California’s troubled Employment Development Department squandered millions on cell phone plans for devices that were shoved in closets and left unused, according to an investigation released Friday.

SILVESTRI ALLEGEDLY SET UP THE MEETING. THE CALIFORNIA STATE AUDITOR HAS RELEASED AN ANNUAL REPORT OF GOVERNMENT WASTE AND AMONG ITS FINDINGS, THE STATE’S EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT SPENT MILLIONS OF ...

The state’s Employment Development Department wasted at least $4.6 million buying more than 6,200 cellphones amid the COVID-19 pandemic that the department didn’t use for months, the California State ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. California’s unemployment agency kept ...

Household savings in China are markedly higher than in peer economies, which have been channeled into financing excessive investment. This paper examines the structural and cyclical factors ...

In this post, we will show you how to grey out unused cells in Excel on a Windows 11/10 PC. When you create a spreadsheet in Excel, it displays thousands of blank rows and columns. While this is ...

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We may now know why Microsoft tapped the brakes on datacenter construction earlier this year. It's not that it can't get equipment, it can't get power. Speaking on the All Things AI podcast, Microsoft ...

Millions of Americans using one of the Medicare programs may be leaving billions of dollars worth of benefits unused— benefits which would allow the seniors to purchase a huge range of supplies free ...

SIGNAGE. MELISSA WAVERLE. THANKS, SAMANTHA. IN THE OMAHA METRO AREA, MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE FACE FOOD INSECURITY. FOOD BANKS AND DONATION DRIVES ARE TRYING TO HELP, BUT SOME ADVOCATES SAY THERE’S A ...