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News release: “Motor vehicle crash-related deaths in the United States resulted in an estimated $41 billion in medical and work loss costs in a year, according to state-based estimates released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Half of this cost ($20.4 billion) was in 10 states, the report says. CDC’s data analysis …
News release: “The Social Security Board of Trustees today released its annual report on the financial health of the Social Security Trust Funds. The combined assets of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) Trust Funds will be exhausted in 2036, one year sooner than projected last year. The DI Trust Fund, while …
Federal Recovery Coordination Program: Enrollment, Staffing, and Care Coordination Pose Significant Challenges, GAO-11-572T, May 13, 2011
News release: “The Postal Service released statistics today highlighting the cities where the most dog attacks occur nationwide. Houston tops the list with 62 letter carriers attacked in 2010. Nationwide last year, 5,669 postal employees were attacked in more than 1,400 cities, yet that pales in comparison to the 4.7 million Americans bitten annually …
“The Magenta Book is HM Treasury guidance on evaluation for Central Government, but will also be useful for all policy makers, including in local government, charities and the voluntary sectors. It sets out the key issues to consider when designing and managing evaluations, and the presentation and interpretation of evaluation results. It describes why thinking …
“Ensuring that remuneration is effectively aligned with risk and performance is an essential element for reducing incentives that may arise from the design of remuneration schemes and that can lead to excessive risk taking. In practice, the idea that an employee’s compensation should take account of the risks that employees take on behalf of their …
“This chart shows how much GDP has grown, or contracted, every year since the launch of the euro. It shows very clearly the damage caused to the whole of the eurozone by the financial crisis. Notice that while Portugal did not experience a huge dip in 2009, its GDP growth was relatively low for much …
