Day archives: March 3rd, 2011

EPA Submits for Public Comment the Next Round of Safe Drinking Water Act Contaminant Monitoring

News release: “As part of its commitment to implement sensible protections of drinking water for communities across the country, and as required by the Safe Drinking Water Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing 30 currently unregulated contaminants for monitoring in water systems, and submitting this proposal for public comment. The comment period …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Findings From the 2010 Health Confidence Survey

Who Tries to Find Objective Information on Health Care? Findings From the 2010 Health Confidence Survey – Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) “USERS OF HEALTH INFORMATION: This analysis looks at who currently uses information on health cost, quality, and outcomes. Data comes from the EBRI/MGA 2010 Health Confidence Survey (HCS), a survey that examines a …

Subjects: Internet

New GAO Reports: Effective Fraud Prevention Controls,

8(a) Program: The Importance of Effective Fraud Prevention, Controls, GAO-11-440T, March 03, 2011 Additional Cost Transparency and Design Criteria Needed for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Projects, GAO-11-364R, March 03, 2011 Defense Infrastructure: Navy Can Improve the Quality of Its Cost Estimate to Homeport an Aircraft Carrier at Naval Station Mayport, GAO-11-309, March 03, …

Subjects: Government Documents

A Post-Crisis Assessment of Retirement Income Adequacy for Baby Boomers and Gen Xers

A Post‐Crisis Assessment of Retirement Income Adequacy for Baby Boomers and Gen Xers, By Jack VanDerhei, Employee Benefit Research Institute. “The analysis in this paper was designed to answer two questions: What percentage of U.S. households became “at risk” of insufficient retirement income as a result of the financial market and real estate crisis in …

Subjects: Government Documents