The White House issued a sweeping proposal Thursday to shrink the federal government, including merging the Department of Labor and the Department of Education into one federal agency.
The plan for the combined agency, called the Department of Education and the Workforce, comes as the result of a directive that Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney issued over a year ago, in which he attempted to create ways to combine departments that had overlapping programs, the Washington Post reported.
The proposal would merge all of the existing Labor and Education programs into one single department with four sub-agencies focused on K-12 education; higher education and workforce development; enforcement; and research, evaluation, and administration.
But it's not final — according to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported on the consolidation using unnamed sources on Wednesday. Many of the changes still require approval from Congress.
Screenshot from White House plan, titled "Delivery Government Solutions to the 21st Century"
"This effort, along with the recent executive orders on federal unions, are the biggest pieces so far of our plan to drain the swamp. The federal government is bloated, opaque, bureaucratic, and inefficient. President Trump understands the frustration felt by hardworking Americans," Mulvaney told Politico in a statement. "I am eager to work with my colleagues across the executive branch and in Congress to deliver a more trusted and efficient government that puts the American taxpayer first."
The goal of consolidating and breaking down these agencies is to make it easier for Americans to move from their education directly into their career, according to the administration. One department overseeing both functions of the government could also save a lot of money.
But backlash is already rising, especially in the education community. To start, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten, worries that the move could gut funding for public schools, civil rights, and equity protections.
The plan to consolidate Labor and Education isn't unique to the Trump administration, though. In the past, Republicans have expressed interest in getting rid of the Department of Education altogether — it employees few people but has a huge budget. The Labor Department, on the other hand, has more employees, a smaller budget, and programs in place to train workers.
Here's the White House's full plan, via Politico. But the pages 23-28 detail the plan for the Departments of Education and Labor.


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What does Indian television say about the challenges of change?
Amrita Tripathi | 10 Jun, 2015
To start with, the quibble: India doesn't have a billion screens. Nalin Mehta knows this. In fact, he enlightens us early on: As of 2014, it was 161 million TV sets for a population of 1.26 billion. (Of course, no editor is ever going to back 'Behind 161 Million Screens' as a title.)
But that's where the sticklers would drop it, as the text itself is very readable. Mehta discusses the reach and social and political implications of television news in the same breath as scandals, fraud and the quest for influence. But the book isn't dry or academic, referencing House of Cards, Game of Thrones, Hulu and Netflix just as comfortably as the 'Herfindal- Hirschmann Index', which we learn measures 'owner concentration in industries'. Moving from political parties to real estate big-wigs to chit fund owners, the writer and journalist traces some of the attendant issues of a problematic revenue stream. It is important to remember that some statements which are treated as fact— 'It is regional markets where primary growth lies', 'No one believes ratings', 'The System is broken'—are received wisdoms in the industry.
STAR India CEO Uday Shankar's introduction is a value- add and the story about TV show Satyamev Jayate is particularly telling. The fact that Shankar could not pull off socially relevant programming at a news channel but managed at an entertainment channel is quite tragic, as Mehta remarks. Mehta paints a quick portrait of the flaws in the system and quotes from leading players (taken from interviews, articles and speeches) provide some of the heft. These include Prasar Bharati head Jawhar Sircar, Arun Jaitley before he was Finance Minister (that is, pre-election), former chairman of Prasar Bharati Mrinal Pande, who is quite scathing about the rot within, as well as Nripendra Misra— now Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister but quoted as Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) — and TRAI Chairman Rahul Khullar.
One of the biggest issues for the TV industry at large—and certainly the TV news industry—is the lack of revenue. There is massive competition for the limited advertising pie and money also gets eaten up en route. Digitisation will prove key to transparency, Mehta argues, as will the decision to up the number of boxes to measure ratings. The sample size was ridiculous to start with, at just 1500, we learn—the new proposed target is 50,000 boxes.
Mehta also points out the 'urban tilt' of the ratings system, which explains why our news is skewed in favour of city- dwellers. Likewise, the North-East and Jammu and Kashmir were not represented in the ratings game until early 2013, explaining why the states would seldom figure on prime time real estate. Of course real time data tracking is the new game in town, and Mehta devotes some attention to this.
Other memorable sections: Baba Ramdev talking ratings, India TV's early days as part of Rajat Sharma's initial vision (before financial losses forced him to the other end of the spectrum), and the fact that Times Now has 0.6 per cent of the market share of TV news—a space that is in itself 0.1 per cent of overall TV viewing in India, according to Mehta. Read that over again, and tell me how the Nation wants to react!
While the reading is compelling, the editing could have been a bit tighter. I'm not sure of Mehta's argument early on, comparing the 'media-industrial complex' to the 'military-industrial complex', or even the reference to the New York Journal fanning the flames of the Spanish-American War in 1898 through jingoism. Mehta's point here is that jingoism and war-mongering on TV isn't just an Indian issue, but perhaps we could have benefited from more contemporary examples of this. We could also have benefited by hearing more from others—perhaps Aroon Purie on Aaj Tak, or Prannoy Roy, considered the father of TV news. Or we could have flipped back even more; after all, Mehta does reference his own book (India on Television: How Satellite News Channels Changed the Way We Think and Act). And from his vantage point, could he have offered a clearer roadmap for an industry mired in sludge? Perhaps material for a future book.
Overall, Mehta's background in TV news stands him in good stead, as does his stint on a committee to revamp Prasar Bharati. The ambition of the book sees it through, and both targeted advertising and the mobile revolution are inevitable prongs of a new strategy he outlines. TV-wallas will ignore the change at their own peril.
(Amrita Tripathi is a former news anchor and the author of Broken News)
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Laughlin, Marinaccio & Owens Inc., Arlington, Va.,, was awarded a $12,612,620 firm-fixed-price contract for recruiting and retention services for the Air National Guard. One was solicited with one received. Work will be performed in Arlington, Virginia, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 19, 2017. Fiscal 2016 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $12,612,620 were obligated at the time of the award. National Guard Bureau, Arlington, Va.,, is the contracting activity (W9133L-16-C-0063).
CORRECTION: A contract announced on Feb. 1, 2016, to Strategic Defense Solutions LLC, Huntsville, Alabama (W9124G-16-C-0003), for gunnery range support at Fort Rucker, Ala., was not awarded that day due to a pre-award protest by Engineering Support Personnel Inc. The Government Accountability Office issued its decision on March 4, 2016, that dismissed the protest, and the contract was awarded on May 13, 2016.
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $331,760,390 foreign military sales, undefinitized contract (Israel, Finland, Jordan, Singapore) for Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) alternative warhead rocket pods (quantity: 290); unitary rocket pods (quantity: 34); and reduced range practice rocket pods (quantity: 529). Associated services required to complete the production effort to include integrated logistics support and download/demate support. One bid was solicited with one received. Work will be performed in Grand Prairie, Texas; and Camden, Ark., with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2018. Fiscal 2016 other procurement (Army); and other procurement funds in the amount of $331,760,390 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-16-C-0102).
Black & Veatch Special Projects Corp., Overland Park, Kansas, was awarded a $70,000,000 firm-fixed-price, multi-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with options for highly specialized services required to provide continued architectural and engineering services for the Ballistic Missile Defense program. Bids were solicited via the Internet with three received. The estimated completion date is May 18, 2021. Funding and work location will be determined with each order. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville, Ala., is the contracting activity (W912DY-16-D-0017).
Vazquez Commercial Contracting LLC, Holland, Mich., was awarded a $25,000,000 firm-fixed-price, multi-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with options for Illinois Waterway hydraulic dredging, Rock Island District, Rock Island, Ill., Illinois Waterway River miles 0.0 – 291.0. Bids were solicited via the Internet with two received. The estimated completion date is Dec. 31, 2020. Funding and work location will be determined with each order. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W912EK-16-D-0007).
Raytheon/Lockheed Martin/Javelin JV was awarded a $16,129,750 modification (P00093) to contract W31P4Q-13-C-0186 for task management and engineering to establish design requirements and design analysis for the Spiral 3 missile. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2018. Fiscal 2016 other procurement funds in the amount of $16,129,750 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity.
Navistar Defense, Lisle, Ill., was awarded an $11,682,550 firm-fixed-price, foreign military sales contract (Afghanistan) for 50 medium tactical vehicle aircraft refuelers. The estimated completion date is Oct. 31, 2016. One bid was solicited with one received. Work will be performed in Springfield, Ohio; and Kansas City, Kansas. Fiscal 2015 other procurement funds in the amount of $11,682,550 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Warren, MIch., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-16-C-0128).
Intuitive Research and Technology Corp., Huntsville, Ala., was awarded a $9,474,491 modification (0003B6) to foreign military sales contract W31P4Q-07-A-0015 (Netherlands, India, Latvia, Norway, Chile, Egypt, Finland, Iraq, Qatar, Korea) to furnish programmatic services for the Cruise Missile Defense System Project Office. Work will be performed in Huntsville, Ala., with an estimated completion date of May 19, 2016. Fiscal 2016 and 2017 research, development, testing, and evaluation; and other procurement funds in the amount of $9,474,491 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity.
L-3 Communications Corp., San Carlos, Calif., is being awarded a $19,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract for a Radio Frequency Continuous Wave Microwave Power Module amplifier. The amplifier will be used as a drop-in replacement for existing shipboard and airborne electronic warfare systems, and as an amplifier for newly manufactured electronic warfare systems. Work will be performed in San Carlos, Calif., and is expected to be completed May 19, 2019. Fiscal 2016 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $6,840,000 will be obligated at the time of award. No funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured under request for proposal N00173-15-R-JF01 with three offers received. The Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00173-16-D-2002).
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Charlottesville, Va., is being awarded an $8,346,102 firm-fixed-price contract for the new manufacture of MK39 MOD 3A Ring Laser Gyro Inertial Navigation Systems equipment, associated components, shore based tools, and spare parts used on Royal Saudi Naval Forces ships. This contract involves a foreign military sale solely with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Work will be performed in Charlottesville, Va., and is expected to be completed by December 2018. Foreign military sales contract funds in the amount of $8,346,102 will be obligated at the time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured, with the solicitation not synopsized under the exemptions in Federal Acquisition Regulation 5.202 (a)(3). Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center San Diego, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N00244-16-C-0010).
Tikigaq Agviq LLC, Wasilla, Alaska (N62473-16-D-2407); Engineering/Remediation Resources Group Inc., Martinez, Calif., (N62473-16-D-2408); USA Environmental Inc., Oldsmar, Fla., (N62473-16-D-2409); BERS-Weston Services JVC LLC, Anchorage, Alaska, (N62473-16-D-2410); Bering Sea Eccotech Inc., Anchorage, Alaska, (N62473-16-D-2411); and GSI-K JV LLC, Boulder, Colo., (N62473-16-D-2412), are each being awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple award contract for range sustainment and remediation services at various Navy and Marine Corps installations within the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest area of responsibility. The maximum dollar value including the base period and four option years for all six contracts combined is $95,000,000. Tikigaq Agviq LLC is being awarded task order 0001 at $397,934 for range clearance, target refreshment, and material presenting a potential explosive hazard removal and processing at Camp Billy Machen, Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, Niland, California. Work for this task order is expected to be completed by May 2017. All work on this contract will be performed in California (80 percent); Arizona (5 percent); Nevada (5 percent); Alaska (3 percent); Washington (2 percent); Colorado (2 percent); New Mexico (2 percent); and Utah (1 percent). The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months, with an expected completion date of May 2021. Fiscal 2016 operation and maintenance (Marine Corps) contract funds in the amount of $422,934 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Future task orders will be primarily funded by operation and maintenance (Navy and Marine Corps). This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 12 proposals received. These six contractors may compete for task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC, Madison, Miss., is being awarded a $79,895,466 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery requirements contract (N00019-13-D-0007) to exercise an option for the organizational and depot level logistics services required to support and maintain the TH-57 fleet. Work will be performed at the Naval Air Station (NAS) Whiting Field, Milton, Fla. (98 percent); and NAS Patuxent River, Patuxent River, Md., and is expected to be completed in May 2017. No funds are being obligated at time of award; funds will be obligated against individual delivery orders as they are issued. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Eagle Fire Inc., Richmond, Va., (N69450-16-D-0609); The Ross Group Construction Corp., Tulsa, Okla., (N69450-16-D-0610); Siemens Government Technologies Inc., Arlington, Va., (N69450-16-D-0611); W.W. Gay Fire & Integrated System Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., (N69450-16-D-0612); Wolverine Fire Protection Co., Mount Morris, Mich., (N69450-16-D-0613); and VSC Fire and Security Inc., Virginia Beach, Va., (N69450-16-D-0614), are each being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, design-build, multiple award construction contract for construction projects located primarily within the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast area of responsibility (AOR). The maximum dollar value including the base period and four option years for all six contracts combined is $49,000,000. The work to be performed provides for, but is not limited to, new construction, renovation, alteration, demolition, repair work, and any necessary design including: industrial, airfield, aircraft hangar, aircraft traffic control, infrastructure, administrative, training, dormitory, and community support facilities. The Ross Group Construction Corp. is being awarded task order 0001 at $3,604,064 for the design and construction of fire protection repairs to hangars 55 and 56 at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas. Work for this task order is expected to be completed by March 2018. All work on this contract will be performed primarily within the NAVFAC Southeast AOR (95 percent); and the remainder within NAVFAC (5 percent). The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months, with an expected completion date of April 2021. Fiscal 2016 operation and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $3,609,064 are being obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with seven proposals received. These six contractors may compete for task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity.
Brandes Associates Inc., Lone Tree, Colol., is being awarded a $23,560,441 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for engineering support for the integration and test of mission planning products, including the Joint Mission Planning Systems Common Control System, and associated mission planning and control systems and subsystems. These efforts are in support of the Navy, and the governments of Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Spain, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia under the Foreign Military Sales program. Work will be performed at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Point Mugu, Calif., and is expected to be completed in May 2019. Fiscal 2016 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,000,000 are being obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitive procured via a request for proposals as a 100 percent small business set-aside; three offers were received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Point Mugu, Calif., is the contracting activity (N68936-16-D-0028)
Jacob Construction & Design Inc., San Luis Obispo, Calif.,, is being awarded a $20,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity job order construction contract for projects located at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, Calif.; Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada; and Navy Operational Support Center Reno, Nev. The work to be performed provides for specialty trade work under North American Industry Classification System Code 238990 including, but not limited to, electrical, mechanical, painting, engineering/design, paving (asphaltic and concrete), flooring (tile work/carpeting), roofing, structural repair, fencing, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, and fire suppression/protection system installation. No task orders are being issued at this time. Work will be performed in Bridgeport, Calif., (65 percent); Fallon, Nev., (25 percent); and Reno, Nev., (10 percent). The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months, with an expected completion date of May 2021. Fiscal 2016 operation and maintenance (Marine Corps) contract funds in the amount of $5,000 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Future task orders will be primarily funded by operation and maintenance (Marine Corps and Navy); and working capital funds (Navy). This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with seven proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N62473-16-D-0412).
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded $11,128,838 for cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order 1500 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-16-G-0001) for non-recurring engineering consisting of the design, development, and manufacture of lab kits and test kits for the incorporation of the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast into the T-45 training system. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Missouri (81 percent); Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., (15 percent); and Seattle, Wash., (4 percent), and is expected to be completed in July 2017. Fiscal 2015 and 2016 research, development, test and evaluation; and fiscal 2016 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $7,268,033 will be obligated at time of award, $2,751,368 of which will expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
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The burger chain is experimenting with various levels of Big Mac bigness.
How big should a Big Mac really be? McDonald's is testing various levels of bigness in its iconic Big Mac, and will offer a both a super-sized Grand Mac and a miniaturized Mac Jr. — to "provide customers with additional options to fit their lifestyles," it said in a press release.
The two new sandwiches are being offered in approximately 130 restaurants in the central Ohio area through June 6, as well as in restaurants in Dallas.
We're testing the Grand Mac & Mac Jr. in #Cbus! Get em' before they're gone & #MacItHappen for the rest of America.
The original Big Mac, created in 1967, is two all-beef patties, 1/10th of a pound each, with special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, and onions and a sesame seed bun. It has 540 calories. But is it the right kind of big?
The company did not share future plans for the new burgers. "We're always evolving our menu and providing our customers with new and exciting food innovations and we look forward to learning more from this test," a spokeswoman said in an email to BuzzFeed News.
McDonald's has offered different variations of the Big Mac in Korea, Japan, Germany, Australia, and France. This year, it rolled out the Grand Big Mac and an even larger Giga Big Mac with four patties in Japan. Now, it is bringing its experiments in bigness to America.
The Grand Big Mac is made with two 1/6th-pound patties and two slices of American cheese served on a larger sesame seed bun with lettuce, onions and pickles. The giant burger is a hefty 890 calories.
Restaurants will sell the Grand Mac for $4.89.
The Mac Jr., a single-layer Big Mac, is a lighter 480 calories.
The Mac Jr. priced is priced between $2.39 and $2.59. The chain has focused on value offerings this year, including discount McPick 2 deals and a two for $5 sandwich promotion.
In mid 2015, McDonald's domestic business rebounded from a long slump thanks to new initiatives such as all-day breakfast. In the last three months of 2015, U.S. same store sales rose by 5.7% — the company's best performance in nearly four years.


Target Corporation SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. Bristow Group Inc.
Goodrich Petroleum Corporation Bruker Corporation PASSUR Aerospace, Inc.
OTC Markets Group Inc. Oceaneering International, Inc. Biocept, Inc.
McKim & Creed, Inc. QLogic Corp.
Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) [Minneapolis, MN] promoted John Mulligan to the newly created role of executive vice president and chief operating officer. Mulligan has worked at the company since 1996, when he began as a financial analyst. He has served as the company's chief financial officer since 2012. In 2014, he led the company as the retailer's interim president and CEO from May to August while continuing to act as CFO. Throughout his tenure at Target, Mulligan has served in key leadership positions in finance and human resources, including director of Target.com Finance, director of Capital Investments, vice president of Pay and Benefits, vice president of Financial Planning and Analysis and senior vice president of Treasury and Accounting.
SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: SEAS) [Orlando, FL] announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Peter Crage to serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Crage most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Extended Stay America, Inc. and ESH Hospitality, Inc. from November 2013 through July 2014 and served as Chief Financial Officer of HVM LLC from July 2011 to November 2013. From November 2010 to June 2011, Crage served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cedar Fair, L.P. From July 2005 to November 2010, he served as Cedar Fair L.P.'s Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that, he served as Treasurer for Cedar Fair L.P. Marc Swanson will conclude his service as Interim CFO and will continue to serve as the Company's Chief Accounting Officer.
Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS) [Houston, TX] announced it is combining its CFO group with its Mergers, Acquisitions and Integration group, and has appointed Don Miller as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Miller is replacing John Briscoe, who will be leaving his current position as Chief Financial Officer to pursue other business opportunities. Miller, who joined Bristow in 2010, was until recently Senior Vice President, Mergers, Acquisitions and Integration. Prior to joining Bristow, Miller spent nine years with Enron North America in positions of increasing levels of responsibility, ending with his role as post-petition President and CEO of Enron North America. From 1985 until 1997, he held financial positions with Citicorp Securities, as both an energy corporate banker and high yield research analyst, and as account executive with Dean Witter Reynolds.
Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Incorporated [Palo Alto, CA] announced the appointment of James Welch, as the Company's Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Eiger, Mr. Welch served as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Virobay Incorporated. Previously, Mr. Welch served as Chief Financial Officer of Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary at Cerimon Pharmaceuticals, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary at Rigel Pharmaceuticals, and earlier in his career was the Chief Financial Officer of Biocircuits Diagnostics.
23andMe, Inc. [Mountain View, CA] announced the appointment of Dean Schorno as chief financial officer and head of operations for the company. Schorno most recently served as chief financial officer of Adaptive Biotechnologies. Prior to his role at Adaptive Solutions, Schorno spent 13 years at Genomic Health, where he served as both vice president of operations and chief financial officer. Prior to Genomic Health, Schorno founded a successful CPA and consulting firm that he led for nearly a decade.
Dataram Corporation (NASDAQ: DRAM) [Princeton, NJ] announced that its board of directors has promoted Anthony Lougee from Controller and Chief Accounting Officer to Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Corporate Secretary. Mr. Lougee has been Dataram's Controller and Chief Accounting Officer since 1999. Mr. Lougee started his career as a staff accountant at Philips Electronics and joined Dataram in 1991.
Era Group Inc. (NYSE: ERA) [Houston, TX] announced that Andrew Puhala has been appointed to the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Puhala served most recently as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of American Electric Technologies, Inc. from January 2013 to September 2015. Prior to American Electric Technologies, Mr. Puhala served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AccessESP from 2011 through 2012. Before joining AccessESP, Mr. Puhala held several senior positions in finance, accounting, treasury and tax during a 15-year tenure with Baker Hughes Incorporated, including Vice President Finance – Corporate Development, Vice President Finance – Middle East, Division Controller – Centrilift, and Assistant Treasurer. His career also includes four years of public accounting experience with Arthur Andersen.
ShockWatch [Dallas, TX] has appointed Robert Hutson as its new Chief Financial Officer. He recently served as Interim CFO for the company. Robert has over 20 years of finance experience including 10 years as the Executive Vice President and CFO of the Dallas Stars NHL franchise. He most recently comes to ShockWatch from Six Pillars Partners where he served as fractional CFO for multiple Six Pillars Partners-related companies.
Qumulo [Seattle, WA] announced that Matthew Frey has joined the company as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Qumulo, Frey served as CEO of Optimum Energy. Frey also served as a board member at Vitesse Semiconductor. Prior to Optimum Energy and Vitesse Semiconductor, Frey was president and COO of World Wide Packets.
EF Johnson Technologies, Inc. [Irving, TX] named Duane Anderson as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to EFJohnson, Duane was the Corporate Controller for American Pad & Paper LLC and the Controller for Sagus International, Inc.
Primary Capital Mortgage, LLC [Atlanta, GA] announced that Stephen Bledsoe has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. He most recently was Controller and Senior Finance Officer at SunTrust Mortgage. Prior to his work at SunTrust, Mr. Bledsoe held accounting and finance roles at companies including HomeBanc Mortgage, Friedman Billings Ramsey, Freddie Mac and KPMG Peat Marwick.
Archer [Berwyn, PA] announced that Ted Pastva has joined executive leadership team as chief financial officer. Pastva held various leadership roles in finance at Aramark. Pastva then went to Seamless where he led the company's financial and administrative growth. Pastva joins Archer from GrubHub where he served as vice president of finance and administration.
USMD Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: USMD) [Irving, TX] announced that Jim Berend has been appointed chief financial officer and executive vice president. Prior to joining USMD, Berend served as CFO and executive vice president of a company operating surgical hospitals in Texas. He previously was the partner in charge of the healthcare practice at Grant Thornton and the healthcare consulting practice at Ernst & Young in Dallas. Berend started his career at and spent nearly 25 years at Arthur Andersen, beginning as a staff accountant, rising to partner and then leading the healthcare practice in Dallas Fort Worth.
BravoSolution [Chicago, IL] announced that Peter Vlerick, formerly CFO at Avatar Solutions, has joined the company as chief financial officer.
Pindrop Security [Atlanta, GA] announced that Mike Vandiver has joined the company as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Pindrop Security, Vandiver served as CFO of Ingenious Med. He also served as the CFO of SecureWorks. Vandiver previously held financial leadership roles at companies such as Digiquant, LHS Group and BWAY Corporation.
Goodrich Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: GDP) [Houston, TX] announced that Jan Schott, its Senior Vice Presi dent and Chief Financial Officer, has resigned to take a financial position with a private company. Robert Turnham, the Company's President and Chief Operating Officer, will assume the role as interim-CFO.
Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) [Billerica, MA] announced the appointment of John Ornell to its Board of Directors, effective August 19, 2015. Mr. Ornell recently retired from Waters Corporation, where he served as Chief Financial Officer from 2001 to 2013.
PASSUR Aerospace, Inc. (OTC: PSSR) [Stamford, CT] announced the appointment of David Henderson as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Henderson joins PASSUR after spending four years as Chief Financial Officer at HealthPlanOne. Previously, he was Vice President of Finance and Corporate Development at Open Solutions. Prior to that, David was the Director of Product Management at Palm and AnyDay. He began his professional career in the financial services industry at The Carlyle Group and Dillon Read.
Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMCL) [Mountain View, CA] announced that Peter Kuipers has joined the company as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Current CFO Rob Seim now completes the transition to his new role as Executive Vice President, International and Global Quality & Manufacturing. Prior to joining Omnicell, Mr. Kuipers served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Quantcast Corporation. Previously Mr. Kuipers served as Executive Vice President and CFO at The Weather Company. Prior to TWC, Mr. Kuipers served in various financial leadership roles at Yahoo!. Previously Mr. Kuipers served in senior financial leadership roles at Altera Corporation, General Electric Company, and Akzo Nobel. He started his career with Ernst & Young.
EVERTEC, Inc. (NYSE: EVTC) [San Juan, PR] announced that Peter Smith will join as Chief Financial Officer. The Company's current CFO, Juan José Román Jiménez, will be leaving the Company to pursue other opportunities. Prior to his appointment as CFO, Mr. Smith most recently served as Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Senior Vice President of Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. Prior to this role, Smith served as Senior Vice President and Segment Controller at FIS.
ReliaMax [Sioux Falls, SD] announced that Jonathon Albright has joined the team as Chief Financial Officer of ReliaMax Holding Company. Most recently, he was CFO for Borro Group Holdings, Ltd. Prior to that he held CFO positions at TDX Group Limited, CMAX Holdings, Barclaycard UK and served as a senior vice president & finance director at JPMorgan Chase.
Beechwood Re [New York, NY] announced the appointment of David Kaplon as Chief Financial Officer of Beechwood's group of companies. Prior to Beechwood, David was an Executive Advisor at Aquiline Capital Partners. Prior to Aquiline, David served at Blackstone's Bayview Asset Management. David also served in a variety of executive leadership roles at XL Group and at Zurich Financial Services' Centre Group.
The Match Group [New York, NY] announced that Gary Swidler will join as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Swidler joins The Match Group from Bank of America Merrill Lynch where he has been an executive for nearly 18 years in various capacities. Most recently, he served as a Managing Director where he led the Financial Institutions Investment Banking Group.
Mattersight Corporation (NASDAQ:MATR) [Chicago, IL] announced the appointment of Sheau-ming Ross as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Mattersight, Ms. Ross was Chief Financial Officer of EPAY Systems. Prior to EPAY Systems, she served as Chief Financial Officer for Silver Chalice. Previously, Ms. Ross worked for twelve years in various financial leadership positions for the Tribune Company, including Chief Financial Officer for Chicago's WGN-TV, CLTV, and WGN Radio as well as WGN America. Ms. Ross started her career in investment banking Credit Suisse Group.
OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTC: OTCM) [New York, NY] announced the resignation of Wendy Fraulo from her position as Chief Financial Officer.
Oceaneering International, Inc. (NYSE: OII) [Houston, TX] announced the appointment of Alan Curtis as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Curtis joined Oceaneering in 1995 as a Financial Controller and since December 2014 has served as Senior Vice President, Operations Support.
Biocept, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIOC) [San Diego, CA] announced the voluntary resignation of Bill Kachioff, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. The company also announced that Mark Foletta has been appointed as the compan y's interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Foletta served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to Amylin Mr. Foletta held a number of management positions with Intermark, Inc. and Triton Group Ltd., and served as an Audit Manager with Ernst & Young.
McKim & Creed, Inc. [Raleigh, NC] announced that Christopher Nelson has joined the company as its chief financial officer. Previously he served as partner/divisional CFO of Environmental Resources Management.
QLogic Corp. (NASDAQ: QLGC) [Aliso Viejo, CA] announced that the board has appointed Jean Hu as acting CEO. Hu has served as senior vice president and chief financial officer since 2011 and will continue in that role and retain her CFO responsibilities while serving as acting CEO.
Compliance Science, Inc. Orthofix International N.V. General Employment Enterprises, Inc.
National Asset Services Panache Beverage Inc. FreeCast Inc.
Intelligent Living Inc. Waywire Networks Koppers Holdings Inc.
Assurant, Inc. Plexus Corp. BlueLinx Holdings Inc.
Auction.com has named former Yahoo! Inc. chief financial officer and interim chief executive officer Tim Morse as CFO and executive vice president. To facilitate a seamless transition, he is working closely with outgoing CFO Bruce Felt, who will depart in June. After leaving Yahoo! in the fall of 2012, he joined online advertising start-up Adap.tv, where he led IPO efforts to near conclusion. Just before going public, the fast-growing tech company was acquired by AOL, Inc. For 15 years, Morse held numerous positions of progressively greater financial leadership with the General Electric Company. In July 2005, Morse was named CFO and general manager of business development for GE Plastics. He left GE in 2007 to become CFO for the Altera Corporation.
Target announced that John Mulligan, Target's chief financial officer, has been appointed as interim president and chief executive officer. Mr. Mulligan will serve in his role until a permanent replacement is named.
Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE) announced that Steven Sterin has resigned as the company's chief financial officer. Chris Jensen, senior vice president, finance and chief accounting officer, will serve as the company's interim chief financial officer. Chris joined Celanese in 2005, and has held leadership positions in Finance including treasurer, controller and assistant controller. In addition to interim chief financial officer, he will continue as senior vice president, finance and chief accounting officer, where he has global responsibility for Tax, Treasury, Accounting, SEC reporting and Financial Shared Services. Prior to joining Celanese, Chris worked in the Inspections and Registration division of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. He spent thirteen years at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, in both the assurance and mergers and acquisitions groups.
Starwood Property Trust (NYSE: STWD) announced that, as part of the Company's previously disclosed transition plan, Rina Paniry, who currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer of subsidiary LNR Property LLC, has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Paniry succeeded Stew Ward. Ms. Paniry joined LNR in June 2006 as Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to joining LNR, Ms. Paniry spent eleven years at Deloitte & Touche, where she began her career.
Bob Evans Farms, Inc. (NASDAQ: BOBE) announced that Paul F. DeSantis, the Company's Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, has resigned to accept a position with another company. T. Alan Ashworth, the Company's Vice President of Corporate Development and Finance, will serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Alan joined the Company in 2011.
OMNOVA Solutions (NYSE: OMN) announced that Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Michael E. Hicks has decided to retire on July 1, 2014 after 36 years of service to the Company. Paul DeSantis joins OMNOVA from Bob Evans Farms, Inc. He has served as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Corporate Secretary since March 2011. Prior to Bob Evans, Mr. DeSantis was Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of A. Schulman, Inc., from 2006 until 2011. Previously, he held senior financial positions at The Scotts-Miracle-Gro Company, The Kellogg Company and General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC). The OMNOVA Board of Directors is expected to elect Mr. DeSantis to the position of Chief Financial Officer when they meet in June, with such election to become effective immediately upon Mr. Hicks' retirement.
Old Nassau Imports, LLC announced the appointment of D. Ross Arthurs as Chief Executive Officer. Arthurs held the position of Chief Financial Officer since joining the company in 2009. Prior to joining Old Nassau Imports, Arthurs was a partner at Princeton Investment Partners, Ltd. In addition to his roles at Old Nassau Imports and Princeton Investment Partners, Arthurs' past experience includes roles as Vice President and Partner at private investment firm TBM Industries, as President, Imperial Division of The Pullman Company, and as Marketing Director and then Chief Financial Officer at a meter manufacturer division of The Signal Companies.
Vaxart announced that John M. Harland has joined the company as chief financial officer, replacing David Madden, who served as acting CFO. Mr. Harland served most recently as CFO and secretary of Wafergen Biosystems, Inc., and before that he was vice president for finance and administration at Trinity Biosystems. Previously, he held the position of CFO for companies including Accuray Incorporated, Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Cardiovascular Imaging Systems, Neurobiological Technologies, and Circadian, Inc.
Allegro Development Corporation announced the appointment of Gary Ito as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He joins from MDS Financial Group, a private financial consulting firm providing CFO and Board advisory services, where he served as Managing Director. Prior to MDS Financial Group, he was CFO at INTTRA. Ito previously served as CFO of Quadrem. Following the sale of Quadrem, Ito remained at Ariba serving as the Customer Management Organization division's CFO and head of operations. Ito began his career at Nortel, where for 18 years he held a variety of finance and general management positions in both North America and Asia.
Good Times Restaurants Inc. (NASDAQ: GTIM) announced that its board of directors has approved Robert Stetson as a new member of the board. He is the former Chief Financial Officer and President-Restaurant Division of Burger King Corp. and former Chief Financial Officer of Pizza Hut Inc. Beginning in 1994, Mr. Stetson built one of the largest public REITs focused on restaurant properties development, which merged into GE Capital. He is currently the founder and CEO of U.S. Restaurant Properties.
Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO) has appointed Shubham Maheshwari as its new Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Maheshwari replaces David D. Glass, who announced his retirement from Veeco last December. He most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of OnCore. Prior to this role, he held various finance roles including Senior Vice President Finance, Treasury, Tax and Investor Relations at Spansion. Prior to Spansion, he spent over ten years at KLA-Tencor, in various senior level corporate development and finance roles, including Vice President of Corporate Development and Corporate Controller.
Bovie Medical (NYSE: BVX) announced the appointment of Peter Donato as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he served as Corporate Controller for Cyberonics, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Donato served as a CFO for Catasys, Inc., and before that, as CFO for IRIS International. Additionally, Bovie Medical announced that Gary Pickett has decided to leave the Company, effective June 18, 2014, to pursue other opportunities.
inVNT announced that Wolf Karbe has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. He was formerly CFO and senior vice president at Show Media. He has previously worked with a Fortune 500 company, as well as the largest privately held out-of-home advertising company.
TSYS (NYSE: TSS) announced the retirement of James B. Lipham as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective June 30, 2014, and the appointment by the TSYS Board of Directors of Paul M. Todd as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective July 1, 2014. Paul Todd has served as executive vice president for strategy, mergers and acquisitions, product and marketing since 2008. Prior to 2008, Todd was President and Chief Executive Officer of Synovus Financial Management, a unit of Synovus Financial Corp.
Novitex Enterprise Solutions announced Joe Del Toro as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Del Toro was previously the CFO at Undertone in New York, NY.
Compliance Science, Inc. announced that Scott Puma has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, from 2012 to 2014, Mr. Puma served as Vice President of Finance at Axial. Prior to Axial, Mr. Puma was Vice President of Finance & Administration at TheMarkets.com. In addition, Mr. Puma has served in senior financial and operational leadership positions at Vigilante, Mail.com and Geotek Communications.
Orthofix International N.V. (NASDAQ: OFIX) announced the appointment of Mark A. Heggestad as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Heggestad will succeed David Ziegler, who has been serving as Interim CFO. He previously served as Executive Vice President and CFO at American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc. Prior to this he held a variety of executive and management roles at Medtronic, Inc., including Vice President of Finance and IT for the Cardiac Surgery Business, Vice President of Corporate Audit & Compliance Assurance and Vice President of Corporate Finance, Assistant Controller. Before joining Medtronic, Mr. Heggestad worked as an audit manager for KPMG.
General Employment Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: JOB) announced that it has appointed Francis (Frank) Elenio as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Elenio has held the position of Chief Financial Officer for SignalPoint Holding Corp., Wilshire Enterprises, Inc., as well as GoAmerica, Inc. and RoomLinX, Inc. Mr. Elenio has also acted as Managing Director of Reeff Consulting, LLC. Mr. Elenio was a strategic and financial advisor to Premier Wealth Management, Inc. Mr. Elenio began his career with Ernst & Young LLP (then Ernst & Whinney), and then with KTI, Inc., where he was Corporate Controller and ultimately, Vice President of Finance. Mr. Elenio joined Bogen Communications, Inc. as Controller in 1997. Mr. Elenio has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Xplore Technologies Corp.
comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) announced that Kenneth Tarpey, chief financial officer, will retire from the company in August 2014.
OrthoAccel Technologies, Inc.announced that Kelly Enos has joined the company as chief financial officer (CFO) and vice president of finance and administration. Most recently, Enos served as the chief financial officer for Kony, Inc. Enos began her career with Ernst & Young and later worked in investment banking at notable firms such as Oppenheimer.
Bridger, LLC announced that Patrick Kelly has joined its executive management team as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Patrick comes to Bridger from Gavilon, LLC, where he served as Chief Financial Officer of Gavilon's energy segment.
Rosetta (part of Publicis Groupe) announced that it has appointed Ariel Marciano as its new Chief Financial Officer. Marciano has developed strong ties to Publicis Groupe leadership over the course of a career that has included Chief Financial Officer assignments for ZenithOptimedia France, Starcom France, Vivaki France, Razorfish France, Digitas France and as Head of Group Consolidation for Publicis Groupe. Most recently he oversaw all financial operations for ZenithOptimedia France, Starcom France and Vivaki France. Marciano takes over from Rich DeMilt who served as Chief Financial Officer for Rosetta since 2008.
hopTo Inc. (OTC: HPTO) announced the appointment of Jean-Louis Casabonne as Chief Financial Officer. Previously he worked role as CFO at Quova, Inc. He was retained by Neustar Inc., following the acquisition of Quova, as director of business development and strategic evangelist. Prior to that, Mr. Casabonne served as the CFO, vice president of finance and operations and co-founder at Inxight Software, Inc., a spinoff of the Xerox Corporation. Additionally, he previously held several financial management positions at Xerox, where he helped launch three subsidiary companies.
Wellcentive announced that Patrick Clark has joined as its Chief Financial Officer. Clark comes to Wellcentive from Vocalocity (now Vonage Business Solutions) where he served as CFO. Prior to joining Vocalocity, Clark was Executive Vice President of Finance and CFO at The Weather Channel at the time of its more than $3 billion sale to NBC Universal, Bain Capital and The Blackstone Group in September 2008.
Sebring Software, Inc. (OTC: SMXI) named Larry Colton as CFO. Since September 2013, Mr. Colton has served as the company's Vice President of Finance. Mr. Colton served as CFO for a publicly traded company in the automotive claims industry from 2005 to 2010. Previously, he was Vice President of an asset management division of a financial services firm.
AVI-SPL announced the addition of Raj Dani to the executive team as chief financial officer. Most recently, Dani was senior vice president of corporate development for TeleTech Holdings, Inc. Dani has also held financial leadership positions with Flextronics International, Jabil Circuit Inc. and PricewaterhouseCoopers, with extensive international experience.
Olin Corporation (NYSE: OLN) announced that John E. Fischer, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Fischer has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since October 2010 and as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from May 2005 through October 2010. He joined Olin in 1989 as a Director of Finance and was the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Primex Technologies, Inc., a spin-off of Olin's aerospace and defense businesses, before rejoining Olin in 2004. Todd A. Slater, Vice President, Finance and Controller, was promoted to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Slater has served as Vice President, Finance and Controller since October 2010 and as Vice President and Controller from 2005 to 2010. He joined Olin in 2002 as the Financial Officer for the Metals Group, and prior to that was the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Chase Industries Inc., which was acquired by Olin in 2002.
National Asset Services announced the appointment of Oliver Calza as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining National Asset Services, Mr. Calza was Vice President of Finance for the West Region for Time Warner Cable. Prior to TWC, Mr. Calza was Controller for Menemsha Construction Solutions. Mr. Calza also served as a Director of Business Operations for Charter Communications. Prior to that, he was a Director of Accounting for Comcast Corporation.
Panache Beverage Inc. (OTC: WDKA) announced the appointment of Thomas G. Smith as Chief Financial Officer. He most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Newport International, LLC.
FreeCast Inc. (Rabbit TV's operating company) has named Christopher Savine, former SVP/CFO of Time-Warner/Netscape/AOL, RR Donnelly, and Cenveo, as their new Chief Financial Officer. Savine joins FreeCast from his previous position as EVP/CFO of Cenveo. Prior to his tenure at Cenveo, Savine served as EVP on the management team at RR Donnelly. As CFO of Netscape in the early 2000s, Savine successfully integrated the company into the Time Warner/AOL family, where he later served as Senior Vice President of Finance.
Intelligent Living Inc. (OTC: ILIV) announced the appointment of Mark B. Lucky as their Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Lucky has served as the Chief Financial Officer of IceWEB Inc. since March 2007. Prior to joining IceWEB, he consulted at Bearing Point on their financial restatement project. From 2004 to 2005 he was Vice President of Finance and Administration at Galt Associates, Inc. and from 2001 to 2004 he was Vice President of Finance and Administration of MindShare Design, Inc. During his career Mr. Lucky has also been employed by Axys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (acting CFO and Senior Director of Finance), PriceWaterhouseCoopers, COMPASS Management and Leasing, Inc. (Vice President – Finance 1997 to 1998), Mindscape, Inc. (Director of Financial Planning and Analysis 1995 to 1996), The Walt Disney Company (Manager, Operations Planning & Analysis, Manager of Corporate Planning 1991 to 1995), and KPMG. Mr. Lucky was formerly a member of the board of directors of VOIS Inc. and HASCO Medical, Inc.
Waywire Networks announced the addition of Paul Fish as Chief Financial Officer. Fish began his career at the BBC working in television, radio and the BBC's commercial arm, BBC Enterprises Ltd. He next joined Dennis Publishing UK, and was soon promoted to the position of Associate Finance Director. Fish was then appointed CFO of Dennis Publishing, Inc. Further leadership roles included Radar Magazine, Dazed and Confused, Doubledown Media, and Louise Blouin Media. Most recently Fish was the CFO at Cinchcast.
Koppers Holdings Inc. (NYSE: KOP) announced that Leroy M. Ball, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has been elected to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Ball will also retain his current responsibilities as Chief Financial Officer in the interim until a successor is named. Mr. Ball has served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Koppers Holdings Inc. and Koppers Inc. since August 2010. Prior to joining Koppers, Mr. Ball was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Calgon Carbon Inc.
Assurant, Inc. (NYSE: AIZ) announced that Michael J. Peninger, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will retire this year after 29 years with the company. Christopher J. Pagano, currently Assurant's executive vice president, chief investment officer and treasurer, will succeed him as CFO, effective Aug. 15, 2014. Pagano has served as executive vice president, chief investment officer and treasurer since 2007, and president, Assurant Asset Management since 2005. He previously was executive vice president and head of fixed income, Assurant Asset Management. Pagano joined Assurant in 1996 from Merrill Lynch where he was a vice president and government strategist in global fixed income research. He began his career at Morgan Stanley.
Plexus Corp. (NASDAQ: PLXS) announced that Patrick Jermain has assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer succeeding outgoing CFO, Ginger Jones, who intends to resign from her employment with Plexus by September 28, 2014. Ms. Jones will remain employed by Plexus in a non-executive officer role to assist with the transition of her successor. Mr. Jermain joined Plexus in 2010 most recently serving as Treasurer and Vice President of Finance since April 2013, and previously as Corporate Controller. Before joining Plexus, Mr. Jermain was the Corporate Controller, Assistant Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer at Appleton Papers Inc., currently known as Appvion, Inc. Mr. Jermain also held the positions of Director of Enterprise Risk Management and Corporate Secretary while at Appleton Papers. Prior to Appleton Papers, Mr. Jermain served as Vice President – Finance and Corporate Controller at Banta Corporation, later acquired by R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, and was a Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
BlueLinx Holdings Inc. (NYSE: BXC) announced that Susan C. O'Farrell has accepted the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer effective May 19, 2014, replacing Doug Goforth, who is leaving the Company to pursue other interests. Ms. O'Farrell has been a senior financial executive holding several roles with The Home Depot since 1999. Ms. O'Farrell began her career with Andersen Consulting, LLP, leaving as an Associate Partner in 1996 for a strategic information systems role with AGL Resources.
West Corporation (NASDAQ: WSTC) announced that Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Paul Mendlik, has decided to retire in April 2015. Mr. Mendlik has been CFO since joining West in November 2002. Mr. Mendlik has agreed to a two-year consulting agreement post retirement to help ensure a smooth transition.
PlattForm has announced the hiring of Patrick Donoghue as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he was CFO at Pearson Embanet. Previously, Donoghue held various senior finance roles at CCC Information Services Inc., Anheuser-Busch and Kraft Foods.


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This Week: Health offices close, lawmakers sue state, third-graders score high on literacy test
by Gabriel Austin May 19, 2017 May 10, 2021
Toppings news this week:
The Department of Health announced that it will close six of its nine public health district offices across the state by June 30. The agency is reorganizing after a $12 million budget cut by the Legislature.
Two Democratic lawmakers are suing the state after Gov. Phil Bryant's mid-year budget cuts to public schools. The lawsuit, filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center on behalf of Rep. Bryant Clark and Sen. John Horhn, says the nearly $20 million cuts to school districts violates the state constitution.
Mississippi third-graders passed their literacy test at a record rate. The Department of Education announced Thursday that 92 percent of third-graders passed the reading test they have to take to be promoted to the fourth grade. Last year's pass rate for first-time test takers was 87 percent.
by Gabriel Austin, Mississippi Today

This Week: Health offices close, lawmakers sue state, third-graders score high on literacy test

by Gabriel Austin, Mississippi Today
May 19, 2017

Toppings news this week:

The Department of Health announced that it will close six of its nine public health district offices across the state by June 30. The agency is reorganizing after a $12 million budget cut by the Legislature.

Two Democratic lawmakers are suing the state after Gov. Phil Bryant's mid-year budget cuts to public schools. The lawsuit, filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center on behalf of Rep. Bryant Clark and Sen. John Horhn, says the nearly $20 million cuts to school districts violates the state constitution.

Mississippi third-graders passed their literacy test at a record rate. The Department of Education announced Thursday that 92 percent of third-graders passed the reading test they have to take to be promoted to the fourth grade. Last year's pass rate for first-time test takers was 87 percent.

This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
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[COMMENTARY] Twitter Shreds Politico's "Both Sidesing" With Ben Shapiro Op-Ed
BY Tara Dublin	January 14, 2021
A week after an insurrection incited by the newly twice-impeached, one term two-time loser of the Popular Vote left six people dead and the Capitol building vandalized, the Democrats brought one Article of Impeachment against Donald Trump in the House. Despite arguments against it from his remaining sycophants who are just as guilty of sedition and treason as he is (and quick aside–why would anyone keep defending a guy who would have been perfectly fine with them becoming collateral damage? Do any of them think the Dipshit Militia would've been able to make the distinction between the less well-known Democratic and Republican civil servants?), Trump was impeached for the second time, with only ten Republicans bravely breaking with their party to vote for American over Trump.
Of course, everyone on the internet has a take on what went down on January 6th, and as we're still learning about the perpetrators and the inside help they received, more people are wondering why some Republicans are still sticking with Trump. At a time where the future of the Republican party is uncertain, some are coming forward to say they voted against impeachment because they feared retribution from Trump's voters. Let that sink in: elected officials are now scared of their own voting base thanks to Trump and those who continue to push his hate agendas.
[Photo by Michael S. Schwartz/Getty Images]
Enter Ben Shapiro, one of the more reviled Trump surrogates whose willfully obtuse tweets are so tone-deaf, it's as if he invites the ridicule he gets on purpose. As a writer, I probably would stop being so public about my affection for a felonious seditious traitor, but Shapiro has zero sense of self-awareness. However, he also seems to have a really good agent, because his stuff gets picked up by a respected website like Politico for some reason.
It's obvious that Ben Shapiro, an unserious muffin, should be nowhere near a Politico newsletter. But I also think about all the brilliant journalists who will never get that chance because they didn't traffic in division.
— Anand Giridharadas (@AnandWrites) January 14, 2021
Shapiro's essay about why Republicans really voted against impeachment appeared in Politico's Playbook newsletter, which was guest-edited by MSNBC host Chris Hayes in the interest of presenting a "both sides" take. The move immediately brought criticism to the usually respectable news site, because Twitter apparently knows better than a website dedicated to politics just how terrible Ben Shapiro is.
Politico: let's platform an arsonist and ask him to explain how the fire started. Ben Shapiro is a known racist, xenophobe and transphobic person – who constantly stokes hate. Can you google @politico?
— Amy Siskind 🏳🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) January 14, 2021
By late Thursday it became clear that the editorial decision wasn't sitting well with some Politico staffers.
There's been some internal pushback to Ben Shapiro authorship of Playbook today. A few messages that were shared and upvoted in Politico's internal Slack today:https://t.co/dVg69gWBup pic.twitter.com/i4ua37Ch53
— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) January 14, 2021
NEW: Politico is having a newsroom meeting right now over Ben Shapiro. @nickrobinsearly has ongoing details here.
"This is one of the most disappointing days, if not the most disappointing day, that I've been a part of this company," one staffer said.https://t.co/wCQVFZrz6U
— George Zornick (@gzornick) January 14, 2021
There is no longer a need to "both sides" the issues any longer. The right has plenty of free places to run their mouths, they don't need to be given free rein on Politico. Especially when it turns out there's shady shit going on behind the scenes right around the same time a huge insurrection is about to go down at the Capitol Building.
1. Here is some information you won't read about in Politico Playbook today.
On Jan 5, @benshapiro turned over his "Daily Shapiro Action" email to Ted Cruz.
Cruz used the opportunity to push his bogus allegations that the election was invalid. pic.twitter.com/0jIklCDqsg
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) January 14, 2021
Do better, Politico. And that goes for any other media outlet who thinks they need to give anyone from the Trump camp any space in the interest of "healing". They need to be treated as internet pariahs from now on.


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Častni znak nemškega zaščitnega zidu (nemško Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen) je bila nemška medalja podeljena za zasluge pri gradnji obrambnih položajev na zahodni fronti med drugo svetovno vojno.

Zgodovina odlikovanja
Odlikovanje je bilo ustanovljeno 2. avgusta 1939. Bilo je namenjeno vsem civilnim osebam, ki so gradile in projektirale obrambne položaje na nemški zahodni meji ter vojaškim osebam, ki so bile tam stacionirane pred majem 1940. 31. januarja 1941 se je nehala podeljevati, ponovno pa so jo začeli podeljevati 10. oktobra 1944, ko se je ponovno začelo utrjevanje fortifikacij na zahodni meji. Skupaj je bilo med vojno podeljenih 622.064 medalj.

Opis
Medalja je bila kovana iz brunirane medenine. Bila je ovalne oblike in jo je na zunanjem robu (na prvi strani) obdajal venec iz hrastovega listja. Poleg tega je bil na zgornjem delu prve strani orel, ki je v krempljih držal z vencem obdano svastiko. Pod orlom sta bila prekrižana meč in lopata, pod njima pa je bil »narisan« bunker. Na zadnji strani je bil napis »Fur Arbeit zum Schutze Deutschlands« (Za delo pri obrambi Nemčije). Odlikovanje meri v višino 40 mm, v širino pa 33 mm.

Medalja je visela na trakcu zlate barve z dvema belima črtama na robovih. Obstajala je tudi priponka za na trak z letnico 1944 za tiste nosilce, ki so prejeli že medaljo leta 1939, 1940 ali 1941.

Materiali uporabljeni pri izdelavi
Zgodnje medalje so bile izdelane iz brunirane medenine, kasnejše pa iz bronasto prebarvanega cinka.

Kriteriji za pridobitev medalje
Medalja se je podeljevala delavcem in vojakom, ki so opravljali službo na Siegfriedovi liniji. Za podelitev ni bilo strožjih kriterijev, o čemer priča veliko število podeljenih medalj.

Podeljevanje in nošenje medalje
Medalje se je podeljevala skupaj s pripadajočim dokumentom v papirnati vrečki, na kateri je bilo napisano ime medalje.
Medalja se je nosila na paradnih uniformah na levi strani, navadno skrajno levo ali na civilni obleki na istem mestu.

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Nemška vojaška odlikovanja
Nagrade, ustanovljene leta 1939
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'We want to give Kenya's BCLB its independence again'
Posted: Jan 18, 2023 14:31 Category: Africa , Online , Regulatory , Posted by Katy
In his opening keynote at the SiGMA Kenya conference today, the Deputy Director of Kenya's Betting Control and Licensing Board (BCLB), Mr Fredrick Mbasi, spoke about the challenges and opportunities for Kenya's gaming sector. He particularly emphasised the board's mandate to promote responsible gambling.
The board carries out a number of inspections throughout the year to ensure licence applicants are suitable candidates – this includes inspection of premises and background checks. They also maintain and update a gaming register for all games, devices and systems, and employees in the industry.
Kenya BCLB: Ensuring minimal costs, maximum contribution
"Our mission," he said, "is to be a world class gaming regulatory agency, not only in Africa, but the world. To ensure gambling is conducted honestly, responsibly, competitively, with minimal costs and maximum contribution to society."
Mr Mbasi also spoke about keeping gaming crime-free, protecting members of the public and ensuring fairness for players. It is important, he said, that the government and the public are able to benefit from gaming operations. To this end, the Betting Control and Licensing Board operate a department catering exclusively to public complaints and queries.
Mbasi was later joined by a panel made up of other BCLB board members, including Judy Kirichu, Legal Officer and Esther Argwings, Assistant Director Gaming for Licensing.
New and evolving legislation
"As you may be aware we are currently using legislation from 1966 which doesn't address the current needs of the industry. That is what we are trying to move away from. We have tried to find other ways to address current situations – including that of online gaming – something which was not around when the original Act was drafted, said Judy Kirichu"
"The process of amending legislation has a life of its own – but that is a parliamentary responsibility."
"As a regulator we are trying to use leeway from the 1966 Act to address things such as online gambling. We want to give the board its own independence again, so that we do not fall under a department of any ministry."
When will this new legislation come into force?
"I'm giving it two years," says Esther.
Operating a foreign gambling business in Kenya
'You would have to have a physical presence in Kenya – even with the newly proposed legislation. That is the only way we can supervise,' explained Judy Kirichu in response to a question from the audience on the ease of operating a foreign business in Kenya.
"Shareholders will need to seek authorisation from the board, as well as undergo inspections of their premises, and due diligence checks. Allowing foreign gambling companies to operate without a local partner is still under consideration and has not yet been implemented," she said.
"You must be vetted by the board – we ask what you are bringing to the country – what product are you bringing to the market? What is your knowledge or the industry and how are you connected to it? What is unique about you? These are all important considerations to be made before issuing a licence," adds Esther.
She goes on to explain that licence seekers are also obliged to document any data breaches, players who have won large amounts of money, as well as submit tax records.
An important part of the BCLB's remit is to collaborate with other stakeholders, like the Communication Authority of Kenya, the Central Bank, and the Financial Reporting Centre, says Mbasi. They are also always ready to give advice to licence applicants.
"We're very open," says Esther. She believes that most often you can't tell much from a document, which is why they always welcome a phone call or a meeting so that they can clarify the process.
The conference is taking place at the Trademark Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya.


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