Joint Committee on Federal Social Security Amendments of 1972 - Final Report

The Joint Committee on Federal Social Security Amendments originally drafted California\u27s extensive State Supplementary Program, under the leadership of our former State Assemblyman, now Congressman, John L. Burton. Because of the magnitude of California\u27s investment in aiding its aged, blind and disabled --almost $500 million last year, more than$600 million this year --the Committee has continued to monitor the novel experience of federal administration of state monies

Joint Committee on Federal Social Security Amendments of 1972 - Final Report

The Joint Committee on Federal Social Security Amendments originally drafted California\u27s extensive State Supplementary Program, under the leadership of our former State Assemblyman, now Congressman, John L. Burton. Because of the magnitude of California\u27s investment in aiding its aged, blind and disabled --almost $500 million last year, more than$600 million this year --the Committee has continued to monitor the novel experience of federal administration of state monies

The federal government commissioner for patient issues in Germany: initial analysis of the user inquiries

BACKGROUND: The political objective in many countries worldwide is to give better consideration to the interests of patients within the health system. The establishment of a federal government commissioner for the issues of patients in the health system in Germany in 2004 is part of these endeavours. The structure and field of activities of this institution has been unique so far. This study investigates for the first time the inquiries the commissioner receives from the public. METHODS: A 33% sampling (n = 850) of the written inquiries (correspondence and e-mails) addressed to the commissioner in the first six months of the year 2005 (n = 2580) was investigated. In a procedure comprising combined qualitative and quantitative levels, the material was thematically encoded and the inquiries allocated to the resulting categories (multiple nominations). The results are presented in descriptive form and investigated especially with respect to sex and age-specific differences. The interdependences between the categorized criteria are analysed. RESULTS: The inquirers are equally spread out amongst the sexes (49% women, 51% men). Older persons outweigh the younger (69% over 60 years). In most cases the issues take the form of claims (72%, n = 609). In every fifth inquiry (n = 168) the personal financial burden for health services is considered as being too high; about equally high (n = 159) is the proportion of persons who criticize the communication with health professionals, especially hospitals and doctors' surgeries. Every third who mentions a medical practice uses terms such as "uncertainty" and "anxiety". It is conspicuous that men more often than women write that they feel unfairly treated in the health system (62% vs. 38%, p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Predominantly older persons seek the assistance of the federal government commissioner for patient issues. Considerable uncertainty and anxiety with respect to services and charges within the system of the German health insurances become evident. It is not possible from the data to draw conclusions concerning the impact of the commissioner's work on the health system. Nor do we gain any knowledge about the usefulness of the service for the individual. Therefore, evaluation of the political impact and the user satisfaction should follow

Can we define a level of protection for allergic consumers that everyone can accept?

Substantial progress has been made in characterising the risk associated with exposure to allergens in food. However, absence of agreement on what risk is tolerable has made it difficult to set quantitative limits to manage that risk and protect allergic consumers effectively. This paper reviews scientific progress in the area and the diverse status of allergen management approaches and lack of common standards across different jurisdictions, including within the EU. This lack of regulation largely explains why allergic consumers find Precautionary Allergen Labelling confusing and cannot rely on it. We reviewed approaches to setting quantitative limits for a broad range of food safety hazards to identify the reasoning leading to their adoption. This revealed a diversity of approaches from pragmatic to risk-based, but we could not find clear evidence of the process leading to the decision on risk acceptability. We propose a framework built around the criteria suggested by Murphy and Gardoni (2008) for approaches to defining tolerable risks. Applying these criteria to food allergy, we concluded that sufficient knowledge exists to implement the framework, including sufficient expertise across the whole range of stakeholders to allow opinions to be heard and respected, and a consensus to be achieved

Automation and the Federal library community: report on a survey /

Cover title.Includes bibliographical references.Mode of access: Internet

Background material on economic impact of Federal procurement, 1966.

"Materials prepared for the Subcommittee on Federal Procurement and Regulation of the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States."At head of title: 89th Congress, 2d session. Joint committee print.Mode of access: Internet