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Daily Archives: October 12, 2006

Analysis Identifies Errs in Estimated Premium Costs for Medicare Part D Coverage

Press release: “The Department of Health and Human Services erred when it claimed that seniors would not face premium increases for their Medicare Part D coverage in 2007. A new analysis released by Rep. Waxman shows that for the average senior, premiums will increase by over 10%, with some seniors enrolled in the lowest-priced plans facing even larger increases.”

  • Rep. Waxman’s Response to Administrator McClellan’s Statement
  • Rep. Waxman’s Statement
  • Revised Letter to Sec. Leavitt
  • CMO Council Survey on ID Theft Tracks Growing Consumer Concern

    Press release, October 4, 2006: “As information security concerns among consumers and other customer constituencies rise, just 29 percent of marketers say that their firm has a crisis containment plan in case of a security breach, according to findings of a major research initiative by the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council. Without such a plan… Continue Reading

    University of Wisconsin-Madison Joins Google Books Library Project

    Press release: “Together, the UW-Madison and Google will expand access to hundreds of thousands of public and historical materials from the UW-Madison libraries and the Wisconsin Historical Society Library. Some wonderful examples from their collection can be found here. The combined 7.2 million holdings of these libraries comprise one of the largest collections of historical… Continue Reading

    Directorate of Legal Research Reports from LC

    Directorate of Legal Research Reports from LC: “The mission of the Directorate of Legal Research is to provide high quality, timely, and innovative research, analysis, and reference services on issues of international, and foreign and comparative law to the United States Congress, as well as to the Supreme Court, other courts, executive agencies, the legal… Continue Reading