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FEC Introduces Web Resource on HLOGA Lobbyist Bundling Disclosure Requirements

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News release: “he Federal Election Commission has added a new page to its website to aid compliance with the lobbyist bundling disclosure provisions of the Honest Leadership and Government Act of 2007 (HLOGA). The new rules require disclosure of contributions bundled by lobbyists and registrants as of March 19 and of those bundled by the PACs of lobbyists and registrants as of April 18. In addition to revised forms to be used by lobbyist/registrant PACs and leadership PACs to identify themselves as such, the new lobbyist bundling page has links to the following:

DOJ Withdraws "Enemy Combatant" Definition for Guantanamo Detainees

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News release: “n a filing today with the federal District Court for the District of Columbia, the Department of Justice submitted a new standard for the government’s authority to hold detainees at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility. The definition does not rely on the President’s authority as Commander-in-Chief independent of Congress’s specific authorization. It draws… Continue Reading

Health Care Costs Put U.S. Workers and Employers at a Significant Disadvantage Compared With Global Competitors

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“According to the Business Roundtable Health Care Value Comparability Study, a new measure of the “value” (cost and performance) of the U.S. health care system relative to our competitors’ systems on a weighted scale, the workers and employers of the United States face a 23 percent “value gap” relative to five leading economic competitors –… Continue Reading

Survey Findings: Challenges for Health Care in Uncertain Times 2009

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“For more than two decades, Hewitt Associates’ health care survey has tracked employer health care practices, benefit programs, and efforts to provide and manage workforce health benefits. This report, Challenges for Health Care in Uncertain Times, highlights employer-sponsored health care programs and other benefits including short- and long-term cost trends, strategy, and design features. In… Continue Reading