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Daily Archives: January 26, 2012
TRAC Report – DHS Referred Most Federal Criminal Prosecutions in October 2011
TRAC: “The latest available data from the Justice Department show that during October 2011 the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to enforce immigration and customs laws accounted for 59% of all federal criminal prosecutions. The government reported 8,038 new prosecutions for these DHS matters as compared with a total of 13,628 from all sources. According… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: GAO Mission and Operations, Medicare Advantage, FHFA Financial Audit
GAO Mission and Operations – Summary of GAO’s Performance and Accountability Report Fiscal Year 2011, GAO-12-5SP, January 26, 2012 Medicare Advantage – CMS Should Improve the Accuracy of Risk Score Adjustments for Diagnostic Coding Practices, GAO-12-51, January 12, 2012 Financial Audit – Federal Housing Finance Agency’s Fiscal Years 2011 and 2010 Financial Statements [Reissued on… Continue Reading
UK Financial Regulator Paper: Large Exposures Regime Groups of Connected Clients and Connected Counterparties
Large Exposures Regime Groups of Connected Clients and Connected Counterparties, Financial Services Authority, January 26, 2012 “To propose new guidance on the treatment of LE to structured finance vehicles. This guidance builds on the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) guidelines on the implementation of the revised LE regime published in December 2009. We aim… Continue Reading
Health and Access to Care Among Employed and Unemployed Adults: United States, 20092010
Health and Access to Care Among Employed and Unemployed Adults: United States, 20092010, Key data: “In 20092010, 48.1% of unemployed adults aged 1864 years had health insurance compared with 81.4% of employed adults; among the insured, a higher proportion of the unemployed had public insurance. Unemployed adults had poorer mental and physical health than employed… Continue Reading
Border Security: Immigration Enforcement Between Ports of Entry
CRS – Border Security: Immigration Enforcement Between Ports of Entry, Marc R. Rosenblum, Specialist in Immigration Policy. January 6, 2012 ‘Border enforcement is a core element of the Department of Homeland Securitys (DHSs) effort to control illegal migration, with the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) within the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) as the… Continue Reading
CRS – Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline: Legal Issues
Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline: Legal Issues, January 23, 2012 “In 2008, TransCanada Corp. applied for a presidential permit from the State Department to construct and operate an oil pipeline across the U.S.-Canada border in a project known as Keystone XL. The Keystone XL pipeline would transport oil produced from oil sands in Alberta, Canada, to… Continue Reading
CDC: Surveillance of Demographic Characteristics and Health Behaviors Among Adult Cancer Survivors
Surveillance of Demographic Characteristics and Health Behaviors Among Adult Cancer Survivors Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2009 – MMWR / January 20, 2012 / Vol. 61 / No. 1 “A cancer survivor is a person who has received a diagnosis of cancer, from the time of diagnosis throughout the person’s life (13).… Continue Reading
State Revenue Report – Tax Revenue Keeps Rising, But Growth Again Ticks Downward
Tax Revenue Keeps Rising, But Growth Again Ticks Downward – Thirty-Six States Were Still Below Peak Collection Levels in FY 2011 Overall State Taxes and Local Taxes: “Total state tax collections as well as collections from two major sources taxes on sales and personal income showed growth for the seventh consecutive quarter in… Continue Reading
