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Injured workers sue contracting, insurance firms over injuries in Iraq, Afghanistan

By | 09.28.11 | 1:02 pm

In a 200-page complaint filed in federal court Monday, dozens of former government contractors injured in Iraq and Afghanistan accuse their old employers and insurance carriers of blocking or withholding their health benefits.

This Bloch Party’s Over

By | 10.21.08 | 10:35 am

Scott Bloch, director of the Office of Special Counsel, is now set to resign, effective Jan. 5. Bloch has drawn some unwanted attention to the federal agency that investigates whistleblower complaints from federal employees, including examples of partisan politicking in the bureaucracy. He hired “Geeks on Call” to scrub More…

Does Lurita Doan Have a Point?

By | 10.16.08 | 5:52 pm

The saga of former General Services Admin. head Lurita Doan returned to life yesterday when the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released a report on the politicization of federal agencies during the Bush administration.

The report recalls that Doan violated the Hatch Act by asking GSA civil servants More…