Herrera Scott & Davis appointed to Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) Michael Goldberg | May 4, 2021
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Two former Maryland health officials have been appointed to the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC).
Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States and head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office, announced this week that Kisha Davis, MD, MPH and Laura Herrera Scott, MD, MPH, were among the new and reappointed members of the commission.
Established by the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, MACPAC reviews Medicaid and CHIP access and payment policies and to advise Congress on issues affecting Medicaid and CHIP.
Blue Origin, Dynetics cry foul
Katyanna Quach Tue 4 May 2021 // 02:38 UTC Share
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NASA’s $2.89bn contract awarded to SpaceX for its Starship rocket to send the first American woman and next man to the Moon has been put on ice after SpaceX’s competitors complained to the US Government Accountability Office.
“On April 26, NASA was notified that Blue Origin Federation and Dynetics filed protests challenging the Option A human landing system selection with the US Government Accountability Office (GAO),” a spokesperson from the US space agency confirmed to
The Register in a statement on Monday.
“Pursuant to the GAO protests, NASA instructed SpaceX that progress on the HLS Option A contract has been suspended until GAO resolves all outstanding litigation related to this procurement.
TechShout - May 4, 2021
Amid protests from Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin, the US space agency has suspended work on the $2.9 billion lunar lander contract given to Elon Musk-owned SpaceX.
Blue Origin had filed a protest with the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) against NASA for awarding $2.9 billion contract to SpaceX for landing astronauts on the Moon by 2024.
The US space agency was expected to pick two lunar lander prototypes (including one of Blue Origin’s) but funding cut from US Congress led the agency to select SpaceX over Blue Origin.
“Pursuant to the GAO protests, NASA instructed SpaceX that progress on the HLS contract has been suspended until GAO resolves all outstanding litigation related to this procurement,” NASA spokeswoman Monica Witt said in a statement, reports The Verge.
Kristi Tanner and Adrienne Roberts
Detroit Free Press
Before the pandemic caused widespread job losses last year, personal income per capita in Lawrence County increased in 2019 compared with the year prior, rising to $34,465, a 1.1% increase.
Personal income per capita is measured as the total personal income of an area divided by the population. In 2019, Lawrence County ranked 113th in Missouri in terms of personal income per capita growth. In 2018, income grew by 2.2%.
Nationwide, personal income per capita increased by 3.5% to $56,490 in 2019 compared with 2018. That increase was smaller than the previous year s 4.8%. The majority of the 3,000-plus counties the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) tracks continued to see personal income per capita rise in 2019, the latest data available.