The Department of Veterans Affairs became the first major federal agency to require health care workers to get COVID-19 vaccines.
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Read More »July 26, 2021 Comments Off on VA mandates COVID-19 vaccination for health care workers, in first for federal agencies
The Department of Veterans Affairs became the first major federal agency to require health care workers to get COVID-19 vaccines.
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Read More »August 28, 2014 Comments Off on Evergreen lands contract to care for veterans
Evergreen Health Care has been awarded a one-year, $485,000 contract with the VA Maryland Health Care System to provide primary care for up to 1,000 veterans who would otherwise face lengthy delays in getting medical appointments.
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Read More »July 17, 2014 Comments Off on Veterans Affairs asks for nearly $18 billion
The U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs is asking for $17.6 billion to address the systemic problems that led to major backlogs and the wait-list scandal at its health facilities. VA Acting Secretary Sloan D. Gibson told Congress yesterday that his ...
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Read More »February 14, 2014 Comments Off on Letter to the editor: Why businesses should hire veterans
Local businesses and companies are asking what they can do to express their gratitude to our veterans. One of the best ways to do that is to hire them.
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Read More »April 10, 2013 Comments Off on Union Station goes to all-wind power
Washington’s Union Station has signed a three-year contract with Herndon, Va.-based Washington Gas Energy Services to receive 100 percent of its electricity from wind power. Previously, the railroad station received 50 percent of its electricity from WGES CleanSteps WindPower. Under ...
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Read More »May 6, 2012 Comments Off on Redskins hope to kick workers’ compensation cases
Greenbelt workers’ compensation attorney Benjamin T. Boscolo finds one great irony in his legal fight with the Washington Redskins over whether Maryland or Virginia has jurisdiction to compensate his clients, two former Redskins players, for their on-the-field injuries. The District ...
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RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia’s prison system did not violate a Muslim inmate’s religious rights when it refused to allow him to grow a 1/8-inch beard, which he believes is required by his religion, a federal judge has ruled. William Couch, ...
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