Press release: “The Mount Sinai Medical Center today released the findings from the World Trade Center Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program, the largest multi-center clinical program providing medical screening examinations for the workers and volunteers who worked at Ground Zero and other sites following the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11.”
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Daily Archives: September 5, 2006
National School Lunch Program
Via MetaFilter, a reminder that the National School Lunch Program “provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to children each school day. The program was established under the National School Lunch Act, signed by President Harry Truman in 1946.” Continue Reading
An Examination of Federal 9/11 Assistance to New York
House Committee Print 109-C — An Examination of Federal 9/11 Assistance to New York: Lessons Learned in Preventing Waste, Fraud, Abuse, and Lax Management, A Staff Report of the Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight of the Committee on Homeland Security. [note: this document is 206 pages, PDF, and loads slowly] Continue Reading
The Year in Trade 2005
Press release: “The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) today released The Year in Trade 2005 (197 pages, PDF), its annual overview of the previous year’s trade-related activities. The publication provides a practical review of U.S. international trade laws, a survey of actions under U.S. trade laws, a summary of the operation of the World Trade… Continue Reading
Social Security OIG Report on Prisoners' Access to Social Security Numbers
A-08-06-16082, Prisoners’ Access to Social Security Numbers, August 23, 2006. “Based on our interviews with State Department of Corrections and correctional industry work programs personnel and reviews of prison policies and practices, we are concerned about prisoners access to SSNs. Despite the increasing threat of identity theft, we identified prisons in 13 States that allowed… Continue Reading
GAO Reports on Outsourcing of Medicare Services Involving Personal Data
Privacy: Domestic and Offshore Outsourcing of Personal Information in Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE, Full text GAO-06-676, and Highlights, September 5, 2006. “Federal contractors and state Medicaid agencies widely reported domestic outsourcing of services involving the use of personal health information but little direct offshore outsourcing. Among those that completed GAO’s survey, more than 90 percent… Continue Reading
Present Law And Background Relating To Executive Compensation
“In connection with a hearing scheduled for September 6, 2006 by the Senate Committee on Finance, the Joint Committee on Taxation has issued Present Law And Background Relating To Executive Compensation (JCX-39-06), September 5, 2005 (47 pages, PDF).” Continue Reading
White House Releases National Strategy on Combatting Terrorism
September 5, 2006 Fact Sheet: The President’s National Strategy for Combating Terrorism National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, September 2006 (29 pages, PDF) Contents: Overview of America’s National Strategy for Combating Terrorism Today’s Realities in the War on Terror Today’s Terrorist Enemy Strategic Vision for the War on Terror Strategy for Winning the War on Terror… Continue Reading
Google News Archive
Google News Archive Search: “News archive search provides an easy way to search and explore historical archives. Users can search for events, people or ideas and see how they have been described over time. In addition to searching for the most relevant articles for their query, users can get a historical overview of the results… Continue Reading
