thatah, i used to think was to get the neic through a committee and get it behind you. but the longer you can keep the committee going, the better it is for some reason. i would rather just move on. one assignment to the next. as you heard from my introduction, i am kind of busy. but the work that originally arose come again, in response to a lack of information or a lack states thatfor the would go it alone, if you will, thegh the ffe route or worship route even, there were a lot of questions kind of out there as to who is in control of what. is this a federal issue or a state issue? information and for compliance-type information for consistency of information -- because when we as a group talk, we would find out that we -- one state would get one answer from the federal contact. another state would get another answer from their federal contact. again, at the end of the day, that is not helpful. perspective, as a planner in insurer a carrier, the one thing that you love the most is consistency from state to state and and if you're getting a different answer from kansa

threatens the livelihoods and safety of crews from okinawa prefecture and that agreement allows the taiwan neice fishermen to operate in some parts of japan's exclusive economic zone near the islands. japanese and taiwanese fishing boats collided off the islands last month. the islands are controlled by japan and claimed by china and taiwan. leaders in tokyo maintain the islands are japanese territory and in terms of history and international law. the chief cabinet secretary said he and his colleagues will study the demands and act on them. >>> a warrant to end western japan set a legal precedent for how atomic bomb survivors are compensated for their medical bills. p prep prefectural laws and only if they live in japan. the court awarded more thanl $13,000 do a man and the you were born. he was a baby in hihiroshima whe bomb was dropped. all three survivors later moved to south korea and received treatment. they applied to the asaw can prefectural government for compensation but were rejected. the court ruled that that decision was illegal. it's the first time this has happened in a case involv

and within the neic itself there is uniformity to serve which is the regulators. one of the functions they perform through the consumer working group was for and what people call a decision tree to help regulators address calls that come in from consumers that pertain to the accountable care act. i think it would be interesting to show this group sort of the work product if we could put that slide up. this is a decision about it. >> if you can't read it you just have to trust us. [laughter] >> and shows the complexity and the need for the state's to be able to direct a consumer in the right direction depending upon what the particular circumstance is. and this will ask a question about what is your income -- are you employed to determine whether or not to send to the small groups and individuals. and it's then moved to this spot working through that was a process while that was painful i think that the neic has done a fantastic job in terms of the front-line employees now at the departments to receive these calls from the consumers to ensure they get the right inf