analysis and Strategy Division - IASD) along with representatives from HITRAC, NISAC and the R&D Branch; Ms. Jeanne Meserve (CNN’s Homeland Security Expert); Ms. Cindy Taylor (Director of Private Sector Office of FEMA), and others.For more information, go to http://www.maritime-conference.com/ and watch a great web site full of relevant information.
Jobs
The Louisiana Department of Labor’s Rapid Response unit will conduct orientation sessions and open an employee transition center to assist the 200 workers who will lose their jobs when ICF International’s Road Home Program call center reduces its operation, effective May 31.
The affected workers will have a choice of attending an 8:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. or a 2:30 p.m. session on Thursday, April 17, or at the same times on Friday, April 18, at the Baton Rouge call center at 7850 Anselmo Lane.
An employee transition center will be open at the facility from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 22 through Friday, April 25, and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Tuesday, April 29, through Friday, May 2.The center will assist the
workers with job searches, skills assessments, training information and résumé preparation.
The layoffs are the result of The Road Home Program’s maturing, the decreased volume of calls and the complex needs of the customers with remaining claims.The positions being cut are in the call center and data entry departments.The call center will remain open but will employ a much smaller staff.ICF International is the contractor that administers the Road Home Program, a federally-funded initiative that was developed to assist homeowners and rental property owners in rebuilding following the devastation of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
“Many of these employees possess marketable skills, and through our re-employment initiatives will be able to find new jobs,” said Greg A.
Anders, state Rapid Response coordinator.“We offer educational and training programs, including tuition assistance to employees who want to upgrade their current skills or begin a new career path.”
Rapid Response assistance is available to workers affected by major layoffs and plant closings. The orientation sessions are designed to inform affected employees about the services available to them through the Louisiana Department of Labor’s Rapid Response Program.
assistance information, occupational retraining, trade adjustment assistance, debt counseling, out-of-area job search assistance, relocation assistance, on-the-job training, unemployment insurance and other supportive services as needed.
Rapid Response services are offered at no cost to the employer or the participating employees.
More information about Rapid Response is available on the Department of Labor Web site at www.LAWORKS.net.
Whole Inflation
The US Labor Department report showed wholesale inflation jumped in March due to rising energy and food costs--climbing 1.1% last month, which resulted in bond prices sliding Tuesday.
Soaring inflation???? Something has to take pace with all those dollars we are printing, and overpriced crap that breaks down every time we turn around that we are buying.... I mean, go figure..... You is spending a buck sumting a pound fer tomatos!!!! 3, 4 bucks a gallon for milk!!!!!!!!! Don't U see U dummies?!?!?!?!?!? Written by Economic geniuses running the show????
on 4/15/2008
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