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“The Women’s Health Insurance Coverage Fact Sheet provides new statistics on health coverage and describes the major sources of health insurance for non-elderly adult women, including employer-sponsored coverage, Medicaid, individually purchased insurance, and Medicare. It also summarizes the major policy challenges facing women in obtaining health coverage, and provides data on the more than 17 …
Press release: “A large national household survey conducted by the Iraqi government and WHO estimates that 151 000 Iraqis died from violence between March 2003 and June 2006. The findings, published today on the web site of the New England Journal of Medicine, are based on information collected during a wider survey of family health …
Press release: “The Election Technology Council today announced the release of industry guidelines outlining best practices for election officials to adopt in response to potential and perceived threats to electronic voting systems. In releasing the guidelines, David Beirne, Executive Director of the Election Technology Council, said, The Council recognizes that no voting technology is invulnerable, …
Follow up on January 7, 2008 posting Federal Fish and Wildlife Statement for Polar Bear Decision, additional information and links. San Francisco Chronicle: Groups cite oil leases in U.S. delay on rating polar bear’s status, by Jane Kay: “Environmental groups fear that political meddling and a rush to sell oil leases in Arctic waters are …
Pew Internet Project Data Memo, Video Sharing Websites, January 9, 2008: “The audience for YouTube and other internet video sites has risen sharply the past year. Nearly half of online adults now say they have visited such sites. On a typical day at the end of 2007, the share of internet users going to video …
Statement by OMB Director Jim Nussle on E-Budget: “In an effort to save taxpayer dollars and reduce unnecessary paper copies, I am pleased to announce the White House will release an E-Budget on Monday, February 4, 2008. This step to go paperless for the first time means the White House will not order hard copy …
AP: “Lawmakers in 2008 will receive salaries of $169,300, a boost of $4,100 over the pay they have lived with since January 2006. That 2.5 percent increase is mirrored by similar raises for associate justices of the Supreme Court, who will see their pay go from $203,000 to $208,100, and Chief Justice John Roberts, whose …
“For the first time in well over a decade, Congress has enacted amendments to the Freedom of Information Act. No changes to the Acts nine exemptions were made. Rather, the amendments address a range of procedural issues impacting FOIA administration, including the codification of several provisions of Executive Order 13,392, Improving Agency Disclosure of Information. …
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Quick Guide to The Committees Work to Secure the Nation Since September 11, 2001: “The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is working with single minded vigor to strengthen the security of Americans here at home. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Committee has originated a series of bipartisan legislative initiatives enacted …
Press release: “The nation’s leading cell phone makers, service providers, and retailers have teamed up with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to answer America’s call for easy cell phone recycling. As part of EPA’s Plug-In to eCycling program, partners supporting the cell phone recycling campaign include AT&T Wireless, Best Buy, LG Electronics, Motorola, Nokia, Office …
Improving Declassification – A Report to the President from the Public Interest Declassification Board Report, December 2007 (48 pages, PDF): “There are at least eight ways by which security classified national security information may become declassified, including through Freedom of Information Act requests and through automatic declassification under Executive Order 12958. The Board presents several …
