Kaiser Family Foundation: “The Foundation’s online tool examining Medicaid benefits for all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the Territories has been updated with data as of October 2006. The online database allows comparison of Medicaid benefits by state and service with information about benefits covered, limits, co-payments and reimbursement methodologies. Data for 2003,… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2007
New GAO Reports: Defense Health Care, Intermodal Transportation, Managerial Cost Accounting Practices, National Marine Fisheries Service
Defense Health Care: Comprehensive Oversight Framework Needed to Help Ensure Effective Implementation of a Deployment Health Quality Assurance Program, GAO-07-831, June 22, 2007 Intermodal Transportation: DOT Could Take Further Actions to Address Intermodal Barriers, GAO-07-718, June 20, 2007 Managerial Cost Accounting Practices: Implementation and Use Vary Widely across 10 Federal Agencies, GAO-07-679, July 20, 2007… Continue Reading
Executive Order: Interpretation of the Geneva Conventions Common Article 3 as Applied to a Program of Detention and Interrogation Operated by the CIA
Executive Order: Interpretation of the Geneva Conventions Common Article 3 as Applied to a Program of Detention and Interrogation Operated by the Central Intelligence Agency, July 20, 2007. President Bush Signs Executive Order: “This afternoon, the President signed an Executive Order that interprets for the United States “Common Article 3” of the Geneva Conventions, as… Continue Reading
Ask.com Announces New User Privacy Controls
Press release: “Ask.com(R), a leading search engine and wholly-owned business of IAC, today announced it will soon be implementing a new product called AskEraser that will offer its searchers unmatched control over their privacy when searching for information on the Web. With AskEraser, people can ensure that their search history will not be retained by… Continue Reading
Project On Government Oversight Contractor Misconduct Database
Press release, July 18, 2007: “POGO announced…that it is releasing an improved and more user-friendly Federal Contractor Misconduct Database (FCMD). For years, POGO has been scouring public sources to compile instances of misconduct involving the top 50 federal contractors to highlight how risky contractors continue to receive taxpayer funds. The new database, which covers instances… Continue Reading
Joint Committee on Taxation Description Of Present Law Relating To Section 501(C)(3) Organizations
Joint Committee on Taxation: “In connection with a hearing scheduled by the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight for July 24, 2007, the Joint Committee on Taxation has issued Description Of Present Law Relating To Section 501(C)(3) Organizations And Summary Of Section 501(C)(3)-Related Provisions Of The Pension Protection Act Of 2006 And… Continue Reading
House Oversight Committee Hearing on FEMA's Toxic Trailers
Press Release: FEMA Was Not Forthright with Congressional Investigators, House Oversight and Government Reform Full Committee Hearing on FEMA’s Toxic Trailers, July 19, 2007 “Apparently, the problem of unsafe formaldehyde levels in FEMA trailers was more widespread than initially acknowledged. And FEMAs reaction to the problem was deliberately stunted to bolster the agencys litigation position.… Continue Reading
Impact of Medicare's Payment Rates on the Volume of Services Provided by Skilled Nursing Facilities
Congressional Budget Office Background Paper: The Impact of Medicare’s Payment Rates on the Volume of Services Provided by Skilled Nursing Facilities, July 2007, (32 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
Department of Justice Proposes Update to Identity Theft Laws
Press release, July 19, 2007: “The Department of Justice today submitted to Congress new proposed legislation that seeks to update and improve current laws aimed at protecting Americans from the increasingly sophisticated crime of identity theft. The proposed bill, titled the Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2007, was a significant recommendation included in… Continue Reading
General Factfinding Report – U.S. Agricultural Sales to Cuba
Press release: “The United States could provide more than half of Cuba’s agricultural, fish, and forest product imports if certain U.S. trade and travel restrictions to Cuba were lifted, reports the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in its publication U.S. Agricultural Sales to Cuba: Certain Economic Effects of U.S. Restrictions. The U.S. share of such… Continue Reading
The All-Volunteer Military: Issues and Performance
A CBO Study: The All-Volunteer Military: Issues and Performance, July 2007 (49 pages, PDF) – Report prepared at the request of the Chairman [John Murtha] of the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee. Continue Reading
New Handbook Explains the Law and Science of Clean Water Act Coverage
Clean Water Act Jurisdictional Handbook [link to free download requiring registration]: “In June 2006 the Supreme Court, in a decision that split 4-1-4, produced a result in Rapanos v. United States that makes federal Clean Water Act jurisdiction over the wetlands, streams, and other waters of the United States confusing and uncertain for citizens, landowners,… Continue Reading
