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“FDA takes great efforts, within its legal authority, to address and prevent drug shortages, which can occur for many reasons, including manufacturing and quality problems, delays, and discontinuations. The agency works closely with manufacturers of drugs in short supply to communicate the issue and to help restore availability. FDA also works with other firms who …
News release: “On January 18, 2011, the President issued Executive Order 13563, in which he directed regulatory agencies to base regulations on an open exchange of information and perspectives and to promote public participation in Federal rulemaking. The President identified Regulations.gov as the centralized portal for timely public access to regulatory content online. In response …
The Economic Benefits Of New Spectrum For Wireless Broadband, February 2012 “The surge in wireless data traffic has caused a spectrum crunch. With the proliferation of smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices with internet access, wireless data traffic has grown tremendously, increasing by more than 100% between 2009 and 2010. Industry forecasters expect that a …
News release: “The rate of outbreaks caused by unpasteurized milk (often called raw milk) and products made from it was 150 times greater than outbreaks linked to pasteurized milk, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 13-year review also revealed that the states where the sale of raw milk …
Internet Governance and the Domain Name System: Issues for Congress. Lennard G. Kruger, Specialist in Science and Technology Policy, February 9, 2012 “Currently, an important aspect of the Internet is governed by a private sector, international organization called the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which manages and oversees some of the critical …
State Energy Data System: Liquefied Petroleum Gases and Other Petroleum Products Through 2010: “New releases of energy consumption, price, and expenditure estimates by energy source. Descriptions of the codes in the data files are listed here (xls).”
Law Review Circulation 2011: More Change, More Same. Ross E. Davies George Mason University School of Law; The Green Bag; Journal of Law, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 179-188, 2012; Journal of Legal Metrics, Vol. 1, 2012; George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 12-15 “Every year, the tallying of law review circulation numbers …
“The Consumer Federation of American (CFA) today released a new study with insurance industry data that found that insurance companies have significantly and methodically decreased their financial responsibility for weather catastrophes like hurricanes, tornados and floods in recent years, shifting much of the risk and costs for these events to consumers and taxpayers. The report …
“The 2012 Brown Center Report on American Education distills the results of studies to examine the state of education in the United States. In particular, the report focuses on education policy, student learning measures, trends on achievement test scores and education reform outcomes.” How Well Students Are Learning – With sections on predicting the effect …
