Category «Health Care»

New GAO Reports – HHS National Preparedness, Social Security Death Data, Financial Audit of the SEC

NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS – HHS Is Monitoring the Progress of Its Medical Countermeasure Efforts but Has Not Provided Previously Recommended Spending Estimates, GAO-14-90, Dec 27, 2013 SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH DATA – Additional Action Needed to Address Data Errors and Federal Agency Access, GAO-14-46, Nov 27, 2013 FINANCIAL AUDIT – Securities and Exchange Commission’s Fiscal Years 2013 and 2012 Financial Statements [Reissued …

Subjects: E-Government, E-Records, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Securities Law

Vanity Fair – Inside the Company That Built Healthcare.gov

Accounting for Obamacare: Inside the Company That Built Healthcare.gov by Bethany McLean“…the selection of CGI, which has had a long relationship with the U.S. government through the companies it has acquired—among other projects, CGI also ran recovery.gov, the Website for all data related to the Recovery Act—doesn’t seem so odd. Back in 2007, CGI was one of …

Subjects: E-Government, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management

Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975–2010

National Cancer Institute: Lung cancer death rates continue to fall, helping drive decrease in overall cancer death rates; Annual Report to the Nation includes special feature highlighting the contribution of other diseases on survival of patients. “The Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, covering the period 1975–2010, showed death rates for …

Subjects: Government Documents, Health Care

Lifespan extension by cranberry supplementation partially requires SOD2 and is life stage independent

Lifespan extension by cranberry supplementation partially requires SOD2 and is life stage independent – Yaning Sun, Jason Yolitz, Thomas Alberico, Xiaoping Sun, Sige Zou. Experimental Gerontology – Volume 50, February 2014, Pages 57–63 “Many nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals have been shown to promote healthspan and lifespan. However, the mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of prolongevity interventions and the time points at which interventions should be …

Subjects: Health Care

OECD – Cycling, Health and Safety

“Many jurisdictions around the world are trying to retain or increase the share of cycling in urban traffic in order to benefit from the many health and transport efficiency benefits. Safety is a key concern and should be accounted for in these policies. This report of the International Transport Forum’s Cycling Safety Working Group – Cycling, Health …

Subjects: Government Documents, Health Care

UN – Food Wastage Footprint: Impacts on Natural Resources

“The waste of a staggering 1.3 billion tonnes of food per year is not only causing major economic losses but also wreaking significant harm on the natural resources that humanity relies upon to feed itself, says a new FAO report. is the first study to analyze the impacts of global food wastage from an environmental perspective, …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care

Risking your Health: Causes, Consequences and Interventions to Prevent Risky Behaviors

“A new World Bank report, Risking your Health: Causes, Consequences and Interventions to Prevent Risky Behaviors, warns that risky behaviors are increasingly prevalent globally, particularly in developing countries, and constitute a growing threat to the health of individuals and their populations. The report looks at how individual choices that led to five risky behaviors –smoking, using illicit …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Financial System, Health Care, HIV/AIDS, Knowledge Management

From Food Insufficiency towards Trade Dependency

From Food Insufficiency towards Trade Dependency: A Historical Analysis of Global Food Availability. Miina Porkka; Matti Kummu, Stefan Siebert; Olli Varis. Published: December 18, 2013. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082714 “Achieving global food security is one of the major challenges of the coming decades. In order to tackle future food security challenges we must understand the past. This study presents a historical analysis of …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care

Department of Veteran’s Affairs names Craig’s List Founder as “nerd in residence”

The Department of Veterans Affairs – Craig Newmark “Nerd in Residence” “Craigslist Founder Craig Newmark is a self-described nerd, as well as a pioneer of the Web, speaker, philanthropist, and a strong advocate of the use of technology for the public good. He joins the Center for Innovation as a Nerd-in-Residence to work with us in pursuing creative …

Subjects: Blogs, E-Commerce, E-Government, Government Documents, Health Care, Knowledge Management

New GAO Reports – SEC Financial Audit, DOD’s Weapon Programs, VA Nursing Homes, Workforce Investment Act, Children’s Health Insurance

Financial Audit – Securities and Exchange Commission’s Fiscal Years 2013 and 2012 Financial Statements [Reissued on December 23, 2013], GAO-14-213R, Dec 16, 2013 Small Business Innovation Research – DOD’s Program Supports Weapon Systems, but Lacks Comprehensive Data on Technology Transition Outcomes, GAO-14-96, Dec 20, 2013 VA Nursing Homes – Reporting More Complete Data on Workload …

Subjects: Defense, Economy, Financial System, Health Care

WaPo – HealthCare.gov contract: Politics not a factor, but neither were firm’s ties to failed projects

HealthCare.gov contract: Politics not a factor, but neither were firm’s ties to failed projects – By Jerry Markon and Alice Crites [snipped] “CGI Federal, the company responsible for building the problem-plagued Web site for the Affordable Care Act, won the job because of what federal officials deemed a “technically superior” proposal, according to government documents and people …

Subjects: E-Government, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care

FDA proposes new food defense rule

Proposed rule marks the 6th issued under FDA Food Safety Modernization Act this year: “As required by the bipartisan FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed a rule [Focused Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration] that would require the largest food businesses in the United States and abroad to take steps …

Subjects: Defense, Government Documents, Health Care, Legislation

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