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GREENBELT, Md., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has extended a contract with Analex Corporation of Fairfax, Va., for Environmental Testing and Integration Services at the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) This extension increases the maximum ordering value of the cost-plus award-fee indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract by $81.1 million to $328.1 million. The period of...

WASHINGTON, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On behalf of the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare - a coalition of community - and hospital-based home healthcare agencies dedicated to developing innovative reforms to improve the program integrity, quality, and efficiency of home healthcare for our nation's seniors - Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-LA) and Senator John Breaux (D-LA) made the following statement: "Yesterday's announcement that the Medicare Fraud Strike Force has...

WASHINGTON, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Trust for America's Health (TFAH) finds the House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture-passed Farm Bill damaging to the nation's health. The House legislation would significantly cut programs (most notably in the nutrition title) that have benefited millions of Americans and continually improve the nation's health. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100204/TFAHLOGO) In contrast, on Tuesday, the Senate Agriculture...

The Newly-Offered Consultations are a Direct Result of the State’s New Bill, which will Overhaul the Workers’ Compensation System Oklahoma City, OK (PRWEB) May 15, 2013 Johnson and Biscone, P.A., an Oklahoma workers compensation attorney law firm, has just announced that it will now offer consultations about workers compensation based on the new laws. According to a recent news story that was featured on Newson6 on May 6th, 2013, Governor Mary Fallin signed a bill that will overhaul...

Securityhunter has been notified of a second Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) to provide security services for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Program Support Center. Baltimore, MD (PRWEB) May 15, 2013 Securityhunter, Inc. has been notified that it is one of the awardees of a Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) to provide a comprehensive range of security solutions to all federal agencies through the Health and Human Services Program Support Center...

Scambook, the Internet's leading complaint resolution platform, is warning consumers to be on guard for an identity theft phone scam involving jury duty, a version of a similar fraud scheme dating back at least to 2005. Police in Gadsden, Alabama stated that the newer scam calls have recently been reported in multiple states including Oklahoma, Illinois, Colorado, Arizona and Oregon*. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 15, 2013 Scambook, the Internet's leading complaint resolution...

Public Officials Find P3s an attractive option for funding large critically needed public projects SEATTLE, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Onvia, Inc. (www.onvia.com ; Nasdaq: ONVI), a leading provider of comprehensive government-business market intelligence, announces an online presentation in collaboration with Strategic Partnerships Inc.( http://www.spartnerships.com ), about the growing trend of Public Private Partnerships. Mary Scott Nabers author and President/CEO of Strategic...

FLUSHING, N.Y., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As in previous years, Flushing House has scheduled three "Elder Law Seminars" for the Spring of 2013. The seminars will focus on how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicaid Re-Design in New York State, may impact health care and home care services for older adults. Medicare changes arising from the ACA will also be explored, as well as asset protection trusts and estate planning. (Photo:...

The Firm is Devoted to Helping People with Different Types of Tax Problems WALLINGFORD, Conn., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- IRS Medic: Parent and Parent LLP, has just announced that it will host a new IRS federal tax lien relief webinar. During the informative and helpful webinar, attendees will learn what can be done about a federal tax lien, how unscrupulous scammers prey upon people with tax liens and--perhaps most importantly--what can be done to stop the situation....

- Pennsylvania house call program hailed for reducing Medicare costs by 28 percent - WASHINGTON, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare today thanked a bipartisan group of Pennsylvania legislators for requesting that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) extend the grants provided in the Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration (MCCD) beyond the current expiration date of June 2013. The program, which began in 2001, has...