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- Senators push Tangherlini for assurances GSA is improving
- As VA works to eliminate one backlog, one more might emerge
- Senator: IRS to pay $70M in employee bonuses
- Furlough song: Laugh or you'll cry
- Navy strikes enterprise licensing deal with Oracle
- Contractors with security clearances lack path to report problems
- NSA leak case gives vendors reason to reevaluate personnel
- Does security clearance process need a makeover?
- 8 contract executives guilty of 8(a) contracting fraud
- Whistleblower suit leads to $12M false claims settlement by SAIC
- NASA engineer, 29, recognized for improving aeronautical testing
- USPS reaches energy reduction goal ahead of schedule
- NOAA meteorologist helps save lives one storm at a time
- NASA picks 8 new astronauts, 4 of them women
- House passes sweeping $638 billion defense bill
- NIH tops list of best companies for baby boomers
- Latest postal reform proposal OKs 5-day delivery
- Wednesday federal headlines - June 19, 2013
Study: Wiser medication use could cut health costs
Study: Wiser medication use could save US $213 billion a year in avoidable health care costs
18 mayors: Limit use of food stamps to buy soda
18 mayors, including NYC's, call for testing ways to limit use of food stamps to buy soda
Medicare: Cost-saving changes coming for diabetics
HEALTHBEAT: July 1 brings changes to way diabetics on Medicare purchase blood testing supplies
Especially grim encephalitis toll feared in India
Especially grim year for encephalitis feared in northern India as poverty, politics take toll
Mich. woman ordered to trial on false rape report
Judge orders trial for Michigan woman at center of false rape, fake cancer cases
Bolivian girl mauled by dog to fly to US for help
4-year-old girl mauled by dog in Bolivia to fly to Boston for reconstructive surgery
Nonprofit launches campaign to reach uninsured
Nonprofit launches 'Get Covered America' campaign to reach uninsured about health care law
Report: Slowdown in health care costs to continue
Report: Slowdown in US health care costs may turn into a trend, not a pause
Report: US adult smoking rate dips to 18 percent
Adult smoking rate may be falling again; down to 18 percent last year, government report says
Ark. AG seeks to uphold verdict against J&J
Ark. AG asks state's high court to uphold $1.2B fine against Johnson & Johnson, subsidiary
Gender report of Shah Rukh Khan baby investigated
Inquiry looks at report Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, wife know unborn baby's gender
To ease shortage of organs, grow them in a lab?
As more patients get lab-grown body parts, scientists face challenge of making complex organs
Boston hospital to offer hand transplants for kids
Boston hospital to offer hand transplants for kids, following on success in adults
Minnesota G Banham has successful surgery on knees
Minnesota G Rachel Banham undergoes successful surgery on both knees
Taco Bell jumps on protein craze with menu test
Taco Bell to test 'Power Protein' menu featuring extra beef, chicken as part of health kick
Va foundation receives grant for Parkinson's study
Michael J. Fox Foundation awards grant to Va. organization for Parkinson's disease study
Ga. radio hosts fired; mocked ex-player with ALS
Atlanta radio program hosts fired for mocking former NFL player with Lou Gehrig's disease
Witness: Man who disrupted flight ranted about CIA
Passenger: Man who disrupted Hong Kong flight ranted about CIA, was not stable
Court: 'Pay to delay' generic drugs can be illegal
Supreme Court: 'Pay-for-delay' deals between drug companies can sometimes be illegal
Ukraine kids at risk from low vaccination rates
Fear, corruption, economic woes cause low vaccination rates in Ukraine _ stirring polio fears
Hepatitis A outbreak linked to Ore. berry farm
FDA: Hepatitis A outbreak linked to Oregon berry farm, 30 illnesses reported in 5 states
No verdict in case of fired pregnant Ohio teacher
Jury deliberates without reaching verdict in Ohio lawsuit by fired pregnant teacher
Rape victim: Retaliation prevalent in military
AP Exclusive: Rape victim says retaliation for reporting sexual assault prevalent in military
