Word from the White House: Health CEOs Confirm Reform Lowers Costs
- Supporting letter: CEO Work Group on Health Reform, 12/8/09
- Supporting letter: David M. Cote, CEO, Honeywell, 12/7/09
- Related postings on health care reform
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Daily Archives: December 8, 2009
Google Launches News-by-Topic Service
New York Times: “Google on Tuesday introduced a new approach to presenting news online by topic, developed with The New York Times and The Washington Post, and said that if the experiment succeeded, it would be made available to all publishers. The announcement of the living stories project shows Google collaborating with newspapers at a… Continue Reading
The Open Government Directive and Open Government Progress Report to the American People
The Open Government Directive The Open Government Progress Report to the American People “The directive, sent to the head of every federal department and agency today, instructs the agencies to take specific actions to open their operations to the public. The three principles of transparency, participation, and collaboration are at the heart of this directive.… Continue Reading
The Nation's Report Card: Trial Urban District Assessment Mathematics 2009
“Results from the 2009 NAEP [National Center for Education Statistics] Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) make it possible to compare the performance of students in urban districts to public school students in the nation and large cities (i.e., cities with populations of 250,000 or more). Changes in students performance over time can also be seen… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Rail Transit, Tax Policy
Rail Transit: Observations on FTA’s State Safety Oversight Program and Potential Change in Oversight Role, GAO-10-293T, December 08, 2009 Tax Policy: The Research Tax Credit’s Design and Administration Can Be Improved, GAO-10-136, November 06, 2009 Continue Reading
TSA's "Screening Management Standard Operating Procedures" Manual Posted on Web, Then Withdrawn
Washington Post: “The Transportation Security Administration inadvertently revealed closely guarded secrets regarding airport passenger screening practices when it posted online this spring a document as part of a contract solicitation, the agency confirmed Tuesday. The 93-page TSA operating manual details procedures for screening passengers and checked baggage and reveals technical settings used by X-ray machines… Continue Reading
World Meteorological Organization – 20002009, The Warmest Decade
News release: “The year 2009 is likely to rank in the top 10 warmest on record since the beginning of instrumental climate records in 1850, according to data sources compiled by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The global combined sea surface and land surface air temperature for 2009 (JanuaryOctober) is currently estimated at 0.44°C ±… Continue Reading
House Financial Services Committee Considers Regulating Industries That Heavily Fund Members' Campaigns
News release: “The House Financial Services Committee today [began] marking up a bill that would create a new consumer protection agency and increase regulation of a number of financial products, including credit cards, insurance, mortgages and “derivatives.” Even as members of the committee consider how to prevent another economic collapse, they may have another financial… Continue Reading
Health at a Glance 2009 OECD Indicators
Health at a Glance 2009 OECD Indicators: “This fifth edition of Health at a Glance provides the latest comparable data on different aspects of the performance of health systems in OECD countries. It provides striking evidence of large variations across countries in the costs, activities and results of health systems. Key indicators provide information… Continue Reading
