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Reuters has run a story stating that Attorney General Eric Holder plans to describe the legal basis for the practice of “targeted killing” of American citizens by UAV drones. According to the article, Holder will present his comments at Northwestern University School of Law on March 5th.
On February 23rd, Minnesota state representatives Cornish, Kelly, and Lesch introduced HF 2470 – a revised version of the “Criminal Intelligence Data” bill that was last introduced during the 2009 legislative session.
Minnesota state senator Sean Nienow recently introduced legislation that would require an annual, third party audit of Minnesota’s public health care programs. Continue Reading
On February 3, 2012, I inspected a batch of documents at the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) pertaining to a contract with the Maine Health Information Center (MHIC) to collect “encounter” data related to Minnesota’s public health care programs.
IPAD is the office within the Minnesota Department of Administration responsible for matters relating to the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (MNGDPA) – the state’s primary open government law.
Minnesota State Senator John Marty recently appeared on Capitol Conversations, the legislative news program that PRM produces in conjunction with reporters Marty Owings and Ahndi Fridell. On the program, Senator Marty (as well as Senator Sean Neinow) discussed concerns about the financial oversight of Minnesota’s public health care programs.
Last month, the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) released a large batch of internal documents to PRM. Most of these documents dealt with the process of “rate-setting” for Minnesota’s public health care programs. Continue Reading
When the Legislature convenes on January 24th, Health and Human Services reform will be the subject of a presentation in room 200 of the State Office Building. The 2:30pm presentation will deal with “provider peer grouping” as it relates to the evaluation of the cost and efficacy of public health care programs. PRM will have a summary of the presentation available soon.