Press release: “Austria is Europes most consumer-friendly healthcare system, according to the 2007 Euro Health Consumer Index (EHCI) launched today in Brussels at a press conference. A combination of widespread access to treatment and excellence in outcomes allowed Austria to narrowly pip the 2005 winners, the Netherlands, from the top spot. Last years winners France has slipped to 3rd place. There is a small group of countries that compete for pre-eminence in excellence, separated only by minor differences. These are followed by a middle group of adequate performers and rapid improvers, with a rump of under-achievers. But no country in the index achieves more than 80% of their potential, and all remain in need of reform. The 2007 EHCI covers all 27 European Union members as well as Norway and Switzerland.”
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Daily Archives: October 1, 2007
New GAO Reports
Department of State: Human Capital Strategy Does Not Recognize Foreign Assistance Responsibilities, GAO-07-1153, September 28, 2007 Disaster Housing: Implementation of FEMA’s Alternative Housing Pilot Program Provides Lessons for Improving Future Competitions, GAO-07-1143R, August 31, 2007 Financial Audit: Special Counsel Expenditures for the Six Months Ended March 31, 2007, GAO-07-1205, September 28, 2007 Information Security: Selected… Continue Reading
Court Rules Delay in Release of Presidential Papers is Illegal
National Security Archive press release: “A District Court in the District of Columbia has ruled that an Executive Order [13,233] issued by President George W. Bush in 2001, which severely slowed or prevented the release of historic presidential papers is, in part, invalid. In a carefully constructed decision, the court held that the Archivist of… Continue Reading
DOJ OIG Audits Released on October 1, 2007
A Review of the FBIs Progress in Responding to the Recommendations in the Office of the Inspector General Report on Robert Hanssen, September 2007 – PDF (Executive Summary Only) Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Homeland Security Overtime Program Grant to the City of Philadelphia Police Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Audit Report GR-70-07-004, September 2007 (Executive… Continue Reading
Declassifying the "Fact of" Satellite Reconnaissance
Press release: “Today the National Security Archive publishes a collection [links to 41 documents accompany this release] of documents concerning U.S. policy with regard to acknowledging the “fact of” U.S. satellite reconnaissance operations particularly satellite photoreconnaissance. It was 29 years ago today that President Jimmy Carter, in a speech at the Kennedy Space Center,… Continue Reading
Recently Released CRS Reports
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies: FY2008 Appropriations, September 29, 2007 Ethanol and Other Biofuels: Potential for U.S.-Brazil Energy Cooperation, September 27, 2007 Public Transit Program Funding Issues in Surface Transportation Reauthorization, September 27, 2007 Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1999-2006, September 26, 2007 Consumer Spending by Older Americans, 1985 to 2005, September… Continue Reading
Federal Circuit Changes Its Web Page Address and Domain Name Effective October 1, 2007
Press release: “The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is relocating its Internet Web page to its own in-house servers. As part of this process, the court’s Web page address and domain name will be changed to www.cafc.uscourts.gov on October 1, 2007. The former Web page address and domain name, www.fedcir.gov, will… Continue Reading
Repair and Replacement of Affordable Housing Lags in Mississippi's Post-Katrina Recovery
September 27, 2007 press release: “Affordable housing recovery in three coastal counties in Mississippi heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina lags behind the pace of the rest of the housing market in the region, according to a RAND Corporation study released today. While construction permits had been issued as of July for approximately 60 percent of… Continue Reading
FMS Financial Data Registry
“The FMS Financial Data Registry is an authoritative reference for information about government-wide financial data elements; specifically those data elements commonly used across multiple agencies. The…registry is being developed to promote the common identification, use and appropriate sharing of financial data/information across the federal government. The registry contains information about the definition, authoritative source, data… Continue Reading
