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Daily Archives: May 15, 2008
CBO: Covering Uninsured Children in the State Children's Health Insurance Program
Congressional Budget Office: Covering Uninsured Children in the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, May 15, 2008: html | pdf | blog. Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives. Continue Reading
Life After Lockup: Improving Reentry From Jail to the Community
Life After Lockup: Improving Reentry From Jail to the Community: “This Bureau of Justice Assistance monograph presents an overview of U.S. jails and the people who cycle through them, examines ways that jurisdictions can address jail reentry, and profiles numerous and diverse reentry efforts from around the country. (NCJ 220095)” Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: 2010 Census, Congressional Review Act, Credit and Debit Cards, Information Management
2010 Census: Bureau Needs to Specify How It Will Assess Coverage Follow-up Techniques and When It Will Produce Coverage Measurement Results, GAO-08-414, April 15, 2008 Congressional Review Act: Applicability to CMS Letter on State Children’s Health Insurance Program, GAO-08-785T, May 15, 2008 Credit and Debit Cards: Federal Entities Are Taking Actions to Limit Their Interchange… Continue Reading
Treasury Releases Semiannual Report on International Economic and Exchange Rate Policies
Semiannual Report to Congress on International Economic and Exchange Rate Policies, May 15, 2008: “Global growth remained strong in 2007, as strong growth in emerging market and developing countries more than offset moderating growth in advanced economies. A slowdown in global growth is expected in 2008, in response to ongoing financial market turbulence. Emerging market… Continue Reading
Public Health Impacts of Climate Change in California
Public Health Impacts of Climate Change in California: Community Vulnerability Assessments and Adaptation Strategies. Report No. 1: Heat-Related Illness and Mortality Information for the Public Health Network in California. “The Public Health Institute (PHI) is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting health, well-being and quality of life for people throughout California, across the nation… Continue Reading
FTC to Host Conference on Consumer Information and the Mortgage Market
News release: “The Federal Trade Commissions Bureau of Economics will host a conference on May 29 to highlight and assess the role of consumer information in the current mortgage crisis from an economic perspective. Experts on real estate economics, information economics, consumer behavior, and consumer information policy will examine how consumer information and information regulation… Continue Reading
Presidents Management Agenda Scorecard for second quarter FY 2008
“OMB released the Presidents Management Agenda (PMA) Scorecard for the second quarter of FY 2008, showing a continued trend for improved agency performance government-wide. The full scorecard is available here. This quarter, nearly 50 percent of agency status scores were Green, the highest possible, and more than 75 percent of all progress scores were Green.… Continue Reading
Ombudsman launches EU-wide consultation on access to databases
Press release: “The European Ombudsman, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, has launched a consultation process within the European Network of Ombudsmen on access to information contained in databases. This follows a complaint from a Danish journalist about the refusal of the European Commission to disclose data on beneficiaries of EU agricultural subsidies. The Commission justified its refusal… Continue Reading
Secretary Kempthorne Announces Decision to Protect Polar Bears under Endangered Species Act
News release: “Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne…announced that he is accepting the recommendation of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dale Hall to list the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The listing is based on the best available science, which shows that loss of sea ice threatens… Continue Reading
