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U.S. Banker December 2004 Lee Conrad	Compliance: Hedge Fund Registration Sparks Broad Criticism The Securities and Exchange Commission's decision to register most of the estimated 8,350 hedge funds is drawing heavy criticism from the business community and some government officials.
Managed Care November 2004 Tony Berberabe	Military Brings Order To Formulary System Congress told the Department of Defense to create a uniform formulary for all the services, and cover all FDA-approved drugs.
Managed Care November 2004 Frank Diamond	DM's Cost-Effectiveness Doubted in CBO Report Congress's financial review agency says that not enough evidence exists to prove that disease management saves money. Many beg to differ.
Managed Care November 2004 Martin Sipkoff	Death of Community Rating Has Been Greatly Exaggerated The idea that everyone in a given geographical area should pay the same for health coverage has come under assault in recent years.
Managed Care November 2004 Jack Ebeler	Congress Should Provide Incentives For Adoption of EMR Systems One important way that we can improve care for people with chronic diseases is to have medical records that are online and accessible when needed.
Geotimes December 2004 Megan Sever	Alaska's New Pipeline For close to 30 years, people have been working to build a natural gas pipeline from Alaska's North Slope to the lower 48 states. In October, Congress finally gave the go-ahead by authorizing the construction of the pipeline.
Geotimes December 2004 Megan Sever	Review of Creationist Book Shelved The Department of the Interior has yet to reach a decision on the sale in Grand Canyon National Park of a book that tells a biblical story of the creation of the Grand Canyon.
Geotimes December 2004 Lehr Wallace & Millar	Beating Natural Hazards to the Punch The federal government, along with state and local governments, must better prepare for and help mitigate the costs of natural disasters.
Geotimes December 2004	GeoFellows in D.C. This year, the five earth science Congressional Science Fellows cover a broad cross-section of the sciences, including planetary geology and even plant biology.
Fast Company December 2004 Shoshana Zuboff	No Choice Without Voice Why do we demand so much from our toys and TVs, and so little from our banks, insurers, and drug companies? As historian T.H. Breen, author of The Marketplace of Revolution: How Consumer Politics Shaped American Independence, tells it, Americans' first discovery of their collective hidden power paved the way for the War of Independence.
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