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“…Medicare has posted…the costs it pays hospitals for 30 common elective procedures and other hospital admissions. The information is categorized by state and county and includes a range of prices, the national average payment for the procedure, and the number of cases the hospital has handled.”
Semiannual Report to Congress, October 1, 2005-March 31, 2006, Office of the Inspector General. See also Press Release: OIG Reports More Than $1 Billion in Recoveries From Fighting Fraud, Waste, and Abuse, June 2, 2006
Press release: “The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is undertaking to collect Internet e-mail addresses for each registered patent attorney and patent agent. Gathering these e-mail addresses will facilitate and increase the ability of the Office to communicate with registered practitioners. The Office anticipates implementing automated notifications to registered practitioners of notices and …
“The Air Travel Consumer Report is a monthly product of the Department of Transportation’s Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings (OAEP). The report is designed to assist consumers with information on the quality of services provided by the airlines. This page was last updated on June 1, 2006, and the most recent data is from …
Declassification Review and Referral Guide, U.S. Department of Justice, November 2005. [Michael Ravnitzky]
Fact sheet – Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Improving Worksite Enforcement, June 1, 2006 President Discusses Comprehensive Immigration Reform, United States Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C., June 1, 2006 Related links and government documents: National Immigration Law Center: Senate Approves Sweeping but Flawed Immigration Reform Bill: The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006, May 30, 2006 National …
Annual Report on International Religious Freedom 2005, April 2006 (871 pages, PDF): “Submitted to Congress annually by the Department of State, this report supplements the most recent Human Rights Reports and includes individual country chapters on the status of religious freedom worldwide.”
“The Census Bureau conducts a census of governments at five year intervals, and an annual survey for the intervening years. The state and local government finances are available in files and viewable tables. The statistics cover government financial activity in four broad categories of revenue, expenditure, debt, and assets.” [Available data]
Press Briefing: CIA Declassifies Operational Materials As a Result of New Disclosure Policy under Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group “Since 1999, the IWG has declassified and opened to the public an estimated 8 million pages of documents, including 1.2 million pages of OSS …
IRS Final and Temporary Regulations, Federal Register: May 30, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 103)][Rules and Regulations][Page 30591-30608]- Summary: “These regulations affect taxpayers that file Federal income tax returns. They simplify, clarify, or eliminate reporting burdens and also eliminate regulatory impediments to the electronic filing of certain statements that taxpayers are required to include on or …
CIA website updated to reflect that General Michael V. Hayden, USAF succeeded Porter J. Goss as Director, Central Intelligence Agency.
“In recognition of National Internet Safety Month (June 2006), National Criminal Justice Reference Service presents this compilation of Internet safety resources.”
