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Unfortunately, however, the law doesn’t cover tax fraud. The IRS offers rewards for information, but only if the tips lead to a successful enforcement action. Given that the agency is too cash-strapped for effective enforcement, Congress needs to amend the False Claims Act so that individual whistleblowers can stop tax cheats on their...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, STEPHEN E. SACHS | Title: Robin Hood In Reverse | 4/9/2002 | See Source »

...math sections of the test, replacing analogies with an essay-writing section and adding questions in more advanced topics of mathematics. The goal of these changes, ostensibly, is to make the test more relevant as an objective test of aptitude in the college admissions process. Unfortunately, this attempt to amend the SAT and restore its flagging credibility with institutions of higher learning does nothing to address its most crucial problems...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: A Flawed Way to Test | 4/5/2002 | See Source »

...Methanex case is complicating Bush's efforts to win "trade promotion authority," which would require Congress to vote yes or no, without amendment, on any treaty the President offered. The idea is to protect hard-bargained agreements from pork-barrel politicking. The bill passed the House by only one vote last December, as even longtime free traders worried about the potential threat to the U.S. of the Methanex case and other investor challenges. Waving 5,000 pages of trade agreements, Representative Robert Matsui, a California Democrat, argued that new treaties could affect federal laws on matters from food safety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Toxic Trade? | 3/25/2002 | See Source »

...commission is unlikely to pursue any major changes because of the long political and legal process of getting the state to amend the law that governs Cambridge elections, a provision known...

Author: By Stephanie M. Skier, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: City’s Vote Counting Draws Criticism | 2/25/2002 | See Source »

...past, SAC has championed issues such as same-sex commitment ceremonies in Memorial Church and urging the University to amend its non-discrimination policy to include transgendered individuals...

Author: By William M. Rasmussen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council Activist Wing Seen Waning | 1/11/2002 | See Source »

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