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SOURCE: www.hhs.gov Today, HHS’ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provided guidance to state Medicaid agencies clarifying that they are able to offer same-sex couples many of the same financial and asset protections available to opposite-sex couples when a [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.usps.com WASHINGTON — In a report issued today and delivered to Congress, the U.S. Postal Service asserted that the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) based a recent advisory opinion on a questionable analysis of the potential cost savings that could [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.mikulski.senate.gov WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), this week sent a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, urging him to protect federal employee pensions during the budget process. Right now, the Department of the Treasury [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dol.gov CAL Construction and owner debarred from federal contracts for 3 years WESTBURY, N.Y. — The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $1.3 million in unpaid prevailing wages and fringe benefits for 67 employees of CAL Construction Co. Inc., [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.ins.state.ny.us Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that he has submitted a Governor’s program bill that would establish a new Health Benefit Exchange in order to comply with the Affordable Care Act passed by Congress and signed into law [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.opm.gov Washington, DC – Today marks the six month deadline for initial implementation of the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 (Act), which is designed to improve government services and increase efficiency by enhancing telework programs across the government.  Telework [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.justice.gov UCB Inc. Promoted Anti-Epileptic Drug Keppra for Off-Label Uses WASHINGTON – The U.S. subsidiary of Belgian pharmaceutical manufacturer UCB SA. pleaded guilty today to the off-label promotion of its epilepsy drug Keppra and will pay more than $34 [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced today the availability of approximately $40 million to strengthen and better coordinate activities within state and territorial health departments aimed at preventing chronic diseases and promoting health. Created by [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.justice.gov WASHINGTON – Midtown Imaging LLC, a radiology clinic, and its former owners Midtown Imaging P.A. and PBC Medical Imaging have agreed to pay $3 million to resolve allegations that the clinic violated the False Claims Act, the Justice [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.justice.gov WASHINGTON – Thanh Viet Jeremy Cao of Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., pleaded guilty today in Las Vegas before Judge Kent J. Dawson to six counts of filing false liens against employees and officers of the federal government, the [...] Read More