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SOURCE: hhs.gov For Immediate Release, June 2, 2010 . . . The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today invited states to apply for participation in the Multi-payer Advanced Primary Care [...] Read More

SOURCE: akaka.senate Washington, D.C., Friday, May 28, 2010 . . . Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chair Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI) introduced S. 3447, a bill to improve the post-9/11 GI Benefits program.  Akaka introduced the bill yesterday (May 27) to [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.opm.gov OPM Director, John Perry Lauds Signing Of Presidential memorandum On The Extension Of Benefits To Same-Sex Domestic Partners Of Federal Employees President Obama directs agencies, to the extent permitted by law, to extend benefits currently available to spouses of [...] Read More

SOURCE: hhs.gov Putting Data And Innovation To Work To help Communities And Consumers Improve Health HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Institute of Medicine President Harvey Fineberg today launched a national initiative to share a wealth of new community health data [...] Read More

SOURCE: help.senate.gov Thursday, May 27, 2010 “I want to welcome everyone to this hearing on an issue of critical importance to workers and businesses alike – the security of our multi-employer pension plans. “There is no question that retirement security [...] Read More

SOURCE: dol.gov Statement Of US Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis On Need To Fund Summer Youth Employment And Extend UI And COBRA Subsidy Washington, D.C. . . . Seretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today (May 28, 2010) issued [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.gao.gov SUMMARY The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides, or pays for, a range of mental health services for veterans.  To effectively manage resources and ensure access to eligible veterans, VA needs complete spending and workload information for mental [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov “Today, we are releasing a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) which shows our nation is making progress toward eliminating healthcare-associated infections (HAI’S) that kill almost 100,000 Americans each year.  The report today [...] Read More

According to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the Department of Veterans Affairs has been found in violation of three federal regulations for radiation use at 13 of their medical facilities including the VA medical facility in Philadelphia, at the center [...] Read More

SOURCE: levin.senate.gov Washington, D.C. . . . Senators Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) and Carl Levin (D-MI), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, along with Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-PA) today sent a letter to the White House announcing that they “have [...] Read More