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SOURCE: www.opm.gov The US Postal Service is facing serious challenges. OPM is sympathetic to the situation in which the Postal Service finds itself, and we stand ready to help the Postal Service in whatever way we can, consistent with our [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dol.gov Interested parties may submit comments through July 11 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has announced a 14-day extension of the comment period for its proposed rule to revise regulations implementing [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.usps.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service has informed the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) of its intention to suspend its employer’s contributions for the defined benefit portion of the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) to conserve cash and [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.ins.state.ny.us An Ulster County chiropractor was arrested June 15 for posing as an Insurance Department Frauds Bureau investigator and threatening to arrest another chiropractor, the New York State Insurance Department reported. Seth Peyser, 48, of Gardiner, is accused of [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dol.gov WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $7,666,392 National Emergency Grant to assist about 6,530 U.S. Department of Defense civilian workers, contractors and military spouses impacted by the realignments and closures of military facilities in [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.justice.gov WASHINGTON – An owner of a Detroit-area medical clinic was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for her role in a $1.12 million Medicare fraud scheme, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. Maria [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov Free tool links patient portals and EHRs to consumer health information The National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library and a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has formally launched MedlinePlus Connect. This free [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.justice.gov WASHINGTON – An owner of a Houston health care company pleaded guilty today in connection with a $654,227 Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS). Simone Ball, 24, pleaded guilty before [...] Read More

SOURCE: opm.gov President Obama’s Veterans Employment Initiative Succeeding Washington, DC – The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has released Employment of Veterans in the Federal Executive Branch for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010, a document which tells a success story of [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov Funding opportunity for national networks of community-based organizations The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced a funding opportunity for national networks of community-based organizations to apply for more than $4 million in cooperative agreements. [...] Read More