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Alsobrooks Sponsors Bill to Examine Fiscal Effects of Federal Mass Firings

by Richard D. Elliott February 13, 2026February 13, 2026

Maryland Democratic Sen. Angela Alsobrooks has sponsored the Fiscal Harms of Federal Firings Act, which would direct the Government Accountability Office to conduct a comprehensive study of the financial effects of the Trump administration’s mass firings on state and local governments.

**FILE** A new report released this month has revealed that the federal government spent $14.9 billion on advertising contracts over the past 10 fiscal years, but previous reports suggest that Black-owned media received no more than $10 million of the total spent. (Courtesy of NNPA)

Inequities in Federal Advertising Contracts Persist, With Black-Owned Media Virtually Locked Out

by Stacy M. Brown July 3, 2024July 3, 2024

**FILE** Despite modest increases in their numbers over the past two decades, Black and Latinx individuals remain significantly underrepresented among college faculty, according to a new study by the Government Accountability Office. This March 2023 photo features Gleniss V. Brown-Wade at a DC Sustainable Energy Utility Green Building 101 class. (WI photo)

GAO Study Shows Persistent Underrepresentation of Black and Hispanic Faculty in Higher Education

by Stacy M. Brown April 15, 2024April 15, 2024

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Norton: GAO Report Shows Congress Cheated D.C.

by WI Web Staff September 23, 2022September 23, 2022

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Norton, House Dems Push GAO on Federal Advertising Contracts with Minority Media

by WI Web Staff June 27, 2022June 27, 2022

The Black Press of America celebrates 195 years of being the voice for the voiceless and the trusted voice for African descendants everywhere. (File photo)

CBC Members Push Biden Admin on Spending Advertising Dollars with Black Media

by Stacy M. Brown May 17, 2022May 17, 2022

GAO to Investigate Systemic Racism at VA: Report

by WI Guest Author October 5, 2020December 21, 2021

The loss of Black farmland has had a profound impact on rural black communities, which today suffer from severe economic challenges, among them a poverty rate twice that of rural white communities. (iStockphoto/NNPA)

Black Experience, Business, Stacy M. Brown

Structural Racism Eliminated Black Farmers: Report

by WI Guest Author April 8, 2019October 31, 2020

NNPA President Benjamin F. Chavis and Washington Informer Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes join Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton and others at a news conference in 2016 regarding federal advertising spending with minority-owned media companies. (Freddie Allen/NNPA)

Black Experience, Business

Minority Businesses Receive Little Federal Ad Money, Report Shows

by Stacy M. Brown July 17, 2018October 31, 2020

Black Experience, Business

GAO to Issue New Federal Advertising Spending Report

by WI Guest Author April 14, 2017October 30, 2020