EBT community came together to meet early SNAP issuance demand, necessitate by the government shutdown The EBT community is a public-private partnership of government agencies and companies that design, develop, implement and operate the complex systems that deliver food nutritional assistance...

A Christmas MemoryThe Lobster is taking a detour at this holiday season. Today I ask you to stop and help me commemorate the death of my uncle in World War II. Long-time readers of The Lobster will recall this post from its original run in December 2013.Over 400,000 Americans were killed during World...