50,000 companies on hold because of GSA’s UEI validation problems

Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. Editor’s Note: Updated on Nov. 2 with comments from GSA about the UEI validation service backlog. It’s now November, and the General Services Administration still hasn’t fixed the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) transition to the new validation service that began in April. And as many as 50,000 companies and grantees still are waiting to fix validation issues that is causing delays in awards and in getting paid. The almost six-month old problem…

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Congress investigating whether companies are profiting off veterans disability claims backlog

Members of Congress are investigating whether third-party records companies are profiting from a pandemic-induced backlog of veterans disability claims. The National Archives and Records Administration has been trying to speed up records requests to process the claims but to no avail, impeding veterans’ access to essential services like health care and housing. Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (N.Y.) and member Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) sent letters to veteran records retrieval companies including DD214 Direct, Aardvark Research Group and Angels Research. The letters state the committee…

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Coronavirus in US: President Trump weighs government controls on companies that take coronavirus bailouts – Chicago Tribune

Coronavirus in US: President Trump weighs government controls on companies that take coronavirus bailouts  Chicago Tribune What Is Trump’s Trillion-Dollar Plan to Counter Economic Fallout From Coronavirus?  Foreign Policy What drove Trump’s newfound somber tone on coronavirus  CNN Pressure grows on Trump as hospitals sound virus alarms  CTV News World is at war with coronavirus: US President Donald Trump  India Today View Full Coverage on Google News “us president” – Google News

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