Press release: “Chief Justice John Roberts praised in a recent speech “the importance and rarity of the judicial independence we have in our country,” and warned against continuing attacks against it. “The long history of attack on judicial independence confirms that neither side in the political debate has a monopoly on the tactic,” he said in a September 28 speech to “Fair and Independent Courts: A Conference on the State of the Judiciary.” The conference was sponsored by the Georgetown University Law Center and the American Law Institute.”
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Daily Archives: October 3, 2006
"Rider" Letter to Be Used by Agencies for FOIA Guide
“As announced earlier through FOIA Post, the Office of Information and Privacy is planning to publish the 2006 edition of the Department of Justice’s Freedom of Information Act Guide next month. The 2006 edition of the FOIA Guide is scheduled to be published through the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) in November, with a delivery… Continue Reading
Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Annual Report: Fiscal 2005
The Department of Justice and Department of Health and Human Services’ Offices of the Inspector General – Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Annual Report: Fiscal 2005 (44 pages, PDF), August 2006. Continue Reading
CBO Report – Research and Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Research and Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry, October 2006 (65 pages, PDF). “The CBO study describes the state of pharmaceutical research and development, analyzes the factors that influence drug development and examines how well markets are working to promote new treatments. In addition, the study provides information about the types of drugs that result from… Continue Reading
DOJ IG Determines Federal Prisons Deficient in Monitoring Mail of High Risk Inmates
Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General Evaluation and Inspections Division, The Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Monitoring of Mail for High-Risk Inmates, September 2006, Report Number I-2006-009 (122 pages, PDF). “The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) conducted this review to evaluate how effectively the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) prevents terrorist and other… Continue Reading
GAO Finds CMS Info Security Needs Improvement
Information Security: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Needs to Improve Controls over Key Communication Network, Full-text GAO-06-750, and Highlights, August 30, 2006. “Although CMS had many key information security controls in place–which had been designed to safeguard the communication network–some were missing, and existing ones had not always been effectively implemented. Significant weaknesses… Continue Reading
Physicians Use of Email Communication With Patients Remains Low
Press release: Physician-Patient E-mail Disconnect: “Only about one in four physicians (24%) reported that e-mail was used in their practice to communicate clinical issues with patients in 2004-05, up from one in five physicians in 2000-01, according to a national study released today by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC). Continue Reading
WaPo Examines Google's Graphic Interface Over the Years
The Heart of Google’s Wild Success Is a Home Page of Calculated Simplicity Continue Reading
