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“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 …
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured: “The new brief, Louisianas 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 …
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, …
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 …
Executive Order: Interpretation of the Geneva Conventions Common Article 3 as Applied to a Program of Detention and Interrogation Operated by the Central Intelligence Agency, July 20, 2007. President Bush Signs Executive Order: “This afternoon, the President signed an Executive Order that interprets for the United States “Common Article 3” of the Geneva Conventions, as …
Press release, July 18, 2007: “POGO announced…that it is releasing an improved and more user-friendly Federal Contractor Misconduct Database (FCMD). For years, POGO has been scouring public sources to compile instances of misconduct involving the top 50 federal contractors to highlight how risky contractors continue to receive taxpayer funds. The new database, which covers instances …
Joint Committee on Taxation: “In connection with a hearing scheduled by the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight for July 24, 2007, the Joint Committee on Taxation has issued Description Of Present Law Relating To Section 501(C)(3) Organizations And Summary Of Section 501(C)(3)-Related Provisions Of The Pension Protection Act Of 2006 And …
Press Release: FEMA Was Not Forthright with Congressional Investigators, House Oversight and Government Reform Full Committee Hearing on FEMA’s Toxic Trailers, July 19, 2007 “Apparently, the problem of unsafe formaldehyde levels in FEMA trailers was more widespread than initially acknowledged. And FEMAs reaction to the problem was deliberately stunted to bolster the agencys litigation position. …
Congressional Budget Office Background Paper: The Impact of Medicare’s Payment Rates on the Volume of Services Provided by Skilled Nursing Facilities, July 2007, (32 pages, PDF)
Press release: “The United States could provide more than half of Cuba’s agricultural, fish, and forest product imports if certain U.S. trade and travel restrictions to Cuba were lifted, reports the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in its publication U.S. Agricultural Sales to Cuba: Certain Economic Effects of U.S. Restrictions. The U.S. share of such …
A CBO Study: The All-Volunteer Military: Issues and Performance, July 2007 (49 pages, PDF) – Report prepared at the request of the Chairman [John Murtha] of the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee.
Bureau of Justice Statistics – Deaths in Custody Statistical Tables, by Christopher J. Mumola, BJS Policy Analyst and Margaret E. Noonan, BJS Statistician. “This site contains a series of data tables describing recent trends in mortality in State prison, local jails and State juvenile correctional facilities. Data are presented over time, by jurisdiction and by …
