Cada día que pasa, las noticias sobre la distribución de la vacuna contra el COVID-19 parecen cambiar. Una de las razones es que la distribución varía según el estado o territorio. Y los estafadores, siempre listos para actuar, se están aprovechando de la confusión.

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration published an interim final rule effective January 13, 2021 allowing 8(a) Program participants to elect a one-year program extension in the SBA’s 8(a) Business Development Program due to the challenges of COVID-19.

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About 8% of American adults reported they had received a COVID-19 vaccination and around half of adults who haven’t (51%) indicated they would definitely get a vaccine, while an additional 26% said they probably would, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released today.

The latest revision to Phase 3 of the Household Pulse Survey was implemented on Jan. 6, 2021, and included a new series of questions about COVID-19 vaccinations and attitudes toward the vaccines.

Despite making up nearly half of the U.S. workforce, women are still vastly underrepresented in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) workforce.

Women made gains – from 8% of STEM workers in 1970 to 27% in 2019 – but men still dominated the field. Men made up 52% of all U.S. workers but 73% of all STEM workers.

January 27, 2021 (IEEFA) — The devastation caused by Hurricane Maria in 2017 highlighted Puerto Rico’s “antiquated, expensive and fossil fuel-dependent” electricity grid, providing the Biden administration with an historic opportunity to transform a vital part of the island’s economy.

The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) recommends in a new policy brief that the administration battle entrenched interests that have served Puerto Rico poorly with four basic steps to meet its campaign promise of “low-cost, reliable and clean electricity” for the island.

January 26, 2021 (IEEFA) – On Monday, the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau issued an order firmly rebuking the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) for attempting to move forward with new projects – including a 400 megawatt (MW) natural gas plant and 330 MW of smaller natural gas peaking units. In August 2020, the Bureau had explicitly rejected PREPA’s plans for new natural gas plants and ordered the power authority to instead prioritize investments in renewable energy and storage, as part of its least-cost plan for the island’s electrical system.

The need to invest in a good cybersecurity plan for many small business owners can fall on the back burner, leaving them vulnerable and as a top target for cyber criminals. Knowing that the average data breach costs $3.92M (according to IBM) should be enough for small businesses to have a proactive cybersecurity plan that will protect your data as well as privacy.

Newly published data from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) shows that the first round of economic impact payments primarily benefited households earning less than $100,000. Lawmakers passed the first round of payments under the CARES Act in March 2020 and the Treasury Department began sending payments in early April 2020. The IRS sent more than 161 million payments, totaling more than $271 billion, according to the new data.

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On Jan. 20, we watched the transition of power in the United States, albeit in a quite unconventional manner. During the swearing-in of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States, his inaugural speech that followed was an immediate change of tone and attitude in the nation.

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Equipment Breakdown Insurance is coverage for loss due to a mechanical or electrical breakdown of nearly any type of equipment, including photocopiers and computers. Coverage applies to the cost to repair or replace the equipment and any other property damaged by the equipment breakdown.

An adventuring Swedish doctor takes on a decades-long medical mystery: What exactly was the 1918 flu? This week, we’re sharing an episode of Science Vs, a podcast from Gimlet, a Spotify Studio. They talk to Dr. Johan Hultin, Eileen Hultin, Dr. Jeffery Taubenberger, Ann Reid, Rita Olanna and Annie Conger.

Al iniciar una empresa o decidirte a emprender, es recomendable que consideres varias estrategias de mercadeo y relaciones públicas para dar a conocer tus servicios o productos. Entre las recomendaciones bajo los esfuerzos de relaciones públicas está el redactar un comunicado de prensa el cual distribuirás a los editores y periodistas de los medios de comunicación para que consideren su publicación.

Alumni FAE le invita a su primera actividad virtual del 2021 dónde se discutirá la integración de los puntos sugeridos por las asociaciones en el plano económico de Puerto Rico.

Hear from national experts and members of your own community about creating drug-free workplaces, building effective employee assistance programs,working with benefit providers, and more.

Como sub recipiente de fondos CDBG-DR, Foundation for Puerto Rico (FPR) se compromete a proporcionar, en la mayor medida posible, oportunidades de empleo, capacitación y contratación bajo el Programa de Planificación Integral para la Resiliencia Comunitaria (WCRP, por sus siglas en inglés) a los residentes de Puerto Rico que califican bajo el definición federal de un candidato de Sección 3 (del Housing and Urban Development Act).

Si desea obtener más información y ver si califica como candidato de Sección 3, lee y completa el FORMULARIO DE AUTOCERTIFICACIÓN RESIDENTE SECCIÓN 3 disponible en https://www.foundationforpuertorico.org/careers. Completar este formulario, así como proporcionar documentación de apoyo, es voluntario y ninguna información personal se hará pública, ni estará disponible para los contratistas sin su consentimiento. La certificación como Residente Sección 3 no garantiza un puesto o contrato con FPR ni WCRP, pero puede permitirle recibir notificaciones sobre oportunidades de trabajo, capacitación y compras con FPR, el Departamento de la Vivienda y otros futuros proyectos cubiertos por la Sección 3 bajo el Programa CDBG-DR.