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The Federal Employees Health Benefits ( FEHB) Program is a system of "managed competition" through which employee health benefits are provided to civilian government employees and annuitants of the United States government. The government contributes 72% of the weighted average premium of all plans, not to exceed 75% of the premium for any one ...
Internet Plus ( Chinese: 互联网+ ), similar to Information Superhighway and Industry 4.0, is a concept and strategy proposed by China's prime minister Li Keqiang in his Government Work Report on March 5, 2015 [1] so as to keep pace with the information trend. According to China's official website, "Internet plus" was on the list of ...
The Pension Program for the Elderly (PPE) is a safety net, noncontributory pension program administered by the federal Secretariat of Social Development (SEDESOL) in Mexico. The program aims to expand the schemes of universal social security, by providing financial support and social protection to people 65 or older who a) do not benefit from ...
A cost-plus contract, also termed a cost plus contract, is a contract such that a contractor is paid for all of its allowed expenses, plus additional payment to allow for a profit. [1] Cost-reimbursement contracts contrast with fixed-price contract, in which the contractor is paid a negotiated amount regardless of incurred expenses.
The ten percent plan, formally the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction (13 Stat. 737 ), was a United States presidential proclamation issued on December 8, 1863, by United States President Abraham Lincoln, during the American Civil War. By this point in the war (nearly three years in), the Union Army had pushed the Confederate Army out ...
Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan is a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plan to improve Internet access in the United States. The FCC was directed to create the plan by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and unveiled its plan on March 16, 2010. [1]
In 1994, the plan's first year of operation, nearly 120,000 new members enrolled, and bad debts at Portland hospitals dropped 16%. The cost of the Oregon Health Plan increased from $1.33 billion in 1993–1995 to $2.36 billion in 1999–2001, leading to budget-tightening measures in the early 2000s; significant cuts would follow in 2003.
Federal Employees Retirement System. The Federal Employees' Retirement System ( FERS) is the retirement system for employees within the United States civil service. FERS [1] became effective January 1, 1987, to replace the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and to conform federal retirement plans in line with those in the private sector. [2]