Hugues Dumont: 210 books

Book cover of CYBERSECURITY WORKFORCE

CYBERSECURITY WORKFORCE

Urgent Need for DHS to Take Actions to Identify Its Position and Critical Skill Requirements

by Hugues Dumont
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....
Book cover of FOREIGN MILITARY SALES

FOREIGN MILITARY SALES

DOD Should Take Additional Steps to Streamline Process for Assessing Potential Recovery of Certain Acquisition Costs

by Hugues Dumont
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,...
Book cover of SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY

SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY

Additional Measures and Evaluation Needed to Enhance Accuracy and Consistency of Hearings Decisions

by Hugues Dumont
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...
Book cover of ELECTRONIC HEALTH INFORMATION

ELECTRONIC HEALTH INFORMATION

CMS Oversight of Medicare Beneficiary Data Security Needs Improvement

by Hugues Dumont
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...
Book cover of FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

Information on Mifeprex Labeling Changes and Ongoing Monitoring Efforts

by Hugues Dumont
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....
Book cover of FOOD SAFETY

FOOD SAFETY

FDA Continues to Evaluate and Respond to Business Concerns about the Produce Rule

by Hugues Dumont
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...
Book cover of SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE

SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE

Information on Potential Implications of Expanding Private Disability Insurance

by Hugues Dumont
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...
Book cover of SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION

Actions Needed to Better Assess the Federal Investment

by Hugues Dumont
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...
Book cover of CIVILIAN AND CONTRACTOR WORKFORCES

CIVILIAN AND CONTRACTOR WORKFORCES

DOD’s Cost Comparisons Addressed Most Report Elements but Excluded Some Costs

by Hugues Dumont
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...
Book cover of RAIL TRANSIT

RAIL TRANSIT

Federal Transit Administration Can Strengthen Safety Oversight by Improving Guidance to States

by Hugues Dumont
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...
Book cover of Le régime juridique de la liberté d'enseignement à l'épreuve des politiques scolaires
by Mathias El Berhoumi, Hugues Dumont
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...
Book cover of Droit institutionnel de l'Union européenne

Droit institutionnel de l'Union européenne

Le Pacte constitutionnel européen en contexte

by Antoine Bailleux, Hugues Dumont
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...
Book cover of La sixième réforme de l'Etat: l'art de ne pas choisir ou l'art du compromis?
by François Belleflamme, Michèle Belmessieri, Pierre-Olivier de Broux
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...
Book cover of Le droit international et européen des droits de l'homme devant le juge national
by Hugues Dumont
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,...
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