ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 22, 2024, entitled "Georgia Job Openings and Labor Turnover - June 2024": * * * Georgia had 290,000 job openings in June 2024, compared to 270,000 openings in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that the job openings rate in Georgia was 5.5 perce  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 22, 2024, entitled "North Carolina Job Openings and Labor Turnover - June 2024": * * * North Carolina had 281,000 job openings in June 2024, compared to 285,000 openings in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that the job openings rate in North C  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 22, 2024, entitled "South Carolina Job Openings and Labor Turnover - June 2024": * * * South Carolina had 148,000 job openings in June 2024, compared to 159,000 openings in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that the job openings rate in South C  more

ALBANY, Georgia, Aug. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia issued the following news release: The final codefendant convicted of a fraud scheme that illegally sought more than $1 million from pandemic relief funds was sentenced to federal prison. Sharmaine Simpson, 37, of Pelham, Georgia, was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release on Aug. 15, after he previously pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud. On  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia issued the following news release: The United States has filed a complaint-in-intervention against the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and Georgia Tech Research Corporation (GTRC) raising claims under the False Claims Act and federal common law alleging that those defendants failed to meet cybersecurity requirements in connection with U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) contracts. GTRC  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2024: The United States joined a whistleblower suit and filed a complaint-in-intervention against the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and Georgia Tech Research Corp. (GTRC) asserting claims that those defendants knowingly failed to meet cybersecurity requirements in connection with the Department of Defense (DoD) contracts. GTRC is an affiliate of Georgia Tech that contracts with g  more