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News release: “Since October 2011, nearly all U.S. colleges have been required to post net price calculators on their websites. Based on an in-depth look at 50 randomly selected colleges calculators, a new report from The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS) found that many of these online tools are difficult for prospective college …
News release with charts and data: “The Internet is now a fundamental infrastructure supporting the economy and is firmly in its second stage of development, having evolved from a data network connecting PCs with wires to a much broader network of new portable devices from mobile phones to tablet computers. It is also on the …
FY 2012 Office of Inspector General FISMA Audit of GSAs Information Technology Security Program, Report Number A120125/O/F/F12005 September 28, 2012. “We identified the following during our audit: Finding 1 Systems faced increased threats because security patching for high-risk vulnerabilities were not performed timely. Finding 2 For newly deployed systems, PBS lacks procedures to …
Health Information Technology – CMS Took Steps to Improve Its Beneficiary Eligibility Verification System, GAO-12-973, Sep 12, 2012 “The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) currently offers to Medicare providers and Medicare Administrative Contractors the use of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Eligibility Transaction System (HETS) in a real-time …
News release: “The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), along with the Department of Commerce (DOC), have partnered to develop an online system aimed at expanding public access to information requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). FOIAonline, formerly known as the FOIA Module, is available as of …
News release: “The unemployment rate decreased to 7.8 percent in September, and total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 114,000, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in health care and in transportation and warehousing but changed little in most other major industries. Household Survey Data – The unemployment rate declined by 0.3 …
“In this months analysis, The Hamilton Project confirms its previous findings that the returns to college attendance are much higher than other investments, such as stocks, bonds, and real estate. We also find that the returns to college have been largely constant over the last 35 years, indicating that the rising tuition costs have been …
