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If You're Looking For A Link To the Mueller Report, Look No Further
Editor's Note:
We're not downloading the entire Mueller report, but here is the Justice Department URL to read the report at:
Report On the Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Election, Vol I and II; Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III
https://www.justice.gov/storage/report.pdf?_ga=2.80421777.744576135.1555603755-461170982.1555603755
Mueller received the following military awards and decorations:
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Congressional Bills Introduced: Grants to Women's Small Businesses, Excluding Providers Involved in Abortions and Certain Research on Fetal Tissue
A bill to provide a period for the relocation of spouses and dependents of certain members of the Armed Forces undergoing a permanent change of station in order to ease and facilitate the relocation of military families; a bill to allow for greater state flexibility with respect to excluding providers who are involved in abortions; Women's Small Business Ownership Act of 2015 more »
The California Fair Pay Act: Closing the Wage Gap for Women
The California Fair Pay Act will strengthen the state's existing equal pay laws by eliminating loopholes that prevent effective enforcement and by empowering employees to discuss their pay without fear of retaliation.The Act will strengthen the state's existing equal pay laws by eliminating loopholes that prevent effective enforcement and by empowering employees to discuss their pay without fear of retaliation. more »
Pension Advance Transactions: Questionable Business Practices and the Federal Response
GAO identified at least 38 companies that offered individuals lump-sum payments or "advances" in exchange for receiving part or all of their pension payment streams. The 38 companies used multistep pension advance processes that included various other parties. At least 21 of the 38 companies were affiliated with each other in ways that were not apparent to consumers. more »
Medicare Fraud Reports From the Office of Inspector General and Recent State Enforcement Actions
One case: New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced [in August] that his office has secured settlement agreements with five defendants in a False Claims Act case that will return more than $8 million to the Medicaid and Medicare programs. The agreements resolve claims that SpecialCare Hospital Management Corporation defrauded Medicaid and Medicare by illegally referring patients to unlicensed drug and alcohol treatment programs at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, and St. Joseph's Medical Center in Yonkers, in exchange for kickbacks. more »
