AT&T plans to close a Dover call center that employs 300 people next year.AT&T plans to close a Dover Dover, town, England Dover (dō`vər), town (1991 pop. 33,461), Kent, SE England, on the Strait of Dover, beneath chalk cliffs (the "White Cliffs of Dover") c.375 ft (114 m) high. The small Dour River flows through the town. call center that employs 300 people next year. The company says the U.S. State A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States, although four states use the official title "commonwealth". The separate state governments and the federal government share sovereignty, in that an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and Department has not renewed a contract, and it plans to close the center by the end of February February: see month. . The call center has a federal contract to handle passport passport Document issued by a national government identifying a traveler as a citizen with a right to protection while abroad and a right to return to the country of citizenship. It is normally a small booklet containing a description and photograph of the bearer. information. AT&T spokesman Walt Sharp said the State Department awarded the call center contract instead to Lansing, Mich.-based Peckham Industries. He said the government made the change because it decided to contract to an "AbilityOne program," a federal program that places government work with companies that employ workers with disabilities. Some employees from Peckham Industries already work at the Dover location, but AT&T is not considered an AbilityOne program, he said. |
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