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SOURCE: AKAKA.SENATE.GOV Washington, D.C., April 21, 2010 . . . At A hearing held today (April 21) on the Post-9/11 GI Bill, Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman, Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), brought together a diverse panel that included a veteran [...] Read More

Washington, D.C., April 20, 2010 . . .  This past week Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) addressed the Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee (HELP Committee) regarding protecting consumers from the rising cost of health insurance premiums.  The Committee is working [...] Read More

In response to allegations of endoscope reprocessing problems (possible contamination of three gastrointestinal endoscopes identified before patient use) at the St. Louis VA Medical Center, the VA Office of Inspector General, Office of Healthcare Inspections, conducted an investigation.  Below is [...] Read More

Source: ww1.va.gov Processing Of Claims Targeted For Extra Personnel Washington, The Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) is putting Americans to work with funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, while bolstering staffing at VA benefits’ offices where Veterans’ claims [...] Read More

Statement From Kathleen Sebelius, April 20, 2010 I welcome the Blue Cross Blue Shield plans, Kaiser Permanente, and Humana to the growing list of insurers who are offering to continue health insurance for young adults graduating from college or aging [...] Read More

Treasury Goes Green, Saves, Green Broad New Initiative Will Increase Electronic Transactions, Save More Than $400 Million, 12 Million Pounds Of Paper In First Five Years Alone Washington, April 19, 2010 . . . With Americans poised to celebrate the [...] Read More

Independent Team Of Occupational Safety Experts To Examine MSHA’s Internal Review Following Explosion At Upper Big Branch Mine Washington, April 16, 2010 . . . At the U.S. Department of Labor’s request, an independent team of safety experts will examine [...] Read More

John E. Potter, Postmaster General, appeared before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee seeking support for his proposal to cut Saturday deliveries, raise the price of postage, close additional offices, and cut additional postal jobs in an effort to [...] Read More

“The people of West Virginia are in our prayers.  But we owe them more than prayers.  We owe them action . . . This tragedy was triggered by a failure at the Upper Branch mine, a failure first and foremost [...] Read More

SOURCE: akaka.senate.gov Subcommittee On Oversight Of Government Management, The Federal Workforce, And The District Of Columbia Sentate Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs – Statement of Chairman Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI) April 14, 2010 Today’s hearing, Deployed Federal Civilians: [...] Read More