Hugues Dumont: 210 books
CYBERSECURITY WORKFORCE
Urgent Need for DHS to Take Actions to Identify Its Position and Critical Skill Requirements
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2018
DHS is the lead agency tasked with protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure from cyber threats. The Homeland Security Cybersecurity Workforce Assessment Act of 2014 required DHS to identify, categorize, and assign employment codes to all of the department’s cybersecurity workforce positions....
FOREIGN MILITARY SALES
DOD Should Take Additional Steps to Streamline Process for Assessing Potential Recovery of Certain Acquisition Costs
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2018
Under the Arms Export Control Act and its implementing regulations, DOD is required to recover nonrecurring costs—unique one-time program-wide expenditures—for certain major defense equipment sold under the FMS program. These costs include research, development, and one-time production costs,...
SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY
Additional Measures and Evaluation Needed to Enhance Accuracy and Consistency of Hearings Decisions
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2018
Individuals who do not agree with the initial decision on a claim for Social Security disability benefits can ultimately appeal the decision by requesting a hearing before one of SSA’s approximately 1,500 administrative law judges. However, the rate at which these judges have allowed benefits has...
ELECTRONIC HEALTH INFORMATION
CMS Oversight of Medicare Beneficiary Data Security Needs Improvement
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
Recent data breaches have highlighted the importance of ensuring the security of health information, including Medicare beneficiary data. Such data are created, stored, and used by a wide variety of entities, such as health care providers, insurance companies, financial institutions, researchers, and others...
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
Information on Mifeprex Labeling Changes and Ongoing Monitoring Efforts
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2018
FDA initially approved Mifeprex in 2000 and restricted the drug’s distribution to assure its safe use. In 2011, the agency approved a REMS for the drug. In March 2016, FDA approved an application for changes to the indication and dosing regimen for Mifeprex, which were reflected in revised labeling....
FOOD SAFETY
FDA Continues to Evaluate and Respond to Business Concerns about the Produce Rule
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
Although the United States has one of the safest food supplies in the world, foodborne illness is a common public health problem; some of this illness can be linked to produce. For example, in 2017, a Salmonella outbreak linked to imported papayas sickened more than 200 people in 23 states and killed...
SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE
Information on Potential Implications of Expanding Private Disability Insurance
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
SSDI, which is administered by SSA, provides financial and other assistance to qualifying individuals who are unable to work due to their disabilities. SSDI is primarily funded by employee and employer payroll taxes that are placed in the Disability Insurance Trust Fund, which is currently projected...
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
Actions Needed to Better Assess the Federal Investment
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Education programs in STEM fields are intended to enhance the nation’s global competitiveness. GAO reported in 2012 that there were more than 200 federal STEM education programs in fiscal year 2010. Since then, this portfolio of programs has changed. GAO was asked to review the landscape of federal STEM education programs...
CIVILIAN AND CONTRACTOR WORKFORCES
DOD’s Cost Comparisons Addressed Most Report Elements but Excluded Some Costs
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
In addition to more than 2.2 million active duty and reserve personnel, DOD employs about 760,000 federal civilians and more than 560,000 contractors. In the Senate Report 114-49 accompanying a bill for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 included a provision for DOD to issue...
RAIL TRANSIT
Federal Transit Administration Can Strengthen Safety Oversight by Improving Guidance to States
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
In 2012 and 2015, DOT was provided with additional authority to oversee the safety of rail transit. Within DOT, FTA is now implementing this authority. The DOT’s Office of Inspector General has reported, though, that FTA faces challenges in carrying out its enhanced safety oversight. FRA, also in...
by Mathias El Berhoumi, Hugues Dumont
Language: French
Release Date: October 7, 2013
Language: French
Release Date: October 7, 2013
Si les premiers mots de l’article 24 de la Constitution (« L’enseignement est libre ») ont traversé près de deux siècles sans jamais être modifiés, le principe de liberté d’enseignement qu’ils consacrent a connu une évolution remarquable. Les polémiques autour de la règlementation...
Droit institutionnel de l'Union européenne
Le Pacte constitutionnel européen en contexte
Language: French
Release Date: September 24, 2015
Cet ouvrage constitue le premier volume d’un triptyque consacré à une analyse critique et contextuelle du droit institutionnel de l’Union européenne.
Ce sont les racines mêmes de l’Union européenne qui forment l’objet de ce premier tome. À la faveur de larges échappées, soigneusement...
by François Belleflamme, Michèle Belmessieri, Pierre-Olivier de Broux
Language: French
Release Date: January 13, 2016
Language: French
Release Date: January 13, 2016
La sixième réforme de l'État a eu l'immense mérite d'avoir sorti la Belgique d'une crise majeure, mais l'on ne saurait pour autant se dispenser d'un regard lucide sur les « non-choix » qui affectent la cohérence de bon nombre des réponses qu'elle a apportées aux questions les plus essentielles...
by Hugues Dumont
Language: French
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Language: French
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Cet ouvrage est consacré à l’examen de questions touchant à la pénétration du droit international et européen des droits de l’homme dans l’ordre juridique belge et au statut « formel » que le juge national entend lui reconnaître. Ces questions, regroupées par thèmes et sous-thèmes,...