This article assesses the quality and apparent use of regulatory analysis for economically significant regulations proposed by federal agencies in 2008. A nine-member research team used a six-point (0-5) scale to evaluate regulatory analyses according to criteria drawn from Executive Order 12866 and Office of Management and Budget Circular A-4. Principal findings include: (1) the average qualit...

Executive Summary/Abstract: The “Data Quality Act” is a recent law in the United States requiring every federal agency in the U.S. Government to produce information quality guidelines. It further implies that the agencies are required to follow those guidelines giving them the effect of standards. At the U. S. Department of Transportation we have written guidelines to comply with the Act, impro...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Money Follows the Person (MFP) Demonstration grants and Managed Long-Term Services and Support (MLTSS) programs use different strategies to shift the balance of LTSS from institutional care to homeand community-based settings. MFP helps people living in institutions to relocate to the community, while MLTSS programs use risk-based capitation payment to give health plans a fina...

The provision of the right data with appropriate quality according to the needs of decision makers or automated processes is crucial for successful operations of companies and government agencies. Management Information Systems, Decision Support Systems, Executive Information Systems, interactive online analysis (OLAP), data mining, dashboards and recently predictive analytics are examples for ...

Press ,)q^s *n Mental Retardation. By Gunnar Dybwad. (Columbia University iTxcuiai iveiaiuauuii. uy \juimui 'e?, 1964, $6.) ^?S \T1S book consists of papers selected by the recently retired Executive DJrector the such>onal Association for Retarded Children. They are grouped under headings, to bp r -be famiIy, residential care, the retarded delinquent, and the a u , y P Used 'Pr'nted substantial...

Although results from multiple studies conducted over the last two decades indicate that Behavioral Couples Therapy (BCT) is an effective treatment for married or cohabiting alcohol- and drug-abusing patients, both in terms of reduced substance use and improved relationship satisfaction, it is unclear whether BCT or other types of couples-based interventions are used in community-based substanc...

Introduction The National Science and Technology Council, within the Executive Office of the President, established the Pandemic Prediction and Forecasting Science and Technology (PPFST) Working Group in 2013. The PPFST Working Group supports the US Predict the Next Pandemic Initiative, and serves as a forum to accelerate the development of federal infectious disease outbreak prediction and for...

Cyberattacks are one of the greatest threats to United States’ national security. Facing an increase in cyberattacks, current patchwork federal cybersecurity regulations does not maximize country’s ex ante defense that should protect entire nation. This Article examines agencies’ involvement promulgating and Executive Branch actions, identifying three shortcomings framework: (1) nation lacks a ...

After decades of research and demonstration, use of ecosystem services in decision making is being translated into policy guidance for practitioners.1 In October 2015, the U.S. Executive Offices of the President—the Office of Management and Budget, the Council on Environmental Quality, and the Office of Science and Technology Policy—released a memo “Incorporating Ecosystem Services into Federal...

Authorized under the 1977 amendments to the Social Security Act, the Universal Social Security Coverage Study Group was established at the direction of Congress by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in 1978. Its 2-year mission was to examine the feasibility and desirability of mandating coverage under the social security program for Federal workers and for noncovered employees of S...