“The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service today released Notice 2008-59, which provides employers and employees with a new set of formal questions and answers on Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). Since HSAs were created as part of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, Treasury and the IRS have issued a large number of formal guidance items containing questions and answers on HSAs. Notice 2008-59 contains over 40 new frequently asked questions and answers that cover a wide range of topics, including: Who is an Eligible Individual; Issues related to High Deductible Health Plans; Contributions to HSAs; Distributions from HSAs; and Establishing an HSA.”
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Daily Archives: June 26, 2008
President Bush rescinds North Korea's designation as a state sponsor of terror
President Bush Discusses North Korea: “The policy of the United States is a Korean Peninsula free of all nuclear weapons. This morning, we moved a step closer to that goal, when North Korean officials submitted a declaration of their nuclear programs to the Chinese government as part of the six-party talks…First, I’m issuing a proclamation… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Defense Production Act, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Individual Retirement Accounts, Peacekeeping
Defense Production Act: Agencies Lack Policies and Guidance for Use of Key Authorities, GAO-08-854, June 26, 2008 Critical Infrastructure Protection: Further Efforts Needed to Integrate Planning for and Response to Disruptions on Converged Voice and Data Networks, GAO-08-607, June 26, 2008 Individual Retirement Accounts: Government Actions Could Encourage More Employers to Offer IRAs to Employees,… Continue Reading
Statutes at Large 109th Congress, 2nd Session Available Online
“The United States Statutes at Large, typically referred to as the Statutes at Large, is the permanent collection of all laws and resolutions enacted during each session of Congress. The Statutes at Large is prepared and published by the Office of the Federal Register (OFR), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Every public and private… Continue Reading
Hearing: Laptop Searches and Other Violations of Privacy Faced by Americans Returning from Overseas Travel
Laptop Searches and Other Violations of Privacy Faced by Americans Returning from Overseas Travel, Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights, June 25, 2008. From the Statement of Senator Russ Feingold: “So the constitutional question we face today is this: When the government looks through the contents of your laptop,… Continue Reading
Interior OIG Evaluation of Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program Highly Redacted
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) posted the PDF version: [Y-RR-FWS-0007-2007] Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) Progress Evaluation of the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Endangered Species Program, that was released on June 25, 2008. This statement appears on the cover page, Portions of this report have been redacted pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(5)… Continue Reading
The Common Framework for Networked Personal Health Information: Overview and Principles
“The framework below proposes a set of practices that, when taken together, encourage appropriate handling of personal health information as it flows to and from personal health records (PHRs) and similar applications or supporting services. Click on the individual documents below to read descriptions and to view or download them as PDF documents. Or, download… Continue Reading
