The Bethesda-based defense contractor is tweaking its hiring practices to ensure people who’ve been unemployed the longest have a fair shot at landing a job.

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WASHINGTON — Furloughed federal government workers have filed more than 10,000 claims for unemployment benefits in the District of Columbia as the government shutdown has persisted nearly a week. D.C. Department of Employment Services spokeswoman Najla Haywood says the claims ...

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The Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation’s Division of Unemployment Insurance overpaid millions in benefits to people who were actually working and shelled out unemployment benefits to people who were dead or in prison. The division also certified job ...

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WASHINGTON — More Americans sought unemployment aid last week, suggesting hiring remains sluggish. The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly unemployment benefit applications rose 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 386,000. The increase came after the government revised the previous week ...

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WASHINGTON — Small businesses that were skittish about the economy this summer started hiring in bigger numbers this fall, helping drive the unemployment rate down to 8.6 percent in November, the lowest in two and a half years. The country ...

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NEW YORK — Worries about a weak economy had investors buying up Treasurys Thursday after the number of people applying for unemployment benefits soared last week. The price of the 10-year Treasury note rose 59 cents per $100 invested in ...

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WASHINGTON  — Are companies saying no to jobless applicants when there are job openings? After news accounts about the practice and requests from concerned lawmakers, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has jumped in, trying to figure out whether it’s widespread ...

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WASHINGTON — Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, the third drop in the past four weeks and a sign that the job market is slowly improving. Weekly claims for jobless aid dipped 3,000 to a seasonally adjusted 420,000 ...

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WASHINGTON — If Congress lets unemployment benefits expire this week for the long-term unemployed, they won’t be the only ones to feel the pain. The overall economy would suffer, too. Unemployment benefits help drive the economy because the jobless tend ...

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WASHINGTON — The number of people applying for unemployment benefits barely rose last week, offering some hope that the job market may be improving. But claims need to fall further to bring down the 9.6 percent unemployment rate. Initial claims ...

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