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Agricultural Prices: 2006 Summary

Agricultural Prices 2006 Summary, July 20, 2007 (239 pages, PDF): “The 47th Annual Summary of Agricultural Prices contains prices farmers received for commodities sold as well as prices paid for production input goods and services. Prices are weighted and aggregated into price indexes. These indexes provide measures of relative price changes for agricultural outputs and …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Executive Order: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq

President George W. Bush – Message to the Congress of the United States Regarding International Emergency Economic Powers Act, July 17, 2007: “Pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)(IEEPA), I hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order blocking property of persons determined to have committed, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Personal Health Data Processed by DOD Contractor Compromised By Internet Security Failure

Press release: “Personal information of certain uniformed service members, family members and others was placed at risk for potential compromise while being processed by SAIC under several health care data contracts for military service customers, the company said today. SAIC remedied the security lapses upon learning of them and began working with the customers to …

Subjects: E-Records, Government Documents, Privacy

Surveillance Equipment Provider "Chipping" Employees

AP: “CityWatcher.com, a provider of surveillance equipment, attracted little notice itself – until a year ago, when two of its employees had glass-encapsulated microchips with miniature antennas embedded in their forearms. The “chipping” of two workers with RFIDs – radio frequency identification tags as long as two grains of rice, as thick as a toothpick …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Privacy

AARP Automatic 401(k) Overview for Employers

Automatic 401(k) Overview for Employers – A Survey of Companies with 500 to 5,000 Employees, 2007 (33 pages, PDF): Awareness and Attitudes About Automatic 401(k) Plans Enhancing 401(k) Value and Participation Key Benefits of an Automatic 401(k) A Systematic Approach to Automatic 401(k) Automatic 401(k) Implementation Costs Snapshots of Companies with Automatic 401(k)s Alon USA …

Subjects: Government Documents

DHS Strategy to Enhance International Supply Chain Security

“This strategy establishes the overarching framework for the secure flow of cargo through the supply chain and builds on: existing national strategies; plans specific to individual segments of the supply chain or transportation system; and numerous programs and tactical plans developed and implemented by appropriate Department components and agencies. Specifically, it follows the flow of …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New Brief Analyzes the Composition and Cost of Louisiana’s Uninsured Population After Hurricane Katrina

Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured: “The new brief, Louisiana’s Proposed Section 1115 Medicaid Demonstration Project: Estimating the Numbers of Uninsured and Projected Medicaid Costs, analyzes the composition and medical costs of the uninsured in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina. The estimates in the brief are the first available that are based on a detailed …

Subjects: Government Documents

2006 Data Added to the Medicaid Benefits Online Database

Kaiser Family Foundation: “The Foundation’s online tool examining Medicaid benefits for all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the Territories has been updated with data as of October 2006. The online database allows comparison of Medicaid benefits by state and service with information about benefits covered, limits, co-payments and reimbursement methodologies. Data for 2003, …

Subjects: Government Documents

New GAO Reports: Defense Health Care, Intermodal Transportation, Managerial Cost Accounting Practices, National Marine Fisheries Service

Defense Health Care: Comprehensive Oversight Framework Needed to Help Ensure Effective Implementation of a Deployment Health Quality Assurance Program, GAO-07-831, June 22, 2007 Intermodal Transportation: DOT Could Take Further Actions to Address Intermodal Barriers, GAO-07-718, June 20, 2007 Managerial Cost Accounting Practices: Implementation and Use Vary Widely across 10 Federal Agencies, GAO-07-679, July 20, 2007 …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents