GAO Urges Changes to NFIP as Study Highlights Potential $27B Shortfall August 2, 2023 By Ezra Amacher FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) substantially improved ratemaking by implementing Risk Rating 2.0 in 2021 but the program faces...
HealthCare.Gov Better But Tech Glitches Still a Concern August 1, 2014 By Alex Wayne Year two of Obamacare “won’t be perfect,” a top Obama administration official said as the government’s website to sell health...
Dead Farmers Get Millions in Federal Crop Insurance Payouts July 30, 2013 By Charles Abbott The U.S. Agriculture Department paid out $32 million in soil conservation payments and crop insurance aid to dead farmers from...
U.S. Government Adds Climate Change, Weather Data Gaps to ‘High Risk’ List February 14, 2013 Climate change and gaps in weather satellite data have been officially added to the list of high risks facing the...
Federal Watchdog Issues Report on Gas Pipeline Safety January 25, 2013 Federal regulators must account for response times in the data they collect from transmission operators on natural gas pipeline incidents,...
Do Safety Incentives Discourage Workers from Reporting Injuries? May 10, 2012 By Andrew G. Simpson Many employers are in the dark over whether their safety incentive programs encourage or discourage the reporting of injuries and...
Federal Risk Retention Law Needs Clarification: Congressional Report January 10, 2012 By Andrew G. Simpson The federal law governing risk retention groups should be clarified to reduce the number of disagreements between RRG managers and...