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SOURCE: www.hhs.gov Grants Help To Support Community-Based Alternatives To Institutional Long Term Care Americans with disabilities will have more help to live independently and remain in their homes and communities instead of in institutional long-term care facilities, such as nursing [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.whitehouse.gov By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to establish the Federal Government as a model employer of individuals with disabilities, it is [...] Read More

SOURCE: tricare.mil Falls Church, VA . . . TRICARE beneficiaries living outside of the United States will soon begin receiving letters updating them on the TRICARE Overseas Program Contract that begins Sept. 1, 2010.  Beneficiaries will receive the letter only [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dhs.gov Washington, D.C. . . . Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today met with leaders of several veterans service organizations – at a meeting hosted by Disabled American Veterans – to discuss DHS’ ongoing collaboration and [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.va.gov Washington, D.C. . . . In an effort to prevent homelessness among veterans, primarily those returning from the wards in Afghanistan and Iraq, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Veterans [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dol.gov Washington, D.C. .  .  .U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement on the passage of the Miner Safety and Health Act of 2010 by the Committee on Education and Labor of the U.S. [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.akaka.senate.gov Washington, D.C. . . . Following a favorable hearing on improving the post 9/11 Bill, Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI) is preparing to move forward with legislation to improve the new program. “The original [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov Washington, D.C. . . . The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights today issued new technical assistance guidance for medical providers which will help people [...] Read More

SOURCE: hhs.gov New Regulations Give Patients Right To Appeal Health Plan Decisions; New Grants Program Strengthens State And Territory Consumer Assistance Programs Washington, D.C. . . . Today, the Obama Administration is announcing both new regulations to empower consumers to [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.whitehouse.gov Presidential Memorandum Each year, Federal civilian employees are injured or fall ill on the job in significant numbers.  Although the Federal Government has made progress in reducing workplace injuries and illnesses in recent years, its workers (excluding those [...] Read More