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This week's episode:  Spending enormous resources on a program to reduce X, and then not tracking (or even putting in place a mechanism to track) whether X was reduced as promised.   James Taranto quoting the National Journal quoting Administration officials: The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the health care law will reduce the number of uninsured people by about 24 million over the next few years, and that about 6 million previously uninsured people will gain coverage through the law's exchanges this year. So, is enrollment on track to meet that goal? Overall enrollment is looking pretty decent, but...

LAWRENCE, Kan—Kansas athletic director Lew Perkins said Wednesday that the five Big 12 schools in danger of being left without a conference came up with a plan that included offering money to keep Texas, Texas A&M and Oklahoma in the league. Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State, Baylor and Missouri drafted a “business plan” to persuade the bigger schools to reject any interest from the Pac-10 or Southeastern Conference, Perkins said. The idea was to make sure the three Big 12 South schools would not lose any money by sticking with the Big 12. “Five schools got together and we tried...

Mirant Corp. is nearing completion on a business plan that will detail its objectives and strategy for meeting those goals once the struggling energy supplier emerges from bankruptcy, a company official said Wednesday. One thing that remains unclear is whether the Atlanta-based company will seek to reduce its staff further or change its management structure. More than 300 of the companys 7,000 positions have been shed since Mirant filed for bankruptcy in Fort Worth, Texas, on July 14. I won't talk about changes in size or structure, company spokesman David Payne said. The business plan is expected to be finished...