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Fact Sheet: President Bush Takes Unprecedented Steps to Advance Earmark Reform, January 29, 2008 Executive Order: Protecting American Taxpayers From Government Spending on Wasteful Earmarks, January 29, 2008
House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing, Science and Mission at Risk: FDAs Self-Assessment [witness list] PRNewswire-USNewswire: “The nation’s public health is at risk, as are the regulatory systems that oversee the nation’s drug and device supplies, according to an FDA Science Board report…presented at a…hearing today. The committee attributed the deficiencies …
“The full Committee held a hearing on Addressing the Screening Gap: The National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. The hearing examined the National Breast and Cervical Cancer program which is administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide mammograms, pap smears, and other screening exams for breast and cervical …
Keeping America Safe By Fostering The Freedom Agenda – U.S. Is Promoting Liberty As A Hopeful Alternative To Violent Extremism, January 28, 2008 Increasing Our Energy Security And Confronting Climate Change – The Administration Is Taking Steps To Reduce U.S. Dependence On Oil, And To Advance U.S. Leadership In Developing A Global Response To Climate …
Follow up to postings on Navy sonar exercises off Southern California coast, today “in a letter to Council of Environmental Quality Chairman Connaughton, Chairman Waxman expresses deep concern over the Administrations use of emergency powers to facilitate training exercises that could harm whales off the coast of southern California, and releases a list of previous …
Follow-up to previous postings on the baseball investigation, “Today the Oversight and Government Reform Committee released an updated schedule of depositions and interviews related to allegations in Senator Mitchells Report to the Commissioner of Baseball of an Independent Investigation into the Illegal Use of Steroids and Other Performance Enhancing Substances by Players in Major League …
Reviewing the XO $100 Laptop, by Conrad J. Jacoby Social Networks for Law Librarians and Law Libraries, or How We Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Friending, by Debbie Ginsberg and Meg Kribble FOIA Facts: The Impact of the OPEN Government Act of 2007, by Scott A. Hodes Criminal Resources: Criminal Defense Investigation, by Ken …
Statement of Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary concerning Oversight of the Department of Justices Forensic Grant Programs, January 23, 2008. See also DOJ OIG Report on Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
Joint Economic Committee press release: “Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Vice Chair of the Joint Economic Committee, today released a report showing that worsening economic conditions will increase demand for the State Childrens Health Insurance Program and Medicaid, and called on colleagues in Congress to vote next Wednesday to override the Presidents veto of H.R. 3963, legislation …
Oversight Committee press release: “On January 22, Chairman Waxman wrote to FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach requesting documents related to the FDAs draft guidance allowing drug companies to use journal articles to promote potentially dangerous off-label uses of drugs and medical devices without prior FDA review and approval. According to FDA minutes of a meeting, Dan …
January 2008 – Part 2 of The United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Analysis of Senate Bill S. 1766 in the 110th Congress, the Low Carbon Economy Act of 2007. The Low Carbon Economy Act of 2007 (S.1766) is designed to reduce U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from the production and use of energy. Part …
CRS Report – Higher Education Act Reauthorization in the 110th Congress: A Comparison of Major Proposals, December 13, 2007. “The Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) as amended, authorizes the federal governments major federal student aid programs (Title IV), as well as other programs which provide institutional aid and support (Titles II, III and V). …
