Friday, June 25, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Novo Nordisk spent $540K lobbying US gov't in 1Q
Market Commentary and Intraday News
Novo Nordisk spent $540K lobbying US gov't in 1Q
1 day ago
(AP:WASHINGTON) Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk spent $540,000 lobbying the U.S. government in the first quarter of 2010, addressing drug importation and several diabetes-related issues, among other topics.
The drugmaker also lobbied on patent reform, and to improve access to care and treatment of diabetes patients.
The company's first-quarter total represented a 71 percent jump from the first quarter of 2009 but a slight drop from the $550,000 it spent in the fourth quarter of last year.
Besides Congress, Novo Nordisk lobbied the Patent and Trademark Office, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the Office of Management and Budget.
Among those registered to lobby for Novo Nordisk in the January-March period was Lauren Semeniuk, a former legislative director for Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., according to a report filed May 25 with the House of Representatives clerk's office.
Novo Nordisk spent $540K lobbying US gov't in 1Q
1 day ago
(AP:WASHINGTON) Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk spent $540,000 lobbying the U.S. government in the first quarter of 2010, addressing drug importation and several diabetes-related issues, among other topics.
The drugmaker also lobbied on patent reform, and to improve access to care and treatment of diabetes patients.
The company's first-quarter total represented a 71 percent jump from the first quarter of 2009 but a slight drop from the $550,000 it spent in the fourth quarter of last year.
Besides Congress, Novo Nordisk lobbied the Patent and Trademark Office, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the Office of Management and Budget.
Among those registered to lobby for Novo Nordisk in the January-March period was Lauren Semeniuk, a former legislative director for Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., according to a report filed May 25 with the House of Representatives clerk's office.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
GIM Post
GIM HAS BEEN MEETING PERIODICALLY AND HAS BEEN IN A STOP AND START MODE.
We now have two set dates for action
The group has an appointment set up by Judy Bucci for Tuesday June 1st
to make a presentation of GIM and their goals and need of the support
of the council and members of the community before the Citizens
Engagement Committee. We would need a lead presenter and backup of the
group in attendance . The meeting would be at 5:30PM before the 7
o'clock full council meeting.
GIM mini conference date August 7,2010 to be held at the Malden Senior
Community Center time to be announced
Their will be a network chain linking of all of the diversified
population and will include service groups and non profits
representing a broad representation of all ethnic groups
We are advocating for Voting Rights and Civic Engagement the all
encompassing Malden population
In order to have maximum Inclusion we are urging all Service
organizations Non Profits to join us with all their membership in
making --
Our organization has determined that our local group should adopt the
Memorandum of
OUR NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION and that we will bring it to OUR Local
city officials and out into neighborhoods with urging participation.
We hope to "spread the word" and have our various organization getting the word.
Government should be transparent. Transparency promotes
accountability and provides information for citizens about what their
Government is doing. Information maintained by the City Government is
a needed l asset. The Administration will take appropriate action,
consistent with law and policy, to disclose information rapidly in
forms that the public can readily find and use. Executive departments
and agencies should harness new technologies to put information about
their operations and decisions online and readily available to the
public. Executive departments and agencies should also solicit public
feedback to identify information of greatest use to the public.
Government should be participatory. Public engagement enhances the
Government's effectiveness and improves the quality of its decisions.
Knowledge is widely dispersed in society, and public officials benefit
from having access to that dispersed knowledge. Executive departments
and agencies should offer Americans increased opportunities to
participate in policy making and to provide their Government with the
benefits of their collective expertise and information. Executive
departments and agencies should also solicit public input on how we
can increase and improve opportunities for public participation in
Government.
Government should be collaborative. Collaboration actively engages
Americans in the work of their Government. Executive departments and
agencies should use innovative tools, methods, and systems to
cooperate among themselves, across all levels of Government, and with
nonprofit organizations, businesses, and individuals in the private
sector. Executive departments and agencies should solicit public
feedback to assess and improve their level of collaboration and to
identify new opportunities for cooperation
Beside the issue of transparency there is the matter of accountability
and restoring the confidence in our local government and their
attention to the need of ALL government agency to comply
From a dictionary
Accountability is a concept in ethics and governance with several
meanings. It is often used synonymously with such concepts as
responsibility,[1] answerable, blameworthiness, liability, and other
terms associated with the expectation of account-giving. As an aspect
of governance, it has been central to discussions related to problems
in the public sector, nonprofit and private (corporate) worlds. In
leadership roles, accountability is the acknowledgment and assumption
of responsibility for actions, products, decisions, and policies
including the administration, governance, and implementation within
the scope of the role or employment position and encompassing the
obligation to report, explain and be answerable for resulting
consequences.
To all interested parties open for comment and suggestions
Howard McGowan
Malden Senior
We now have two set dates for action
The group has an appointment set up by Judy Bucci for Tuesday June 1st
to make a presentation of GIM and their goals and need of the support
of the council and members of the community before the Citizens
Engagement Committee. We would need a lead presenter and backup of the
group in attendance . The meeting would be at 5:30PM before the 7
o'clock full council meeting.
GIM mini conference date August 7,2010 to be held at the Malden Senior
Community Center time to be announced
Their will be a network chain linking of all of the diversified
population and will include service groups and non profits
representing a broad representation of all ethnic groups
We are advocating for Voting Rights and Civic Engagement the all
encompassing Malden population
In order to have maximum Inclusion we are urging all Service
organizations Non Profits to join us with all their membership in
making --
Our organization has determined that our local group should adopt the
Memorandum of
OUR NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION and that we will bring it to OUR Local
city officials and out into neighborhoods with urging participation.
We hope to "spread the word" and have our various organization getting the word.
Government should be transparent. Transparency promotes
accountability and provides information for citizens about what their
Government is doing. Information maintained by the City Government is
a needed l asset. The Administration will take appropriate action,
consistent with law and policy, to disclose information rapidly in
forms that the public can readily find and use. Executive departments
and agencies should harness new technologies to put information about
their operations and decisions online and readily available to the
public. Executive departments and agencies should also solicit public
feedback to identify information of greatest use to the public.
Government should be participatory. Public engagement enhances the
Government's effectiveness and improves the quality of its decisions.
Knowledge is widely dispersed in society, and public officials benefit
from having access to that dispersed knowledge. Executive departments
and agencies should offer Americans increased opportunities to
participate in policy making and to provide their Government with the
benefits of their collective expertise and information. Executive
departments and agencies should also solicit public input on how we
can increase and improve opportunities for public participation in
Government.
Government should be collaborative. Collaboration actively engages
Americans in the work of their Government. Executive departments and
agencies should use innovative tools, methods, and systems to
cooperate among themselves, across all levels of Government, and with
nonprofit organizations, businesses, and individuals in the private
sector. Executive departments and agencies should solicit public
feedback to assess and improve their level of collaboration and to
identify new opportunities for cooperation
Beside the issue of transparency there is the matter of accountability
and restoring the confidence in our local government and their
attention to the need of ALL government agency to comply
From a dictionary
Accountability is a concept in ethics and governance with several
meanings. It is often used synonymously with such concepts as
responsibility,[1] answerable, blameworthiness, liability, and other
terms associated with the expectation of account-giving. As an aspect
of governance, it has been central to discussions related to problems
in the public sector, nonprofit and private (corporate) worlds. In
leadership roles, accountability is the acknowledgment and assumption
of responsibility for actions, products, decisions, and policies
including the administration, governance, and implementation within
the scope of the role or employment position and encompassing the
obligation to report, explain and be answerable for resulting
consequences.
To all interested parties open for comment and suggestions
Howard McGowan
Malden Senior
Friday, April 16, 2010
Unnessary Hospial Re-Adimissions
A Serious problem we've been hearing about lately is that hospitals are dicharging older patients without any followup or "transitional services.
One out of five Medicare beneficiaries is readmitted within 30 days of discharge and one out every three within 8-90 days--often because of poor communication between patients, care givers and health proveders.
We need a benefit in Medicare to help people safely transision to home or another setting to prevent costly and unecessary hospital readmissions.
One out of five Medicare beneficiaries is readmitted within 30 days of discharge and one out every three within 8-90 days--often because of poor communication between patients, care givers and health proveders.
We need a benefit in Medicare to help people safely transision to home or another setting to prevent costly and unecessary hospital readmissions.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Census 2010
Some common problems when
filling out U.S. census forms,
which arrive by mail beginning
Monday:March 15, 2010
Ready for the 2010 census?
Forms start arriving today
.—HOUSEHOLD AND RESIDENCE:
These are determined by where
people live or sleep most of
the time as of April 1.
Household members should
include babies born on or
before April 1, 2010, as
well as non-U.S. citizens.
The rationale is that cities
and states should receive
federal money to support
everyone who uses their public
roads, schools and other programs.
College students who live away
from home and U.S. military
personnel who live in barracks
are tallied in those places.
If you have more than one home,
completely fill out the form
for your primary residence.
For the second home, mark "0''
for number of residents and
indicate you live elsewhere.
Doing that may help avoid
costly visits from a census taker.
For divorced parents who have
shared custody of a child,
indicate where a child usually
lives. If custody is split equally,
the child's residence is where he
or she is on April 1.
—RACE AND ETHNICITY: If no box
exists that describes yourself,
or with the level of specificity
you prefer, write it in the space
marked for "other race."
For example,
some Caribbean-Americans
plan to check the box for
"black, African Am., or Negro"
and then write in their ancestry.
Multiracial people might check
several race categories or write
in "multiracial," depending on
how they self-identify.
The labels do make a difference,
because census results will be
used to redraw congressional
districts with racial and ethnic
balance.
—INTERNET OPTION: There is none.
Census officials in 2008
determined that submitting
census data through the
Internet posed too large
a risk for security breaches.
The Census Bureau is testing
Web options for 2020, but for
now information must be
provided on official forms
and mailed or submitted
to a census taker.
—"LONG FORM": This year's census
is only 10 questions. Previously,
1 in 6 households — roughly
20 million — received a
detailed census questionnaire
called the "long form" that
asked about income, disability,
commuting, education level
and other characteristics.
After 2000, the long form was
eliminated and replaced by
the American Community Survey,
which is sent to about three
million households each year.
If you get an ACS form, the
Census Bureau asks you fill
out both surveys.
—MISSING FORMS: If you don't
receive a census form,
Census Bureau director
Robert Groves advises
that people wait until
April 12 to allow time
for it to arrive. After
April 12, people may
call the census help
line at 1-866-872-6868.
In rural parts of Alaska,
census information was
collected door-to-door
starting in January.
In addition,
about 12 million
addresses, mostly in rural
areas and Gulf Coast areas
affected by Hurricane Katrina,
began receiving hand-delivered
forms on March 1.
filling out U.S. census forms,
which arrive by mail beginning
Monday:March 15, 2010
Ready for the 2010 census?
Forms start arriving today
.—HOUSEHOLD AND RESIDENCE:
These are determined by where
people live or sleep most of
the time as of April 1.
Household members should
include babies born on or
before April 1, 2010, as
well as non-U.S. citizens.
The rationale is that cities
and states should receive
federal money to support
everyone who uses their public
roads, schools and other programs.
College students who live away
from home and U.S. military
personnel who live in barracks
are tallied in those places.
If you have more than one home,
completely fill out the form
for your primary residence.
For the second home, mark "0''
for number of residents and
indicate you live elsewhere.
Doing that may help avoid
costly visits from a census taker.
For divorced parents who have
shared custody of a child,
indicate where a child usually
lives. If custody is split equally,
the child's residence is where he
or she is on April 1.
—RACE AND ETHNICITY: If no box
exists that describes yourself,
or with the level of specificity
you prefer, write it in the space
marked for "other race."
For example,
some Caribbean-Americans
plan to check the box for
"black, African Am., or Negro"
and then write in their ancestry.
Multiracial people might check
several race categories or write
in "multiracial," depending on
how they self-identify.
The labels do make a difference,
because census results will be
used to redraw congressional
districts with racial and ethnic
balance.
—INTERNET OPTION: There is none.
Census officials in 2008
determined that submitting
census data through the
Internet posed too large
a risk for security breaches.
The Census Bureau is testing
Web options for 2020, but for
now information must be
provided on official forms
and mailed or submitted
to a census taker.
—"LONG FORM": This year's census
is only 10 questions. Previously,
1 in 6 households — roughly
20 million — received a
detailed census questionnaire
called the "long form" that
asked about income, disability,
commuting, education level
and other characteristics.
After 2000, the long form was
eliminated and replaced by
the American Community Survey,
which is sent to about three
million households each year.
If you get an ACS form, the
Census Bureau asks you fill
out both surveys.
—MISSING FORMS: If you don't
receive a census form,
Census Bureau director
Robert Groves advises
that people wait until
April 12 to allow time
for it to arrive. After
April 12, people may
call the census help
line at 1-866-872-6868.
In rural parts of Alaska,
census information was
collected door-to-door
starting in January.
In addition,
about 12 million
addresses, mostly in rural
areas and Gulf Coast areas
affected by Hurricane Katrina,
began receiving hand-delivered
forms on March 1.
Health Care Overhaul
House members voted 219-212
late Sunday to approve the
health care overhaul that
would extend coverage to 32
million uninsured Americans.
It also would significantly
expand Medicaid, the
federal-state health care
program for the poor; place
new federal regulations on
the insurance industry; and
allow parents to keep children
up to age 26 on their family
insurance plans.
Most Americans would have to
buy insurance or face penalties.
There would be subsidies to help
families with incomes of up to
$88,000 a year pay their premiums.
late Sunday to approve the
health care overhaul that
would extend coverage to 32
million uninsured Americans.
It also would significantly
expand Medicaid, the
federal-state health care
program for the poor; place
new federal regulations on
the insurance industry; and
allow parents to keep children
up to age 26 on their family
insurance plans.
Most Americans would have to
buy insurance or face penalties.
There would be subsidies to help
families with incomes of up to
$88,000 a year pay their premiums.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Health Care Reform Reconciliation
For all the Republicans’ warnings, they have used reconciliation on some major, controversial legislative packages. These include tax-cut legislation under President George W. Bush and the overhaul in 1996 of the welfare system. In all, Republicans have used the approach 16 times, to 6 for Democrats.
Even with reconciliation, the path for Mr. Obama’s health care overhaul is problematic. It rests largely with two blocs of swing Democrats in the House — abortion opponents and fiscal conservatives.
Even with reconciliation, the path for Mr. Obama’s health care overhaul is problematic. It rests largely with two blocs of swing Democrats in the House — abortion opponents and fiscal conservatives.
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