U.S. DOL Extends Public Comment Period on EEOICPA…
The Department of Labor (DOL) has reopened the comment period for a proposed set of rule changes for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA). The comment period…
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U.S. Senators Urge DOL To Delay New EEOICPA…
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander, R-TN and Tom Udall, D-NM, have urged the Department of Labor (DOL) to delay at least 72 new provisions that will make it…
Adjudication Process for EEOICPA Examined
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), recently published a report on the Department of Labor’s (DOL) decision-making process for Part E of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act…
Uranium Mine and Mill Workers are Dying, Nobody…
In this article, Joseph Sorrentino illustrates the negative consequences of uranium mining on miners’ health that have come to light only years later. Uranium mining and milling was a part…
Efficacy of Compensation Program for Nuclear Workers under…
In an article published by the Santa Fe New Mexican on Feb. 20, the administration of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) is brought into question in…