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Daily Archives: February 9, 2007

China's Impact on the Semiconductor Industry: 2006 Update

China’s Impact on the Semiconductor Industry: 2006 Update: “PricewaterhouseCoopers began the study series China’s Impact on the Semiconductor Industry in 2004 in response to our clients’ interest in the rapid growth of the semiconductor industry in China. Specifically, clients wanted to find out whether China’s production volumes would contribute to worldwide overcapacity and a subsequent… Continue Reading

GAO Report on Oversight of Drug Pricing in Federal Programs

Prescription Drugs: Oversight of Drug Pricing in Federal Programs, full-text GAO-07-481T, and Highlights, February 9, 2007. “GAO and others have reported inadequacies in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) oversight of the prices manufacturers report to CMS to determine the statutorily required rebates owed to states. For example, GAO and others have reported… Continue Reading

DOD OIG Reports on Pre-Iraqi War Pre-Iraqi War Activities

USNews.com: “The Pentagon inspector general has rebuked a former top Defense official for disseminating misleading intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq war. The reprimand of former Under Secretary of Defense Douglas Feith is the latest in a controversy that has swirled for four years.” Unclassified Executive Summary from (Classified) Report No. 07-INTEL-4 “Review of… Continue Reading

Historical Foreign Relations Policy Decisions of the United States Now Online

“The Foreign Relations of the United States series (FRUS) is the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions that have been declassified and edited for publication. The series is produced by the State Department’s Office of the Historian and printed volumes are available from the Government Printing Office…Foreign Relations of the United… Continue Reading

Refineries: Top Ten Sources of Carcinogens

Environmental Integrity Project: “EIP released a report today identifying refineries with the highest emissions of known or suspected carcinogens. The analysis is based on emission reports submitted to the USEPA’s Toxics Release Inventory in 2004, the latest year for which such data is publicly available. While overall emissions declined slightly between 1999 and 2004, emissions… Continue Reading