WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * In June, nonfarm payroll employment increased over the year in 105 metropolitan areas, decreased in 1 area, and was essentially unchanged in 283 areas. The largest percentage gains in employment from June 2022 to June 2023 occurred in Midland, Texas (+8.3 percent), Odessa, Texas (+6.7 percent), and Charleston-North Charleston, South Carolina (+6.3 p  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The Health and Human Services Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. A-07-23-00632) entitled "First Coast Service Options Inc. Claimed Some Unallowable Medicare Nonqualified Plan Costs Through Its Incurred Cost Proposals" filed under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Here are excerpts: * * * Report in Brief Why OIG Did This Audit The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reimburses a portion of its contractors' nonqualified plan  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The Health and Human Services Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. A-07-23-00630) entitled "First Coast Service Options Inc. Did Not Claim Some Allowable Medicare Postretirement Benefit Costs" filed under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Here are excerpts: * * * Report in Brief Why OIG Did This Audit The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reimburses a portion of Medicare contractors' costs for postretirement benefit (PRB)   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The Health and Human Services Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. A-07-22-00626) entitled "First Coast Service Options Inc. Did Not Claim Some Allowable Medicare Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan Costs" filed under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Here are excerpts: * * * Report in Brief Why OIG Did This Audit The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reimburses a portion of its contractors' Supplemental Executive Reti  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The Health and Human Services Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. A-07-23-00629) entitled "First Coast Service Options Inc. Overstated Its Medicare Segment Postretirement Benefit Assets as of Jan. 1, 2019" filed under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Here are excerpts: * * * Report in Brief Why OIG Did This Audit The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reimburses Medicare contractors for a portion of their postretirement b  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Interior National Park Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Aug. 3, 2023, entitled "National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions." The notice was issued by Sherry A. Frear, chief of the National Register of Historic Places/National Historic Landmarks Program. COMMENT DEADLINE: August 18, 2023 * * * SUMMARY: The National Park Service is soliciting electronic comments on   more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, Aug. 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Jacksonville District issued the following news release: * * * Highlights - The introduction of spectacled caimans into Florida, reported as early as the 1950s, has impacted the biodiversity of native wildlife in some of the most sensitive areas of the Florida Everglades. - A University of Florida study, in collaboration with state and federal wildlife agencies, reveals how a succession of strategies can take control   more