rssSix in the Morning: A six-pack of infobits you might have missed
By Travis Pillow |
08.24.11 | 8:13 am
The latest in the FBI’s probe into former House Speaker Ray Sansom (via). Plus: five more important items!
Posts Tagged claims process
After one year, oil spill claims administrator says process now ‘current’
By Travis Pillow |
08.23.11 | 2:17 pm
Oil spill claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg marked the one-year anniversary of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility by saying the fund has at least looked at 97 percent of the claims it has received.
Six in the Morning: A six-pack of infobits you might have missed
By Travis Pillow |
08.11.11 | 7:34 am
The latest on FPL’s hotly contested bid to raise fees on customers to pay for upgrades to its nuclear power plants. Plus: five more important items!
Feinberg agrees to audit of oil spill claims operation
By Travis Pillow |
07.21.11 | 9:37 am
The Mobile Press-Register is reporting that oil spill claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg has agreed to an audit of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility.
Atwater still not pleased with oil spill claims process
By Travis Pillow |
04.22.11 | 12:00 pm
As the Gulf Coast Claims Facility continues to face complaints of delays in processing final and interim payments, the Pensacola News-Journal is reporting that Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater had some strong words during a swing through the Panhandle this week.
The biggest oil spill claim to date
By Travis Pillow |
04.20.11 | 9:51 am
The Gulf Coast Claims Facility sent an announcement to reporters yesterday from Omega Protein Corporation, the recipient of the largest claim to date resulting from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Oil spill claims numbers: Payments still slow
By Travis Pillow |
04.19.11 | 4:00 pm
While Gov. Rick Scott and members of Florida’s cabinet head out on a fishing trip, we’re celebrating tomorrow’s anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster by delving into data from the oil spill claims process.
Claims fund uses oil spill aniversary to tout progress
By Travis Pillow |
04.18.11 | 6:03 pm
Oil Spill claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg marked this week’s anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (the rig exploded on April 20, 2010) by highlighting the fund’s progress and defending the fact that the bulk of the claims paid by the fund have been so-called quick payments.
Feinberg a no-show at Florida Senate committee
By Travis Pillow |
04.11.11 | 3:48 pm
Oil spill claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg was on the agenda to appear today before the Senate Agriculture Committee. Committee chairman Sen. Gary Siplin, D-Orlando, had pledged before the start of this legislative session to bring Feinberg, and possibly BP representatives, to answer questions about the claims process. Instead, what the committee got was a letter from Feinberg explaining that he couldn’t make it, and that he would like to return some time in May to take questions from Florida lawmakers.
Bondi, Scott, Feinberg on the same page for improving oil spill claims process
By Travis Pillow |
03.03.11 | 1:46 pm
Oil Spill claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg has agreed to improvements in the oil spill claims process sought by Florida Gov. Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi, which include paying 25 percent of all pending claims by the end of this month and improving access to local accountants, according to a news release sent out by the governor’s office on Thursday.
