Semi-Annual Report to Congress for the Period of October 1, 1993 - March 31, 1994

[Excerpt] This Semiannual Report, covering the period from October 1,1993, to March 31, 1994, documents many significant accomplishments of the men and women of the U.S. Department of Labor\u27s (DOL) Office of Inspector General (OIG). During the first half of Fiscal Year 1994, the OIG issued 179 audits of DOL programs, reporting questioned costs of $20.6 million. An additional$5.7 million was recommended to be put to better use and $4.1 million in costs were disallowed by the DOL, based on OIG audit recommendations. Moreover,OIG criminal investigations resulted in 124 indictments and 144 convictions, and generated over$20 million in fines, penalties, restitutions, recoveries, settlements, forfeitures, and cost efficiencies. Among the OIG\u27s many note worthy accomplishments are: • The OIG\u27s continued leadership in investigating and combating waste and abuse in the Federal Employees\u27 Compensation Act, Unemployment Insurance, and Job Training Partnership Act Programs. • The OIG\u27s continued emphasis on investigating racketeering activity in employee benefit plans, particularly health insurance fraud. • The identification of significant improper direct and indirect charges by several DOL grantees and contractors. Additionally, in keeping with the streamlining and reinvention principles of the National Performance Review ,the OIG initiated a comprehensive review of its internal reports and directives to simplify and eliminate redundant or unnecessary issuances. The OIG has reduced,by almost a quarter,our Washington Metropolitan Area audit and investigative top management staff. I am pleased to report that, during these past 6 months, DOL has taken action on some of our previous recommendations. These include testifying in support of stronger DOL criminal enforcement and making a commitment to re-evaluate or eliminate ineffective job training programs, such as the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit and Trade Adjustment Assistance Programs

A dictionary of the Pathan tribes on the north-west frontier of India

Publisher - Calcutta: Office of the Suptintendent, Government Printing, Indi

Validation instruments for health promotion in the community pharmacy setting

The developments during the past fifty years have resulted in a complete shift in the role of the community pharmacist from that of mainly compounding of medicines to becoming an advisor on health-related issues (Schaefer, 1998). This shift resulted in highlighting the intervention of the pharmacist as the initial contact point for the provision of primary health care. An initiative undertaken in the United Kingdom in 1995, 'Pharmacy in a New Age', identified health promotion as one of the areas that community pharmacists should focus more on (Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 1996). In this day and age of cost containment. evidence-based practice is required to confirm the provision of professional services, including the provision of health promotion (Rupp, 1997). This prompted the development of the Validation Method for Community Pharmacy, which is a process carried out to confirm the effectiveness of the pharmacist in the community setting (Azzopardi, 2000).peer-reviewe

Training, status and migration of general practitioners / family physicians within Europe

The survey intended to explore and identify the training background and status of general practitioners/ family physicians (GPs) in member countries within EURACT (European Academy of Teachers in General Practice/Family Medicine), and to gain an overview of processes involved when GP-trained doctors migrate to work in another member country. A questionnaire, with closed and open-ended questions, was sent to representatives of all 39 EURACT-member countries in 2009. The main outcome measures were the training background and status of GPs in public/private settings in each country and the requirements of additional training and testing when migrating to another country. Forty-one completed questionnaires were received from 31 (79%) of the EURACT countries. The data indicate that specialist training for General Practice/ Family Medicine (GP/FM) is well established throughout and generally required for appointment to public career posts. The data also indicate that European Uniontrained GPs can move freely to most countries with usually no tests of medical knowledge or language proficiency. Orientation to the healthcare system in the destination country is usually not provided. work in public/private GP/FM posts in many European countries, although new appointments to public posts RESEARCH ARTICLE Training, status and migration of General Practitioners/Family Physicians within Europe in nearly all countries require specialist GP training. It was not possible to identify a uniform or agreed approach applied by employing agencies to confirm the medical competence and language skills of migrant doctors and to provide them with orientation to healthcare systems. In the high-context dependent discipline of GP/FM this is of concern.peer-reviewe

Evolving townscapes and landscapes within their settings: managing dynamic change

San Pawl Milqi is found in the north-eastern part of the island of Malta next to Salina bay and overlooking Burmarrad valley. The site was originally situated on an important harbour that is now silted, and was surrounded by agricultural land. The area is rich in archaeological remains belonging to different periods. The boundary wall of the multi-cultural site incorporates an area of approximately 4000 m2. Within this area there is evidence of prehistoric settlement, punic farmhouse, a rural villa belonging to the end of the 2nd century B.C. and evidence of a later period from the 1st to the 11th century A.D. There is evidence that at least two churches were constructed on site. The potential and value of San Pawl Milqi is historical and archaeological, scientific, didactic, social and religious and most importantly a very good example of an ever changing cultural landscape. Recently there have been attempts in studying the environment of the archaeological remains that are exposed together with the environment of the archaeological remains that are underneath the existing structure of the church. A conservation plan for the site was also being set up that was intended to lead to the presentation of the site to be public due to a museographical project.peer-reviewe

60 poderosas razones para la UE. Por qué necesitamos a la Unión Europea

Selección de 60 argumentos por los que la Unión Europea es importante para EspañaSelection of sixty arguments as to why the European Union is important for the E