Have your say: In hopes of getting an accurate picture of employment needs in Louisiana for individuals with disabilities, the Louisiana Workforce Commission launched an online survey Monday that will be open to the public through Sunday, March 10. Individuals with disabilities, parents or guardians of an individual with a disability, advocates, service providers and interested members of the public are encouraged to participate in the needs assessment survey, which LWC says should take about 10 minutes to complete. Responses are anonymous and confidential. Access the survey here.
For the record: Chairman Ben Bernanke will be pressed today and Wednesday to clarify the Federal Reserve’s approach to the still-sluggish U.S. economy when he testifies before Congress this week. Bernanke will give his semiannual report to the Senate Banking Committee today and the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday. The Associated Press has a rundown of the questions Bernanke will likely face from lawmakers, as well as answers he will likely give, here.
The name game: Hundreds of Internet address suffixes to rival “.com” should be available for people and businesses to use by the end of the year, the head of an Internet oversight agency announced Monday. The initial ones, expected in mid-2013, will likely be in Chinese and other languages besides English. That will be followed within weeks by English suffixes that do not have competing bidders. Specific names won’t be announced until late April, but they will likely come from a pool of single-bidder proposals: among them, “.aetna,” ”.cadillac” and other brand names sought by companies and regional monikers. Many proposed suffixes—such as “.app,” ”.music” and “.tech”—will likely take longer. Read the full story here.
