Washington Monthly

Employers without workers comp insurance A growing trend in workers comp fraud involves the employers not purchasing the required insurance policies to protect their employees. Premium fraud has caused California resident to lose $240 million a year, and has prompted some district attorneys to work full-time on these cases.

Living Wage: What It Is and Why We Need It.

Military quacks.

Analysis of military medical system Documented cases have shown the medical systems of the military to be extremely incompetent. The medical license policy for these doctors is lax compared to civilian doctors, allowing nonspecialists to treat patients and nonlicensed doctors to work in other states.

Out of Order: Arrogance, Corruption, and Incompetence on the Bench.

Reinvention Lite.

Al Gore's project of reinventing government systems is failing - Cover Story Vice President Al Gore's project of reinventing government systems has been in progress since 1993, but many agencies are still showing signs of ineptitude in 1998. Gore refers to agencies that are trying to reinvent themselves as 'labs' and gives 'Hammer' awards to those that are successful.

Secrecy: The American Experience.

Sorry, wrong number.

Attempting to make a phone call to government offices A test was conducted to determine the difficulty of reaching a government office by telephone and having a simple question answered. The results were unpromising, as many numbers were disconnected, while others had automated responses requesting a message, to which they never got back.

The Last of the Black Emperors: The Hollow Comeback of Marion Barry in a New Age of Black Leaders.

The Soviet World of American Communism.

Too well endowed?

Top colleges concerned with their endowments - Includes related article on college fundraising Many of the top U.S. universities have prospered during the bull market of the 1990's and have amassed large endowments. Despite their large coffers, the universities are regularly raising tuition fees leading some pundits to think they care more about money than educating students.

What's hot at APSA.

Issues to be discussed at the American Political Science Association annual meeting in 1998 - Includes related information on papers to be presented at the APSA annual meeting The American Political Science Association will hold its annual meeting in Boston, Massachusettes on September 2, 1998, discussing pertinent issues of the day. Among the issues to be touched upon are campaign funding, political candidates, and immigration.