Day archives: August 21st, 2009

New GAO Report: State High-Risk Health Insurance Pools

Health Insurance: Enrollment, Benefits, Funding, and Other Characteristics of State High-Risk Health Insurance Pools, GAO-09-730R, July 22, 2009 “A growing number of states–35 as of June 2009–have created high-risk health insurance pools (HRPs) primarily to provide coverage to individuals whose health status limits their access to coverage in the private individual health insurance market. HRPs–typically …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo Form United Front Against Google Books

Follow up to previous postings on Google Book settlement, BBB News reports – Tech giants unite against Google – “Three technology heavyweights are joining a coalition to fight Google’s attempt to create what could be the world’s largest virtual library. Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo will sign up to the Open Book Alliance being spearheaded by …

Subjects: Copyright, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries, Search Engines

State/Local Employment Up Slightly Since Start of Recession, But Cuts Are Now Underway

State/Local Employment Up Slightly Since Start of Recession, But Cuts Are Now Underway by Donald J. Boyd, Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, August 20, 2009. “Government employment accounts for more than 22 million jobs — 17 percent of total U.S. employment — with state and local governments accounting for the vast majority of this. …

Subjects: Government Documents