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Four years ago, New Zealand’s trust company Perpetual Guardian introduces 4-day week to work less for the same pay. The attempt was so successful and the worldwide response so enormous that director Andrew Barnes and a colleague founded an international lobby organization for the 4-day week: 4 Day Week Global. In an interview with Kontrast,
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The City of Lancaster seeks to invest a portion of the American Rescue Plan (ARPA) funds in community facilities serving Lancaster City residents. The investment will fund capital projects that support public programs, improve quality of life and public health, create economic opportunity, and promote equitable outcomes for residents.   Sealed proposals will be accepted via the Pennsylvania Electronic Document and Bid Management…
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The City of Lancaster’s Office of Public Art invites artists to create site-specific work to be exhibited in two glass enclosed cases located on the south side of the Lancaster Amtrak Train Station concourse in 2023. The deadline to submit a proposal is Mon. Jan. 9, 2023 at 5 p.m.  The Lancaster Amtrak Station is…
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Office of the Spokesperson
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will announce the third cohort of ACCA honorees during the Anti-Corruption Champions Award Ceremony on December 9, International Anti-Corruption Day, at 9:00 a.m. in the Burns Auditorium at the Department of State in Washington, D.C.
The Department will recognize eight honorees from around the world, highlighting the United States’ efforts to promote anti-corruption reform. The ACCA recognizes individuals who have demonstrated leadership, courage, and impact in preventing, exposing, and combatting corruption.
Secretary Blinken launched the ACCA in February 2021 to demonstrate the Biden Administration’s commitment to combating corruption. Due to previous COVID-19 restrictions, this will be the first award ceremony hosted in-person.
Secretary Blinken’s remarks will be open press and live streamed on www.state.gov and www.YouTube.com/statedept. The event access time for press wishing to cover in-person is 8:00 a.m. from the Department’s 21st Street entrance.
Media representatives may attend this event upon presentation of one of the following: (1) a U.S. Government-issued photo media credential (e.g., Department of State, White House, Congress, Department of Defense or Foreign Press Center), or (2) an official photo identification card issued by their news organization, or (3) a letter from their employer on official letterhead verifying their current employment as a journalist. Additionally, they must present an official government photo identification card (i.e., U.S. driver’s license or passport). Those who do not have a State Department building pass should allow adequate time for security processing at the C Street entrance and will be escorted to the Burns Auditorium.
For access to images of the award presentations, please visit @StateINL on Twitter and Facebook or contact INL’s Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy Team at INL-PAPD@state.gov.

Office of the Spokesperson
On December 9, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will deliver remarks and participate in a conversation with three of the 2022 Department of State Anti-Corruption Champion Award (ACCA) honorees at 5:30 p.m. during the closing session of the IACC at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.
The conversation will provide an opportunity for a candid dialogue about efforts to promote transparency, accountability, and rule of law in communities around the globe.
The Department of State and Transparency International are co-hosting this year’s IACC in Washington, D.C., December 6-10.
Thousands of participants from civil society, international organizations, the business community, and governments around the globe will gather in-person and virtually to focus on this year’s theme of “Uprooting Corruption: Defending Democratic Values.”
The event will be open press and live streamed on www.state.gov and www.YouTube.com/statedept.
The event access time for media wishing to cover in-person is 4:30 p.m. in the Capitol Room of the Omni Shoreham Hotel. Media representatives may attend this event upon registration and presentation of one of the following: (1) a U.S. Government-issued photo media credential (e.g., Department of State, White House, Congress, Department of Defense or Foreign Press Center), or (2) an official photo identification card issued by their news organization, or (3) a letter from their employer on official letterhead verifying their current employment as a journalist. Additionally, they must present an official government photo identification card (i.e., U.S. driver’s license or passport).
For further information, please visit www.iaccseries.org or contact INLPAPD@state.gov.

The Fed is waging war to get inflation down to its preferred level of around 2%. An economist explains what’s so special about that number.

Hotei, a Japanese god who carries a large sack, has come to be identified with Santa Claus – except that he brings the goodies on New Year’s Day instead of Christmas.

Is imitation the sincerest form of flattery? Maybe. When good ideas prosper, so do replicas, diluting the power of original thinking.

Stuttering is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder that affects about 1 in 100 people across the world. Yet the precise biological pathways that underlie stuttering are not well understood.

Spain has long avoided addressing the fact that tens of thousands of Spaniards were victims of Nazis, who collaborated with Spain’s former dictator, Francisco Franco.