DoE budget scramble as closure plan axed

Selecting a Response Plan Under Budget Constraints

Health plan budget impact analysis for pimecrolimus.

OBJECTIVE Budget impact models are useful tools for managed care organizations to make drug formulary decisions. The objective of this study was to estimate the incremental budgetary change in per-member-per-month (PMPM) medical and pharmacy costs for atopic dermatitis (AD) or eczema after the introduction of pimecrolimus cream 1%, a topical calcineurin inhibitor. METHODS Estimates of the per...

The Scramble conversion tool

MOTIVATION The reference CRAM file format implementation is in Java. We present 'Scramble': a new C implementation of SAM, BAM and CRAM file I/O. RESULTS The C implementation of for CRAM is 1.5-1.7× slower than BAM at decoding but 1.8-2.6× faster at encoding. We see file size savings of 34-55%. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION Source code is available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/stade...

Federal Budget Trends and the 1981 Reagan Economic Plan

N EARLY 1981, a newly inaugurated Ronald Reagan announced an economic plan which included goals of “an immediate, substantial, and sustained reduction in the growth of federal expenditur-es [and] a significant reduction in federal tax rates 1 After two terms in office, it seems time to examine the original Reagan budget plan in light of the actual performance over the 1980s. Althoirgh the budge...

Information System Model of A Work-Plan Budget

As a form of accountability in carrying out its duties, functions, and authority, a government agency must prepare a budget and work plan. The budgeting process in many government agencies utilizes manual processes with various documents, resulting in long processing time, numerous errors, and difficulty in data searching. Furthermore,the lack of data integration interferes with the need to mee...