Financial Audit: American Battle Monuments Commission’s Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2007 and 2006, GAO-08-326, February 29, 2008 Reprocessed Single-Use Medical Devices: FDA Oversight Has Increased, and Available Information Does Not Indicate That Use Presents an Elevated Health Risk, GAO-08-147, January 31, 2008 Bank Fees: Federal Banking Regulators Could Better Ensure That Consumers Have Required… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2008
United States Files WTO Case Against China Over Treatment of U.S. Suppliers of Financial Information Services
News release: “United States Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab announced today that the United States has requested dispute settlement consultations with China at the World Trade Organization (WTO) regarding Chinas treatment of U.S. suppliers of financial information services. Chinas regulatory regime requires foreign financial information suppliers to operate through a government-designated distributor in China and… Continue Reading
HHS OIG Report Finds Continued Lack of Medical Supplier Compliance with Medicare Requirements
News release: “Inspector General Daniel R. Levinson announced today that the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Health and Human Services issued another report on durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supply (DMEPOS) suppliers compliance with Medicare requirements. The report, Los Angeles County Suppliers Compliance with Medicare Standards: Results from Unannounced Visits,… Continue Reading
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Report to Congress
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, March 2008 (379 pages, PDF). “The report contains five chapters: The first chapter provides context for the chapters that follow by documenting the rise in Medicare and total health care spending as a share of the economy. The report then assesses payment adequacy and… Continue Reading
CBO Presentation Presentation to the National Association for Business Economics
Presentation to the National Association for Business Economics, Peter R. Orszag, Director, March 3, 2008. Continue Reading
National Consumer Protection Week, March 2-8, 2008
“National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW) highlights consumer protection and education efforts around the country. NCPW 2008’s organizers encourage people from coast to coast to master the financial facts of life. Its a sound investment: Financially savvy consumers are likely to make smarter decisions about managing their money, using credit wisely, and building a solid financial… Continue Reading
Set Clocks Forward on March 9
Daylight Time: “Starting in 2007, daylight time begins in the United States on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. On the second Sunday in March, clocks are set ahead one hour at 2:00 a.m. local standard time, which becomes 3:00 a.m. local daylight time. On the first Sunday… Continue Reading
CBO Preliminary Analysis of the President's Budget Request for 2009
Preliminary Analysis of the President’s Budget Request for 2009, March 3, 2008: “CBOs analysis indicates the following: B If the Presidents proposals were enacted, the federal government would record deficits of $396 billion in 2008 and $342 billion in 2009. Those deficits would amount to 2.8 percent and 2.3 percent, respectively, of gross domestic product(GDP).… Continue Reading
USTR: NAFTA – Myth vs. Facts
Office of the United States Trade Representative, March 2008: NAFTA Myth vs. Facts Continue Reading
2008 National Drug Control Policy
ONDCP Fact Sheet: 2008 National Drug Control Strategy: “Today, my Administration is releasing our 2008 National Drug Control Strategy. This report lays out the methods we are using to combat drug abuse in America. And it highlights the hopeful progress we’re making in the fight against addiction. Overall, an estimated 860,000 fewer young people… Continue Reading
Pelosi: Response to Administration Decision Not to Enforce Contempt Citations of Miers and Bolten
News release: “Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement February 29, 2008 in response to a letter she received late this afternoon from U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey stating that the Administration is refusing to enforce contempt of Congress citations against former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten:… Continue Reading
National Archives Makes Some Passenger Arrival Records Available Online
News release: “For the first time, the National Archives and Records Administration has made available online more than 5.2 million records of some passengers who arrived during the last half of the 19th century at the ports of Baltimore, Boston, New Orleans, New York, and Philadelphia. The records were transcribed from original ship manifests into… Continue Reading
