Two Hines Physicians and a Social Worker Detail Misconduct; Claim Intimidation and Retaliation Block Willingness to Cooperate with Investigators CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 30, 2014. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today met with Edward J. Hines, Jr. VA Hospital whistleblowers to outline specific allegations of misconduct and corruption at the Hines VA. Germaine[Read More…]
Month: May 2014
Interior Secretary Jewell Announces Award of First Oil and Gas Leases in Gulf of Mexico Subject to U.S.–Mexico Transboundary Hydrocarbons Agreement
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 30, 2014. As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Acting Director Walter Cruickshank today announced the award of the first three oil and gas[Read More…]
Federal Board Overturns Medicare Exclusion of Transition-Related Care
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 30, 2014 – An independent board within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today ruled that a Medicare policy from 1989 that categorically excluded transition-related medical procedures, regardless of medical need, is unreasonable and invalid based on today’s medical science. Learn more about how this ruling[Read More…]
EPA and Reckitt Benckiser Inc. Reach Agreement to Cancel Certain Rodenticide Products
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 30, 2014. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached agreement with Reckitt Benckiser Inc. to cancel 12 d-CON mouse and rat poison products that do not currently comply with EPA safety standards. “Millions of households use mouse and rat poison products each year. Canceling these products will help[Read More…]
Colorado Civil Rights Commission Finds Bakery Discriminated Against Gay Couple
DENVER–(ENEWSPF)–May 30, 2014. The Colorado Civil Rights Commission ruled that a Lakewood bakery violated the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act by refusing to sell a wedding cake to a gay couple, because of the owner’s personal religious beliefs. At a public hearing today, the commission rejected the bakery’s appeal of an earlier[Read More…]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Releases Deadly Force Report and Revised Use of Force Policies
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 30, 2014. Today, U.S. Customs and Border Protection released a report on the agency’s use of force policies and practices completed over a year ago by a respected independent think tank, the Police Executive Research Forum, along with a revised Use of Force Policies Handbook that incorporates the report’s[Read More…]
ACLU Statement on Final Ruling Invalidating Medicare Ban on Healthcare for Transgender Patients
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 30, 2014. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Departmental Appeals Board ruled today that that Medicare’s policy of categorically excluding coverage of sex-reassignment surgery, regardless of a person’s individual medical conditions and needs, is unreasonable and contrary to contemporary science and medical standards of care. The[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Lawmakers Pass Bill to Protect Low Wage Workers
Springfield—(ENEWSPF)—May 30, 2014. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today praised lawmakers for passing legislation that puts in place protections for low wage workers who receive their wages on a payroll card, an increasingly common method of payment used by Illinois employers. The bill will provide important protections for workers against unreasonable[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Stephenson County Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Disseminating Child Pornography
Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—May 30, 2014. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that a Freeport man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for disseminating child pornography. The defendant’s arrest was part of Madigan’s “Operation Glass House,” a statewide initiative to apprehend the most active offenders who download and trade child pornography online.[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Jen Psaki, May 30, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 30, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Secretary Kerry’s Travel to Warsaw, Paris, and Normandy Transatlantic Diplomatic Fellowship Program Visitors SYRIA American Citizen Involved in Suicide Bombing / Concern about Foreign Fighters BENGHAZI Congressional Subpoena PALESTINIANS No Decisions on U.S. Engagement before Formation of Interim Government ISRAEL/PALESTINIANS U.S.[Read More…]
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