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Vista Metals Corp Celebrates NASA and JPL's Successful Mars Rover Landing Fontana, CA (PRWEB) August 28, 2012 Vista Metals Corp would like to congratulate JPL and NASA on a successful landing of the Mars rover. Specialty aluminum products were provided by Vista, the world’s largest independent producer of specialty aluminum products, for the Curiosity. Vista salutes the ingenuity and hard work of the engineers and everyone involved in this historical event. It is clear that the...
Secretaries asked to demand company allow workers to attend Veterans Administration appointments without any negative impact on their employment status COTE BLANCHE, La., Aug. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- United Steelworkers (USW) International President Leo W. Gerard sent letters to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki and Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta requesting their assistance in getting a decorated Iraq war veteran his job back and in demanding that...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After outright rejecting the use of Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) for its ambitious plans to construct several new hospital facilities across the United States, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is now experiencing critical cost-overruns, massive scheduling delays, expensive quality issues, and accusations concerning the use of undocumented workers on projects being funded with taxpayer dollars. The $600 million VA hospital...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) announced that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has agreed to move forward on CT screening for veterans at high risk for lung cancer. This was communicated to Laurie Fenton Ambrose, LCA President & CEO in written correspondence by VA Under Secretary for Health Dr. Robert A. Petzel. "I am so pleased that high level engagement with senior VA officials has borne fruit," said Fenton Ambrose,...
LAS VEGAS, Aug. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 4,000 veterans and others convened at DAV's 91(st) National Convention at the Bally's Hotel in Las Vegas, Aug. 4-7, to discuss key legislative and policy issues affecting veterans. A central discussion focused on the actions the Department of Veterans Affairs and Congress are implementing to eliminate the back log for delivering benefits to veterans and how veteran groups, like DAV, can be instrumental in this process. Vice President...
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Veterans Community Services (VCS), a non-profit that helps the nation's veterans transition successfully into civilian life, today announces it has received a $1 million grant from the Veteran's Administration's Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF). VCS is the only grantee in San Diego and Imperial Counties to receive the SSVF grant. Jim Jenkins, Chief Executive Officer for Community Catalysts of California, the parent entity for...
ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Engineering Services Network, Inc. (ESN), an engineering and technology solutions company based in Arlington, VA, that provides services to the Department of Defense and other federal agencies, announced today it has named Kathleen Casey as Executive Director of Veterans Affairs. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120801/NE49967) Under her new job, Casey is responsible for planning, directing, coordinating and conducting all...
BUFFALO, N.Y., July 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is proud to announce a new partnership to use health information exchange technology, which will improve the quality of care and delivery of medical treatment to local Veterans, especially those returning from recent conflicts. Western New York is one of 13 communities in the United States selected by VA to participate in the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) Health Communities Program....
WASHINGTON, July 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Federation of Government Employees is calling on Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to take immediate action in ending the retaliatory actions taken against a psychologist at the Wilmington VA Medical Center. Dr. Michelle Washington, a post-traumatic stress disorder specialist at the facility, has seen her performance rating lowered, job duties altered and job titled changed stemming from her Senate...
Novation, the leading health care supply contracting company for the members of VHA Inc., UHC, Children’s Hospital Association and Provista, LLC, has selected Inquera’s Elevate Suite to automate product data acquisition from supplier catalogues. Novation represents the largest purchasing volume in their industry with more than $42 billion in annual purchases. Inquera’s Elevate Suite is enabling Novation to automatically incorporate and manage product data that is in different...
