Aerospace & Defense News - Defense.
7/21/2008 The US DoD's accounting unit agreed Wednesday to double-check requests by more than 25,000 veterans who were turned down for back benefits, concurring with U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich that "a veteran deserves better." Kucinich, head of a House panel that found flaws in the military benefits...

Apptis Selected to Provide IT Services for USFHP.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-8 December 2008-Apptis Selected to Provide IT Services for USFHP(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Apptis, Inc., a provider of IT and communications services to the federal marketplace, announced that it has been awarded the recompete of the $21 million contract, to support all six...

The man behind principles of refrigeration.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Few technical books remain in print for almost 50 years. Principles of Refrigeration by Roy J. Dossat, Life Member ASHRAE, is a rare exception. First published in 1961, the book quickly became an international best seller in its field and through five editions, the latest...

Veterans Forum visits Auburn.
COLUMN: VETERANS NOTES The Route 9 Veterans Forum will hold a live show at 7 p.m. Friday at Auburn Town Hall. The show will be hosted by Dan Stacks. For more information, call Dan Stacks at (617) 727-2974 or send e-mail to www.dav.org. The show...

ECHO--The Extended Care Health Option: more healthcare options for military families.
Are you struggling with caring for a family member with physical or mental disabilities and wondering how to tap into more resources and pay for additional quality care? If so, ECHO is just a call away. The Extended Care Health Option (ECHO) is a supplemental portion of...

Availity Enables Real-Time Electronic TRICARE Transactions with Humana Military Healthcare Services in Three Southern States.
Availity(R) Health Information Network offers providers access to Beneficiary Eligibility and Benefits as well as Claim Status Inquiry JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Availity, LLC, a leading health information network, today announced its partnership with Humana Military Healthcare Services, Inc. (Humana Military) to provide network health...

Arroyo ends state visit in US, brings home $4.1-B aid package.
Byline: FERDIE MAGLALANG NEW YORK CITY (via PLDT) President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo winded up yesterday (Thursday in Manila) her three-day state visit in the United States, bringing back home the prospect of some $4.1-billion in economic and military assistance and some 30,000 to 50,000 jobs for the...

Managing DoD in fiscal crisis: at the LMI Executive Forum, senior government executives and private-sector leaders examine the hard choices that must be made when it's time to pay the bills.
By any "per-unit" measure, national defense is increasingly costly. The largest discretionary element of the federal budget, defense is on a collision course with other domestic spending priorities. The federal budget pays healthcare and retirement benefits to a steadily growing share of the population; similarly, the most rapid growth...

How much are we fighting for? With recruitment and reenlistment numbers sinking, are bonuses and death benefits really bribes to buy the bodies of the poor?
WHAT IS A POUND OF FLESH WORTH? IN Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, the wealthy Antonio secures a loan of 3,000 ducats by putting up 16 ounces of his skin and bones as collateral, and his friend Bassanio offers Shylock 10 times as much to redeem this portion of...

Veterans against CFSA benefit reduction at age 65.
It is regrettable but not surprising to military personnel to read in newspapers that most Canadians and politicians lack an understanding of issues facing disabled and retired veterans. It is pure hogwash to believe that military pensioners seek to increase their benefits for which they have not fully paid...