- National Journal: “The chairmen of President Obamas fiscal commission proposed a sweeping collection of spending cuts and tax increases today in a bid to jolt the panel’s 16 other members away from their Republican and Democratic orthodoxies. The proposals call for significant reductions in future Social Security benefits — an untouchable issue for many Democrats — and a top-to-bottom tax overhaul that would raise tax burdens by $80 billion a year in 2015 and $160 billion a year by 2020.”
- WSJ: The Pentagon Would Take $100 Billion Hit
- National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
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Daily Archives: November 10, 2010
FDA Proposed Cigarette Product Warning Labels
News release: The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control Act) requires that cigarette packages and advertisements have larger and more visible graphic health warnings. FDA issued a proposed rule, Required Warnings for Cigarette Packages and Advertisements, proposing to modify the required warnings that appear on cigarette packages and in cigarette advertisements. These… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Financial Audit IRS, Space Acquisitions, NATO Partnerships, Financial Audit BPD, FDA/Heparin Contamination
Financial Audit: IRS’s Fiscal Years 2010 and 2009 Financial Statements, GAO-11-142, November 10, 2010 Space Acquisitions: Challenges in Commercializing Technologies Developed under the Small Business Innovation Research Program, GAO-11-21, November 10, 2010 NATO Partnerships: DOD Needs to Assess U.S. Assistance in Response to Changes to the Partnership for Peace Program, GAO-10-1015, September 30, 2010 Financial… Continue Reading
Statistical Evidence on the Gender Gap in Law Firm Partner Compensation
Angel, Marina, Whang, Eun-Young, Banker, Rajiv D. and Lopez, Joseph, Statistical Evidence on the Gender Gap in Law Firm Partner Compensation (September 9, 2010). Temple University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2010-24. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1674630 “Our study compiled the largest research sample on the gender gap in compensation at the 200 largest law firms… Continue Reading
Intel – 2010 HIMSS Security Survey
2010 HIMSS Security Survey Sponsored by Intel, Final Report, November 3, 2010 “Now in its third year, the 2010 HIMSS Security Survey [Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society], sponsored by Intel reports the opinions of information technology (IT) and security professionals from healthcare provider organizations across the U.S. regarding key issues surrounding the tools and… Continue Reading
