And last year, again using the Chicago show platform, Krafcik generated more buzz by commenting on an extremely generous incentive program by General Motors in January that some feared would launch a price war.
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It would be better to roll the program into the general budget and not have separate earmarked taxes, like any other welfare program.
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Ask if your employer offers discounted legal services through either a specialized program or a more general EAP (employee assistance program).
Since starting the patient navigator program at Mason General, Trout has helped hundreds of women cross that finish line.
The IRS has had a general program of voluntary disclosure for decades as well as various programs aimed at assessing particular tax issues.
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The final topic of discussion was an examination of the charges of poor performance and manufacturing problems leveled against the B-2 program by a General Accounting Office (GAO) study.
Stanford's director of executive education program development, Sean Bendarkar, says the school offers a three-week general management program in Singapore which is proving very popular.
That would be funding a general welfare program with a tax on a specific class of people.
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The report notes that while in the middle of an audit of the witness program, the inspector general notified the Justice Department of national security vulnerabilities.
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The Office of the Inspector General uses a program called RAT-STATS (like the name) for their auditing.
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States that have adopted the Polst program also have put in place general protections for medical personnel who follow the directives.
Juniper Networks has confirmed that the networking equipment company plans to cut about 500 positions across the company as part of a general cost-cutting program.
There is, of course, a natural tension between the head of an organization, in this case the TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program), and its Inspector General.
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The program has taken an innovative approach to fighting breast cancer by selecting breast cancer survivors as active participants on voting panels, which decide what studies are funded and the general direction of the program.
Kutys' experience is not unique, according to Stephanie Friedman, program manager for the Graham School of General Studies at the University of Chicago.
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Samsung has also committed to invest EUR 503 million in a 3 percent ASML equity stake under the same general terms as the other program participants.
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They have enrolled the company on the so-called "Six Sigma" program, a management program championed by, among others, General Electric's Jack Welsh and used to great effect at Sierk's old employer, AlliedSignal.
Besides Genzyme General, the gene therapy program is involved in Genzyme Molecular Oncology gzmo (nasdaq: gzmo - news - people), which focuses on cancer vaccines, and Genzyme Surgical Products gzsp (nasdaq: gzsp - news - people).
According to the General Accounting Office, the program cannot prove that is effective.
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Barofsky, the former special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, which was crafted to bail out teetering banks.
Bharara is joined by the Inspector General of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
BookExpo also has expanded last year's "Power Readers" program, when some 500 members of the general public were allowed in with the sole credential of loving books.
The report, compiled by the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, accuses no one of lying, and it makes no recommendations.
Mr. JAMES CAPRETTA (Former Budget Official, Bush Administration): The general reaction usually is not the program dies, but it finds a way to get a little bit better.
Neil Barofsky, a former Southern District prosecutor who left the office in December, 2008, to become the first inspector general of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, considers this a mistake.
The inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program is investigating whether the administration pressured GM to give the UAW special treatment, but the IG lacks subpoena power to force officials to testify.
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In a recently announced initiative, Mr. Page will be funding a research program at the Voice Health Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital at Harvard Medical School, led by Dr. Steven Zeitels.
Authors Kelly Brownell of Yale and Dr. Jeffrey Koplan of Emory (and former Centers for Disease Control Director) launch a vigorous assault on the Nutrition Keys program and the food and beverage industries in general.
Several graduates of an Emerging Leaders fellowship program that Hood runs have been elected to the General Assembly.
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has said the NSA program was not meant to circumvent the FISA process but to augment it.
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