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Wednesday, August 12, 2009HHS Deputy Secretary Bill Corr today announced the release of $13.4 million for loan repayments to nurses who agree to practice in facilities with critical shortages and for schools of nursing to provide loans to students who will become nurse faculty. The funds were made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), signed Feb. 17, 2009, by President Obama.
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009At 12:01 A.M. on August 17, 2009, www.federalreporting.gov will go live and recipients of Recovery funds will be able to register as the first step in the reporting process mandated by the Recovery Act. Simple registration should take approximately five minutes if recipients already have a DUNS number and CCR number. For more information on the pre-requisites for registering, visit FAQs.
Registration will continue through September 30, 2009, with reporting officially beginning on October 1, 2009 through October 10, 2009. For a preview of the guidance and forms associated with reporting, see recipient reporting information.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009WASHINGTON —The U.S. Department of Labor today certified for release $20,351,150 in unemployment insurance (UI) modernization incentive funds to the state of Hawaii. Hawaii qualified for these funds available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) by including certain family-friendly provisions in its UI law.
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Monday, August 10, 2009WASHINGTON — During a visit to Iowa today, Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced a $521,910 grant to assist approximately 90 workers affected by layoffs at Featherlite Inc. located in Cresco, Iowa.
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Friday, August 7, 2009Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, today announced the availability of $24 million in contracts to provide the agency with electronic medical records to improve the efficiency of its disability programs. Through a Request for Proposals available on www.fedbizopps.gov, Social Security is looking for health care providers, provider networks, and health information exchanges to participate in its Medical Evidence Gathering and Analysis through Health Information Technology (IT) program.
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