The Labor Department has launched a series of changes to improve the controversial federal system designed to provide medical care an … more…
As the war in Afghanistan entered its ninth year, the Labor Department recently released new figures for the number of civilian contr … more…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congress could save as much as $250 million a year through a sweeping overhaul of the controversial U.S. system … more…
Sept. 10: This post has been corrected.
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said Wednesday that he will introduce legislation later this y … more…
WASHINGTON — A company hired by insurance giant AIG to investigate federal contract workers injured in war zones is itself under scru … more…
The Congressional Research Service has found that the Defense Department was paying far higher premiums to insure civilians working i … more…
Congressional hearings generally follow a script. Lawmakers publicly vent their outrage, administration officials offer plausible … more…
LUTOPAN, Philippines — To see the disparities in the U.S. system for taking care of civilian workers wounded in war zones, you need g … more…
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, announced today that a panel of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will hold a hear … more…
The Defense Department's inspector general is preparing a possible audit to examine allegations that inadequate oversight by federal … more…
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In 1940, the United States began constructing and expanding military bases overseas in preparation for th … more…