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Institute for Policy Studies – 15th Annual CEO Compensation Survey

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Executive Excess 2008 – How Average Taxpayers Subsidize Runaway Pay – 15th Annual CEO Compensation Survey, August 25, 2008

  • “CEOs in the United States, despite our current hard economic times, continue to pocket outlandishly large pay packages. S&P 500 CEOs last year averaged $10.5 million, 344 times the pay of typical American workers. Compensation levels for private investment fund managers soared even further out into the pay stratosphere. Last year, the top 50 hedge and private equity fund managers averaged $588 million each, more than 19,000 times as much as typical U.S. workers earned.”

    • HHS OIG: Medical Review of Claims for the Fiscal Year 2006 Comprehensive Error Rate Testing Program

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    Medical Review of Claims for the Fiscal Year 2006 Comprehensive Error Rate Testing Program, August 22, 2008 | Audit A-01-07-00508 Executive Summary: “In two reviews of beneficiaries’ medical records, KePRO, an independent medical review contractor, identified errors in claims for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DME) that the Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT)… Continue Reading

    Electronic Media and Youth Violence: A CDC Issue Brief for Educators and Caregivers

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    Electronic Media and Youth Violence: A CDC Issue Brief for Educators and Caregivers “focuses on the phenomena of electronic aggression. Electronic aggression is defined as any kind of harassment or bullying that occurs through email, chat rooms, instant messaging, websites, blogs, or text messaging. The brief summarizes what is known about young people and electronic… Continue Reading

    CDT: Limits Needed On DHS Border Crossing and Driver Information Databases

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    CDT: “In comments filed with the Department of Homeland Security today, CDT highlighted privacy concerns implicated by DHS’ new system of databases to record personal information and border crossing history. CDT called on DHS to reduce the 15-year period for retaining records of the date, time and place an American re-enters the United States at… Continue Reading

    Pew Research Center: A Paradox in Public Attitudes – Men or Women: Who’s the Better Leader?

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    Pew Research Center – Men or Women: Who’s the Better Leader? A Paradox in Public Attitudes, August 25, 2008 “Americans believe women have the right stuff to be political leaders. When it comes to honesty, intelligence and a handful of other character traits they value highly in leaders, the public rates women superior to men,… Continue Reading

    FBI Innocence Lost National Initiative

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    “In June 2003, the FBI in conjunction with the Department of Justice Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children launched the Innocence Lost National Initiative. Their combined efforts were aimed at addressing the growing problem of domestic sex trafficking of children in the United States. In the five… Continue Reading