Day archives: August 28th, 2012

Recent GAO Reports – Medicaid Long-Term Care

Medicaid Long-Term Care Information Obtained by States about Applicants’ Assets Varies and May Be Insufficient, GAO-12-749, July 26, 2012 Worker and Family Assistance – Home Energy Assistance for Low-Income Occupants of Manufactured Homes, GAO-12-848R, Aug 24, 2012 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – Estimates of the Effect on the Prevalence of Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage, …

Subjects: Government Documents

Obama Administration Finalizes Historic 54.5 mpg Fuel Efficiency Standards

News release: “The Obama Administration today finalized groundbreaking standards that will increase fuel economy to the equivalent of 54.5 mpg for cars and light-duty trucks by Model Year 2025. When combined with previous standards set by this Administration, this move will nearly double the fuel efficiency of those vehicles compared to new vehicles currently on …

Subjects: Government Documents

A Guide to the Supreme Court's Decision on the ACA's Medicaid Expansion

“On June 28, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in the case challenging the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Court upheld the constitutionality of the ACA’s individual mandate, which requires most people to maintain a minimum level of health insurance coverage beginning in 2014. A majority of the Court also found the ACA’s …

Subjects: Courts, Legal Research, Legislation

Global Marketing Index – August 2012

Global Marketing Index – August 2012. Marketing budgets plummet in Asia Pacific and Europe: “Marketers in the Americas continue to buck the negative trend. Trading conditions show global improvement in August. Staffing levels rise in all three global regions. Warc Global Marketing Index in association with World Economics – “Global marketing budgets fell to their …

Subjects: Government Documents

Higher Education: Gaps in Access and Persistence Study

Higher Education: Gaps in Access and Persistence Study. The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), August 2012 “The NCES report Higher Education: Gaps in Access and Persistence Study presents 46 indicators of important developments and trends in the education of males and females within and across specific racial/ethnic groups. These indicators focus on student demographics, …

Subjects: Government Documents

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland – Household Formation and the Great Recession

Household Formation and the Great Recession, by Timothy Dunne, VP and economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. August 23, 2012. “During the Great Recession, the rate at which Americans formed households fell sharply. Though the rate has recently picked up, it isn’t fast enough to make up for the shortfall in household formation that occurred …

Subjects: Government Documents

Proposed Model Jury Instructions – The Use of Electronic Technology to Conduct Research on or Communicate about a Case

Proposed Model Jury Instructions – The Use of Electronic Technology to Conduct Research on or Communicate about a Case. Prepared by the Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration and Case Management, June 2012 “I know that many of you use cell phones, Blackberries, the internet and other tools of technology. You also must not talk …

Subjects: Blogs, Courts, Internet, Legal Research, Wireless Web