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Washington, D.C. . . . Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI) introduced legislation today to make much-needed improvements to VA’s disability claims processing.  VA provides disability compensation to approximately 3.1 million veterans across the nation including over [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dol.gov Washington . . . The U.S. Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service has awarded $4 million in Incarcerated Veterans Transition Program grants designed to aid veterans “at risk” of homelessness.  The 16 grants will serve more [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dol.gov News Release . . . Washington, D.C. . . . The Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans (also known as the ERISA Advisory Council) will meet June 29 to July 1 in Washington at the [...] Read More

In Bridgeport, CT, a federal judge has approved a $72.5 million settlement for a class action lawsuit against The Hartford.  The lawsuit accuses The Hartford of fraudulently keeping millions of dollars in fees that accident victims should have been entitled [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.va.gov Project To Bring 2,000 Construction Jobs New Orleans . . . Fulfilling President Obama’s commitment to rebuild New Orleans, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki joined state and local officials for a ground-breaking ceremony for a new [...] Read More

During a joint House-Senate hearing on June 23, postal labor unions and some of their customers voiced their objections to the proposed five-day delivery schedule. American Postal Workers Union President, William Burrus, saw some flaws in the USPS projections that [...] Read More

SOURCE: help.senate.gov by Kate Cyrul & Bergen Kenny Washington, D.C. Monday, June 28, 2010 . . .Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today announced the panel will hold a hearing titled [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.ins.state.ny Hearing will help decide if Cinergy, known for late night commercials offering health coverage for ‘little more than $5 per day’ should be allowed to keep selling insurance. Cinergy which advertised limited benefit health plans on late night [...] Read More

On Wednesday, VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki visited the Mursfreesboro VA hospital in Tennessee where nearly 6,500 veterans could have been infected with Hepatitis or HIV.  The hospital used dirty colonoscopy equipment which was reported to the VA a few [...] Read More