A Federal Perspective on Health Care Policy and Costs
CBO: Presentation to the Center for Public Health, Stanford University: A Federal Perspective on Health Care Policy and Costs, Peter Orszag Director, September 16, 2008.
Category «Government Documents»
CBO: The Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update September 2008
Congressional Budget Office – The Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update, September 2008 (92 pages, PDF) Economic Projections Tables Budget Projections Tables CBO’s Year-by-Year Forecast and Projections for Calendar Years 2008 to 2018 Key Assumptions in CBO’s Projection of Potential Output Supplemental Data on Mandatory Outlays (As of March 2008) Budget Projections Tables
FTC Challenges Reed Elseviers Proposed $4.1 Billion Acquisition of ChoicePoint, Inc.
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission today issued a complaint charging that Reed Elsevier Inc.s (Reed Elsevier) proposed $4.1 billion acquisition of ChoicePoint Inc. (ChoicePoint) would be anticompetitive and in violation of the antitrust laws, as it would combine the two largest providers of electronic public record services to U.S. law enforcement customers. To eliminate …
DOJ Statistics on Prosecutions for 2008
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse: “The latest available data from the Justice Department show that for the first nine months of FY 2008, the federal government reported 111,874 prosecutions, a marked increase over the previous year. If activity continues at the same pace for the remaining months of the year, the total will be 149,165, up …
National Snow and Ice Data Center – Arctic sea ice reaches lowest extent for 2008
Arctic sea ice settles at second-lowest, underscores accelerating decline: “The Arctic sea ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent for the year, the second-lowest extent recorded since the dawn of the satellite era. While above the record minimum set on September 16, 2007, this year further reinforces the strong negative trend in summertime …
Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the Washington-Baltimore, D.C.-Md.-Va.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area for August 2008
“Food at home and shelter prices in the Washington-Baltimore area advanced, while energy prices declined in August, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Sheila Watkins, the Bureaus regional commissioner, noted that despite the one-month decrease in …
New GAO Reports: Cyber Analysis and Warning, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Certifying Voting Systems
Cyber Analysis and Warning: DHS Faces Challenges in Establishing a Comprehensive National Capability, GAO-08-588, July 31, 2008 Critical Infrastructure Protection: DHS Needs to Better Address Its Cybersecurity Responsibilities, GAO-08-1157T, September 16, 2008 Critical Infrastructure Protection: DHS Needs to Fully Address Lessons Learned from Its First Cyber Storm Exercise, GAO-08-825, September 09, 2008 Environmental Health: EPA …
Top Ten Challenges Facing the Next Secretary of Homeland Security
Top Ten Challenges Facing the Next Secretary of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Advisory Council, September 11, 2008.
Treasurer Cabral Remarks at Launch of Multi-Media Campaign on Credit
News release: “Credit can be a helpful tool for a healthy, prosperous financial existence. But all too often, many Americans fall prey to the pitfalls of not using credit wisely. This is especially true for young Americans who may have a less thorough understanding of credit and who tend to think less about the consequences …
New on LLRX.com: Commentary on New FBI Anti-Terror Guidelines
Commentary: New FBI Anti-Terror Guidelines – Beth Wellington’s commentary focuses on congressional and public response to the guidelines, related public surveillance actions, and on ramifications to civil liberties now and in future.
CBO: U.S. Policy Regarding Pandemic-Influenza Vaccines
CBO – U.S. Policy Regarding Pandemic-Influenza Vaccines, September 2008 “The possibility of an influenza pandemic is cause for concern among policymakers, public health experts, and the worlds populations. Against that prospect, in 2005, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a plan that includes a series of measures, first to monitor the spread …
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement returns more than 1,000 artifacts to Iraq
News release: “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement repatriated more than 1,000 cultural antiquities that had been seized for false declaration of country of origin to the Government of Iraq. The items included terra cotta cones, figurines, coins and remnants of cuneiform tablets. Import restrictions apply to any cultural property of Iraq. ICE handles investigations into …
