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Pension Crisis in the United States - and the Rest of the Defined Benefit World: Retirement issues have drawn significant attention in the United States over the past year. Social Security and Medicare reform are high on the Bush administration's agenda, highlighting weaknesses in the current social retirement system. The Bush administration and the US Congress have proposed tighter pension funding regulations, intended to strengthen...; Tags: payroll solutions, Benefits, Mercer, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., Bush Administration, pension plan, Medicare, Social Security, U.S., security; White papers 2005-09-01
EHRs: Where Are We Now?: The Bush Administration is determined to follow through on the president's ambitious promise to give most Americans an electronic health record within 10 years. The president proposed health IT spending of $125 million in the 2006 federal budget. Widespread adoption of this technology, he said, could slash the national health...; Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Advanstar Communications, health care, e-health, electronic health record, president, IT-spending, Bush Administration, information technology; White papers 2005-05-20
Pension Funding Proposal Would Effect Dramatic Change: The Bush Administration has released a provocative proposal that pursues the most significant changes to the pension funding rules since ERISA was signed into law in 1974. While the proposal is still in the formative process and probably a long way from enactment, the suggested changes are significant enough to...; Tags: payroll solutions, Benefits, Aon Consulting, pension, ERISA, Bush Administration; White papers 2005-02-22
AAFA Opposes China Safeguard Petition on Cotton Pants Urges Bush Administration to Reject Petition: Petition Fails to Show Any Evidence of U.S. Market Disruption: This article informs that AAFA urged the U.S. government's Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements CITA to reject the China "threat-based" safeguard petition. The petition does not provide the current data or the facts necessary to render an affirmative safeguard judgment. Approval of this petition would not benefit the...; Tags: American Apparel & Footwear Association, petition, China, Bush Administration, U.S., benefit; White papers 2004-12-03
Unsatisfactory Progress: The Bush Administration's Performance on E-Government Initiatives: E-government the delivery of government services through digital information technologies, including the Internet is an important part of reinventing government that not only reduces the cost of government, but also significantly improves the quality of services and citizen access. This white paper examines the causes of the decline in the...; Tags: International Data Group, e-government, government, Bush Administration, QoS, leader, performance, information technology, Internet; White papers 2004-10-01

Expanding Care Versus Expanding Coverage: How to Improve Access to Care: The Bush administration has proposed expanding insurance coverage as well as Community Health Centers CHCs to increase access to care for uninsured people. This paper examines the relative effects of insurance coverage and CHC capacity on access to care. Communities that have both high insurance coverage and extensive CHC capacity...; Tags: Financial Planning, Project HOPE, insurance, Bush Administration; White papers 2004-08-01
The Terrorism Threat to Insurance Markets: The weeks since September 11 have seen representatives of one industry after another traveling to Washington to propose government solutions to the business problems they face after the attacks. Perhaps second only to the airline industry in the intensity and immediacy of its effort has been the insurance industry. Within...; Tags: Financial Planning, Homeland security, Corporate insurance, terrorism insurance, insurance, terrorism, Bush Administration, leader, industry; White papers 2003-01-01
US Trade Policy: Method to the Madness?: This article focuses the renewed US-EU cooperation, which provided the requisite leadership for the launch of a new round of multilateral trade negotiations at the Doha Ministerial of the World Trade Organization WTO in November 2001. The congress legislation provides the president, the negotiating mandate to pursue the new trade...; Tags: Bush Administration, free trade, president, negotiation, leadership; White papers 2002-10-11
WTO Set to Crash and Burn at Doha: Amid widespread recriminations from developing counties and NGOs, the preparations for launching a new round of trade negotiations at the Fourth WTO Ministerial meeting in Doha, Qatar on November 9-13 are plunging ahead. The Bush administration has opportunistically draped its call for the launch of a new trade round in...; Tags: Free trade, World Trade Organization, terrorism, Bush Administration, negotiation, agreement; White papers 2001-11-05

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Political trivia question: In "Above the Law," Daphne Eviatar describes how KBR lawyers invoked the "political question doctrine" to dismiss lawsuits charging the company with recklessly disregarding its employees' safety in Iraq. Under the doctrine, courts refrain from resolving disputes that are better left to the political branches of government. Interestingly, the Bush...; Articles 2008-07-01
It will be years before we see the last of those "Bush Lied, People Died" bumper stickers: It will be years before we see the last of those "Bush Lied, People Died" bumper stickers. The slogan has become an article of faith on the Left, and in recent years Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee have conducted investigation after investigation in an effort to prove it. Now...; Articles 2008-06-30
Scott McClellan met George W. Bush in Texas, followed him to Washington, then became one of the worst press secretaries in the history of the presidency: Scott McClellan met George W. Bush in Texas, followed him to Washington, then became one of the worst press secretaries in the history of the presidency. Garbage in, garbage out: Now he has written a tell-all book, repeating, in tones of outraged surprise, every hostile cliche about the administration he...; Articles 2008-06-30
States reject abstinence grants: WASHINGTON -- Skeptical states are shoving aside millions of federal dollars for abstinence education, walking away from the program the Bush administration touts for slowing teen sexual activity. Barely half the states, including Utah, which received $216,117 in federal grants this year, are still in, and two...; Articles 2008-06-25
Rescue plan for housing moves ahead: WASHINGTON -- A massive foreclosure rescue bill cleared a key Senate test Tuesday by an overwhelming margin, with Democrats and Republicans both eager to claim election-year credit for helping hard-pressed homeowners. The mortgage aid plan would let the Federal Housing Administration back $300 billion in new, cheaper...; Articles 2008-06-25
End of EU sanctions on Cuba deals US a setback: WASHINGTON AFP — The European Union's decision to lift sanctions against Cuba dealt a setback to US diplomacy after Washington failed to convince eastern European allies to block the move, analysts say. "It was a failure for American diplomacy, which did everything possible through pressure on eastern European...; Articles 2008-06-25
Bush Administration Continues to Claim Contracting Scandal Is a "Myth," According to the American Small Business League: The following is a statement by the AmericanSmall Business League: On June 12th, the Small Business Administration SBA issued the latestrelease in a series of press releases entitled "Myth vs. Fact."( http://www.sba.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/sba_homepage/myth_fact.pdf )The latest "Myth vs. Fact" press release is in response to a New York Timesarticle on a multitude...; Articles 2008-06-25
Editorial: Bush's Domestic Spying: The cover-up is nearly complete. With congressional approval, the Bush administration's warrantless eavesdropping on Americans' overseas phone calls and e-mail for nearly six years will be spared the third-degree treatment by any judge or jury. At the same time, Bush or his successor would have virtual free rein to continue...; Articles 2008-06-24
Press Briefing by Dana Perino: WASHINGTON -- James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:36 P.M. EDT MS. PERINO: One announcement. President Bush continues to call on the Senate to swiftly clear the pipeline of all pending nominations. Currently there are 394 nominations pending in the Senate. These nominations cumulatively represent more...; Articles 2008-06-24
U.S. may open outpost in Iran: WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is considering setting up a diplomatic outpost in Iran in what would mark a dramatic official U.S. return to the country nearly 30 years after the American embassy was overrun and the two nations severed relations. Even as it threatens the Iranian...; Articles 2008-06-24
Top court OKs Mexico-border fence: WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court said Monday it won't stand in the way as the U.S. extends its security fence hundreds of miles along the border with Mexico, allowing building to proceed full-speed despite claims that it harms the environment and animals who live in the area. ...; Articles 2008-06-24

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