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Daily Archives: July 31, 2007

New Report on Health Challenges for the People of New Orleans

Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and the Public Opinion and Media Research Program – Health Challenges for the People of New Orleans: “This analysis of a household survey of Greater New Orleans area residents conducted in Fall 2006 examines the health care status of the adult population and details their health coverage and access to health care services after the disaster.”

  • News Release
  • Full Report
  • Executive Summary
  • Health Status
  • Health Coverage and Access
  • Households with Children
  • Appendices
  • CBO Testimony on Estimated Costs of U.S. Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan

    CBO Testimony Statement of Robert A. Sunshine, Assistant Director for Budget Analysis – Estimated Costs of U.S. Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and of Other Activities Related to the War on Terrorism before the Committee on Budget, U.S. House of Representatives, July 31, 2007. “Funding to Date – Since September 2001, the Congress has appropriated… Continue Reading

    New GAO Reports: Airport Finance, Border Security, Defense Health Care, Environmental Protection, Stabilizing Iraq

    Airport Finance: Observations on Planned Airport Development Costs and Funding Levels and the Administration’s Proposed Changes in the Airport Improvement Program, GAO-07-885, June 29, 2007 Border Security: Security of New Passports and Visas Enhanced, but More Needs to Be Done to Prevent Their Fraudulent Use, GAO-07-1006, July 31, 2007 Capitol Visitor Center: Update on Status… Continue Reading

    Florida State Univ. Security Lab Report on Diebold Voting Machine Software

    Letter from Florida Department of State Kurt S. Browning, Secretary of State to Diebold Election Systems, on the Report from the Security and Assurance in Information Technology (SAIT) Laboratory Regarding Diebold Optical Scan Voting System, July 31, 2007 Software Review and Security Analysis of the Diebold Voting Machine Software, July 27, 2007 (35 pages, PDF)… Continue Reading

    Consumer Groups Rate Web Health Sites

    Press release: “Raters scored six of the Web’s most popular health information sites as excellent in ratings released today by Consumer Reports WebWatch and the Health Improvement Institute, while five scored mediocre or worse…This is the organizations’ second rating of the Web’s top information sites, published in full here.” Continue Reading