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News release: “A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released today found better data management and more inspections are needed to strengthen the Food and Drug Administrations (FDA) foreign drug inspection program. The report was requested by Reps. John D. Dingell (D-MI) and Joe Barton (R-TX), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Energy and …
News release: “Introducing new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) is central to fostering choice and competition in domain registration services, and as such is significant to the promotion of ICANNs core values. The evolution of the namespace towards an enhanced diversity of services and service providers must be planned and managed effectively to preserve the security, …
Food Allergy Among U.S. Children: Trends in Prevalence and Hospitalizations. 8 pp. (PHS) 2009-1209. October 2008. “In 2007, approximately 3 million children under age 18 years (3.9%) were reported to have a food or digestive allergy in the previous 12 months. From 1997 to 2007, the prevalence of reported food allergy increased 18% among children …
News release: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced the issuance of the Secure Flight Final Rule, which shifts pre-departure watch list matching responsibilities from individual aircraft operators to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and carries out a key recommendation of the 9/11 Commission. By bringing watch list matching responsibilities in-house, TSA can …
Drug Safety: Better Data Management and More Inspections Are Needed to Strengthen FDA’s Foreign Drug Inspection Program, GAO-08-970, September 22, 2008 U.S. Department of Agriculture: Recommendations and Options to Address Management Deficiencies in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, GAO-09-62, October 22, 2008 VA National Initiatives and Local Programs that Address Education …
The Art of Written Persuasion: From IRAC to FAILSAFE – A Compilation of Legal Problem-Solving Models – Troy Simpson’s third column focuses on “a process model of problem-solving that provides a useful framework, because it offers a systematic, non-random way of tackling problems.”
Seeds of a Perfect Storm: Genetically Modified Crops and the Global Food Security Crisis, Nina Fedoroff, Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State and to the Administrator of USAID Inaugural Lecture in the Jefferson Fellows Distinguished Lecture Series, Washington, DC, October 17, 2008 “The population has more than doubled again since the middle …
White House Summit on International Development Conference Program, October 21, 2008 Fact Sheet: Transforming International Development, October 20, 2008 Fact Sheet: White House Summit on International Development, October 20, 2008
News release: “Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) issued a subpoena Tuesday compelling Attorney General Michael Mukasey to provide testimony and related documents to the Senate Judiciary Committee about legal analysis and advice from the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) related to the Bush administrations terrorism policies, including detention and interrogation …
