“A new guide from the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured provides a comprehensive look at the appeals process for the Medicaid program, which differs significantly from those available through the Medicare program and private health insurance. The Medicaid appeals process provides redress for individual applicants and beneficiaries seeking eligibility for the… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Report – From Wounded Warrior to Civilian Employee
Department of the Navy – Chief Information Officer – From Wounded Warrior to Civilian Employee – A Workplace Reference Guide for Managers and Supervisors: “This guide provides information on how to successfully support veterans who have transitioned to the civilian workplace. Several commands were instrumental in developing and editing content for the guide, which was… Continue Reading
Federal District Court Workload Increases in Fiscal Year 2011
News release: “Caseloads for fiscal year 2011 increased in the district courts and in the probation and pretrial services system, while falling slightly in the appellate and bankruptcy courts. The caseload statistics for FY 2011 can be found in the 2011 Judicial Business of the United States Courts, released today by the Administrative Office of… Continue Reading
HUD OIG Audit Reports on five largest national mortgage servicers
“As part of the Office of Inspector Generals (OIG) nationwide effort to review the foreclosure practices of the five largest Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage servicers (Bank of America, Wells Fargo Bank, CitiMortgage, JP Morgan Chase, and Ally Financial, Incorporated) we reviewed [Bank of America, Wells Fargo Bank, CitiMortgage, JP Morgan Chase, and Ally Financial,… Continue Reading
FBI FAct Sheet on Internet Fraud
FBI Fact Sheet on Internet Fraud: Includes information on: Avoiding Internet Auction Fraud, Avoiding Non-Delivery of Merchandise, Avoiding Credit Card Fraud, Avoiding Investment Fraud, Avoiding Business Fraud, Avoiding the Nigerian Letter or 419 Fraud, Common Fraud Scams, Investment-Related Scams, Internet Scams, and Fraud Target: Senior Citizens. Continue Reading
Empire State Manufacturing Survey indicates manufacturing activity expanded at a moderate pace
“The March Empire State Manufacturing Survey indicates that manufacturing activity in New York State expanded at a moderate pace. The general business conditions index was little changed at 20.2, its fourth consecutive positive reading. The new orders and shipments indexes were both positive but slightly lower, indicating continued growth in orders and shipments, though at… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve survey provides information on mobile financial services
News release: “One out of five American consumers used their mobile phone to access their bank account, credit card, or other financial account in the 12 months ending in January 2012 and an additional one out of five indicated they would likely use mobile banking at some point in the future, according to a Federal… Continue Reading
Mediated Access: Journalists' Perceptions of Federal Public Information Officer Media Control
Mediated Access: Journalists’ Perceptions of Federal Public Information Officer Media Control, by Carolyn Carlson, David Cuillier and Lindsey Tulkoff – Society of Professional Journalists, March 12, 2012 “On the eve of Sunshine Week 2012, a survey of journalists who cover federal agencies found that information flow in the United States is highly regulated by public… Continue Reading
NASA Releases New WISE Mission Catalog Of Entire Infrared Sky
News release: “NASA unveiled a new atlas and catalog of the entire infrared sky today showing more than a half billion stars, galaxies and other objects captured by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission. WISE launched Dec. 14, 2009, and mapped the entire sky in 2010 with vastly better sensitivity than its predecessors. It… Continue Reading
$25 Billion Mortgage Servicing Agreement Filed in Federal Court
News release: “The Justice Department, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and 49 state attorneys general announced today the filing of their landmark $25 billion agreement with the nations five largest mortgage servicers to address mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure abuses. The federal government and state attorneys general filed in U.S. District Court… Continue Reading
Sea level rise, storms & global warmings threat to the US coast – A Climate Central Report
Sea level rise, storms, and global warmings threat to the U.S. coast, March 14, 2012: “Sea level rise due to global warming has already doubled the annual risk of coastal flooding of historic proportions across widespread areas of the United States, according to a new report from Climate Central. By 2030, many locations are likely… Continue Reading
Following the Money 2012: How the States Rank on Providing Online Access to Government Spending Data
“In Following the Money 2012: How the States Rank on Providing Online Access to Government Spending Data, researchers at the United States Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG) graded all 50 states on how well they provide online access to information about government spending. States were given A to F grades based on the characteristics… Continue Reading
