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The Department of Justice announced a $20,000 consent decree which resolves a lawsuit alleging that a Park City Utah condo association and its management company violated The Fair Housing Act.  The DOJ alleges that they refused to grant a resident’s [...] Read More

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is charging Bank of America with discrimination against home-buyers who have disabilities, alleging Bank of America imposed unnecessary and burdensome requirements on borrowers who relied on disability income for home loan qualification. In [...] Read More

The New York Department of Financial Services has begun an in-depth investigation into the accuracy of the data used by insurance carriers and health maintenance organizations (HMOs) which they rely upon to request health insurance rate increases. “At a time [...] Read More

President Obama has proposed a $140.3 billion budget for the Veterans’ Administration to accommodate the over one million active-duty men and women who will be veterans in the next fire years. Says the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Eric K. Shinseki, [...] Read More

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman launched a new website, “Share Your I-STOP Story,” which does just that – shares stories from New Yorkers who have been personally affected by the growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse. Mr. Schneiderman is hoping the [...] Read More

In response to the campaign of House Republicans seeking to expand the federal pay freeze, The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) will be rolling out a new ad campaign of its own this weekend entitled, “Explain It To Me, [...] Read More

In a press release, Rep. Dennis A. Ross (R-FL),chairman Oversight Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service & Labor Policy, commended the committee passage of his bill, HR 3813, the Securing Annuities for Federal Employees (SAFE) Act, claiming it “is a [...] Read More

Soon, millions of federal employees, retirees as well as their families will be able to use Blue Button® to download their personal health data from their health plans’ websites, making it easier to share their information with physicians, family and [...] Read More

SOURCE: WWW.DOL.GOV Employees of New England grocery chain exposed to fall and laceration dangers BOSTON — The U.S. Department of Labor’s regional solicitor’s office in Boston has filed a complaint against DeMoulas Super Markets Inc., doing business as Market Basket, [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.va.gov Information Available On-Line for E-Benefits Enrollees WASHINGTON – Veterans, their families, and survivors receiving benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs saw a 3.6 percent increase in their compensation and pension benefits beginning January 1. “Veterans, their families and [...] Read More