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Daily Archives: June 1, 2010
FCC Survey Finds 4 Out of 5 Americans Don't Know Their Broadband Speeds
News release: “Today the Federal Communications Commission released the results of a survey on the consumer broadband experience. The survey found that 80 percent of broadband users in the United States do not know the speed of their broadband connection. The survey is part of the agencys overall broadband speed initiative, which involves several bureaus… Continue Reading
Fifth U.S. Climate Action Report Released
News release: “The Department of State has submitted its fifth National Communication on U.S. climate change actions to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Submission of this document, also called the U.S. Climate Action Report 2010, is a requirement under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The U.S. submits a National Communication… Continue Reading
Federal Trade Commission Report to the White House Council on Women and Girls
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission has contributed a Report to the White House Council on Women and Girls. By enhancing consumer welfare, the FTCs mission touches and improves the lives of American women, children, and families in countless ways. The Report focuses on discrete FTC program areas that have a particular impact on women… Continue Reading
Oil Spill Threatens Vast Coral Reef Discovered in Gulf of Mexico
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill via the New York Times: “Last September, marine scientists studying deep-sea biology in the northern Gulf of Mexico lowered a submersible robot off the side of a government research vessel and piloted it 1,300 feet to the ocean floor. There, in complete darkness and near-freezing… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Campaign Finance Reform, Medicare Advantage, Nuclear Safety
Campaign Finance Reform: Experiences of Two States That Offered Full Public Funding for Political Candidates, GAO-10-390, May 28, 2010 Medicare Advantage: Relationship between Benefit Package Designs and Plans’ Average Beneficiary Health Status, GAO-10-403, April 30, 2010 Nuclear Safety: Convention on Nuclear Safety Is Viewed by Most Member Countries as Strengthening Safety Worldwide, GAO-10-489, April 29,… Continue Reading
Attorney General Eric Holder on Gulf Oil Spill
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, via the U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder: “As we move forward, we will be guided by simple principles: We will ensure that every cent of taxpayer money will be repaid and damages to the environment and wildlife will be reimbursed. We will make certain that… Continue Reading
DOJ OIG: Review of the Departments Preparation to Respond to a WMD Incident
Review of the Department’s Preparation to Respond to a WMD Incident, Evaluation and Inspections Report I-2010-004, May 2010 “Our review found that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has taken appropriate steps to prepare to respond to a potential WMD attack. The FBI has implemented a headquarters-led program that has established WMD response plans, provides… Continue Reading
BP Apllications Filed With Minerals Management Service Claimed Plan to Handle Huge Spill
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, via Bloomberg: “BP Plc said in permit applications (slow loading, 582 pages) for drilling in the Gulf of Mexico that it was prepared to handle an oil spill more than ten times larger than the one now spewing crude into the waters off the southern… Continue Reading
Health Savings Accounts and Health Reimbursement Arrangements: Assets, Account Balances, and Rollovers, 20062009
Health Savings Accounts and Health Reimbursement Arrangements: Assets, Account Balances, and Rollovers, 20062009. June 2010, Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) Issue Brief #343 “HRAs and HSAs are relatively new, but a growing percentage of the population has had them for numerous years…This Issue Brief examines HSA and HRA assets, account balances, and rollover amounts. It… Continue Reading
