News release: “Every dollar invested in evidence-based care for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with untreated mental health disorders results in $2.50 in savings over two years, according to a new report, Meeting the Behavioral Health Needs of Veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, released by the National Council for Behavioral Health (National Council). The report finds that if all 210,000 untreated veterans with PTSD and/or major depression received appropriate treatment, the $481 million investment would result in more than $1.2 billion in cost savings. To meet the unmet mental health needs of veterans, the report suggests expanding the role and funding of the nations network of community behavioral health centers. Currently 27 percent (657,000) veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are using community-based care. More veterans are moving from DOD-provided services to VA-provided services to community-based services. By 2014, 40 percent (970,000 veterans) will be using community-based care. As the nations specialists in treating mental health and addiction disorders, community-based centers are committed to outreach to returning veterans and to providing evidence-based care.”
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Daily Archives: November 24, 2012
Pacer federal court record fees exceed system costs
Shane Shifflett and Jennifer Gollan: “The federal government has collected millions from the online Public Access to Court Electronic Records system, or PACER nearly five times what it cost to run the system. Between fiscal years 2006 and 2010, the government collected an average of $77 million a year from PACER fees, according to… Continue Reading
GPO Reports Three-Year Decline In EEO Complaints
“The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for its workforce and creating a discrimination-free work environment. The agency has implemented a variety of measures to reduce the number of EEO complaints filed by employees. As a result, there were 27 formal EEO complaints filed at GPO in FY 2012… Continue Reading
Tax Reforms Continue Worldwide Despite Economic Turmoil
“A new report from the World Bank, IFC, and PwC finds that governments continue to reform their tax systems despite global economic uncertainty, with 31 economies having taken steps from June last year through May 2012 to make it easier and cost less for small and medium businesses to pay taxes..the Paying Taxes 2013 study… Continue Reading
Report: At America's Expense: The Mass Incarceration of the Elderly
“At Americas Expense compiles extensive data detailing epidemic of aging prisoners in the United States. It provides a comprehensive 50-state and federal analysis of the unnecessary incarceration of aging prisoners and provides a fiscal analysis showing the actual amount states would save, on average, by releasing aging prisoners: over $66,000 per year per released prisoner.… Continue Reading
The World Bank and Governance: The Banks Efforts to Help Developing Countries Build State Capacity
The World Bank and Governance: The Banks Efforts to Help Developing Countries Build State Capacity. Alain de Janvry and Jean-Jacques Dethier, October 2012 “A proactive and effective state is essential for development: it is needed to create a favorable investment climate and to facilitate poor peoples empowerment and their participation in economic life.3 Governance and… Continue Reading
Infrastructure Policy: Basic Design Options
Infrastructure Policy: Basic Design Options, Michael Klein, November 1, 2012, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6274 The paper lays out basic design options for infrastructure policy. It first sketches mechanisms to asses demand. Then it sets out a hierarchy of issues starting with choice of market structure followed by conduct regulation. Ownership options… Continue Reading
