Why is HMRC staff morale so low?
03/13/2010 – 11:36 am PST | No Comment

Last month the Treasury Select Committee published a rather impressive report, Administration and Expenditure in the Chancellor’s Departments 2008-09, in which it expressed serious concerns about low morale and a lack of efficiency …

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Weekly Address: President Obama to Send Updated Elementary and Secondary Education Act Blueprint To Congress on Monday
03/13/2010 – 3:15 am PST | No Comment

WASHINGTON – In his weekly address, President Barack Obama announced that on Monday, his administration will send to Congress the blueprint for an updated Elementary and Secondary Education Act that will overhaul No Child Left …

Picture du Jour: Chinese construction – boom or bubble?
03/12/2010 – 11:23 pm PST | No Comment
Picture du Jour: Chinese construction – boom or bubble?

It would not take too much guessing to figure out where the bulk of the world’s construction activity is taking place. Of course, it is in China, but who would have thought global construction would …

National debt – maxing out the card!
03/12/2010 – 11:23 pm PST | No Comment
National debt – maxing out the card!

The image below shows the national debt history of the US as a credit card statement.
The Congressional Budget Office said this week (via Bloomberg) publicly held debt will zoom to $20.3 trillion, amounting to 90% …

The Vice President in the Middle East
03/12/2010 – 2:13 pm PST | No Comment

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Yesterday, Vice President Biden spoke at Tel Aviv University in Israel about the partnership between the United States and Israel:
Israel’s unique relationship with the United States means that …

Mike Froman, Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs to Hold Background Call to Discuss President’s Remarks at the Export-Import Conference
03/12/2010 – 1:47 pm PST | No Comment

WASHINGTON — TODAY at 9:00AM EST, Mike Froman, Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs will hold a background conference call to preview the President’s remarks at the Export Import Conference.  The call is …

President Obama at Your Graduation?
03/12/2010 – 12:06 pm PST | No Comment

With only three days left until the application deadline for the President’s High School Commencement Challenge, attention on the competition is heating up. 
Earlier this week, Domestic Policy Director Melody Barnes was interviewed on BET’s …

SPOTLIGHT: VA preparing to re-start health data exchange with DoD
03/12/2010 – 10:52 am PST | No Comment

The Department of Veterans Affairs may have already made a decision to restart health data exchange with the Department of Defense, slightly more than a week after cutting off access to Military Health System’s AHLTA …

Massachusetts rethinks outdated rate-setting process
03/12/2010 – 10:52 am PST | No Comment

Lawmakers in Massachusetts are taking a new look at how they set rates for health insurance plans, which nearly all residents are mandated to carry (or face a tax penalty) as of 2006.
The affordability formula …

Medical testing out of control among U.S. patients
03/12/2010 – 10:52 am PST | No Comment

Disease prevention is “all the things your mother told you” about eating right, sleeping well, and not smoking–not completing a laundry list of medical tests, Dr. Rita Redberg, editor of Archives of Internal Medicine, told …

Projectors M series from Samsung – for road shows
03/12/2010 – 10:27 am PST | No Comment
Projectors M series from Samsung - for road shows

Samsung Electronics Company has introduced a new line of projectors M Series: M200, M220, M250, M205, M225, M255, designed for representatives of the departments of sales, business people and those who often makes out presentation. …