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Review of Generic Drug Price Increases (A-06-07-00042), October 24, 2007: “Generic drug price increases exceeded the specified statutory inflation factor applicable to brand-name drugs for 35 percent of the quarterly average manufacturer prices reviewed. If the provision for brand-name drugs were extended to generic drugs, the Medicaid program would receive additional rebates. By applying the …
Identity Theft, 2005 released on November 7, 2007: “Presents data from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) on identity theft victimization and its consequences. This report presents the first full year of data available after new questions about identity theft were added to the survey in July 2004. Identity theft is defined in the report …
Follow up to previous postings on the domestic surveillance program and AT&T’s alleged participation, today’s article in the Washington Post, A Story of Surveillance – Former Technician ‘Turning In’ AT&T Over NSA Program, by Ellen Nakashima: “…Mark Klein, a former AT&T technician…alleged that the NSA set up a system that vacuumed up Internet and phone-call …
“FDA is implementing a Food Protection Plan (the Plan) that addresses both food safety and food defense for domestic and imported products. The Plan is integrated with the Administration’s Import Safety Action Plan. The Food Protection Plan operates through a set of integrated strategies that: Focus on risks over a product’s life cycle from production …
Monthly Budget Review, November 2007 Cost Estimate for Food and Energy Security Act of 2007 November 6, 2007: “The amendment would modify and extend the major farm income support, food and nutrition, land conservation, trade promotion, rural development, research, forestry, energy, specialty crops, and crop insurance programs administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). …
Fact Sheet: “Secretary Chertoff highlighted the Departments progress on immigration efforts. More than 76 miles of pedestrian fence have been completed on the Southwest border, and the number of Border Patrol agents is increasing: currently roughly 15,000, it is scheduled to be more than 18,300 by the end of next year. Over the past year, …
Press release: “The Secretary of the Interior today released the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (FPEIS) for the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Alternative Energy and Alternate Use (AEAU) Program and announced an interim policy for authorization of the installation of offshore data collection and technology testing facilities in federal waters.” OCS Alternative Energy and Alternate …
Press release: “Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) offered White House Counsel Fred Fielding yet another opportunity to negotiate terms and agree on compliance with the committee’s subpoenas issued to Joshua Bolten, for documents, and Harriet Miers, for documents and testimony. The two were subpoenaed earlier this year as part of the …
Border Security: Despite Progress, Weaknesses in Traveler Inspections Exist at Our Nation’s Ports of Entry, GAO-08-219, November 5, 2007 School Mental Health: Role of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and Factors Affecting Service Provision, GAO-08-19R, October 5, 2007 Securing U.S. Nuclear Material: DOE Has Made Little Progress Consolidating and Disposing of Special …
Audit of Security and Controls Over the National Driver Register, October 29, 2007, Project ID: FI-2008-003 (32 pages, PDF) “Summary: On October 29, we issued a final report on the audit of the National Driver Register (NDR) system administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). NDR is a central register that enables state …
Press release: “U.S. natural gas proved reserves increased 3 percent in 2006, rising to over 211 trillion cubic feet, the highest level since 1976 according to estimates released today by the Energy Information Administration. Additions to reserves replaced 136 percent of the dry natural gas produced in 2006. This was the eighth year in a …
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Management of State Homeland Security Grants Awarded During Fiscal Years 2002 through 2004, OIG-08-03 (PDF, 44 pages) – New 11/05/2007 Management Letter for the FY 2006 FLETC Balance Sheet, OIG-08-04 (PDF, 16 pages) – New 11/05/2007 Progress Has Been Made But More Work Remains in Meeting Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 …
