director Shelby Hallmark admits that the “easiest” and/or “most compensable" claims were/are considered. Thereafter, discrimination is rampant. The findings of fact disclose that the government employees cannot segregate or prove that any threshold dose of radiation or components did not cause irreparable damage to the claimant.
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EXCERPTS: See EXHIBIT 44.
“Dozens of disgruntled former Rocky Flats employees walked out of a town hall meeting Monday after officials with the U.S. Department of Labor insisted on taking only written questions about toxic-exposure claims before allowing them to speak. . .'This is a joke,' said Kay Barker, whose husband, Larry, a former Rocky Flats worker, died of cancer in 1994. "This is an absolute joke.""If they can't tell me when we're going to get paid, there's no use in staying," said one former worker who declined to give his name.Labor inherited more than 35,000 cases from the Energy Department and paid some of the easiest claims to process."As I indicated earlier, it is important for us to make sure we get to these claims that have been sitting for a very long time," she said. . .(Rachel Leiton, branch chief for policy, regulations and procedures) — "Rocky Flats session spurs outrage". . .by Kim McGuire DenverPost.com, November 8, 2005---------------
REMINDER: Other bogus remarks by USDOL employee Shelby Hallmark and NIOSH employee John Howard in testimony before Congress:
EXCERPTS:
“Shelby Hallmark, director of the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs at the U.S. Department of Labor, described the program as ‘fully operational’ and stated that ‘We believe that we have established a credible program and forged effective working relationships with our partner agencies – DOE, HHS, and DOJ as well as with the DOE contractors and labor unions.’ Citing statistics on how DOL has exceeded its own internal performance goals for 2003 for reviewing and processing claims, Hallmark said that ‘The program instituted an intensive accountability review process to ensure that samples of case work are scrutinized by objective reviewers, and where quality