Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology press release: “The report provides an overview of functional foodsfoods that are enhanced to provide health benefits beyond basic nutritionand looks at the potential to develop these foods through the application of modern biotechnology. After detailing some of the recent scientific advances that could lead to a variety of… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2007
FDA's Authority to Ensure That Drugs Prescribed to Children Are Safe and Effective
CRS Report, FDA’s Authority to Ensure That Drugs Prescribed to Children Are Safe and Effective, May 1, 2007. “The Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (BPCA, P.L. 107-109) and the Pediatric Research Equity Act (PREA, P.L. 108-155) allow the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to offer financial and regulatory incentives to manufacturers for testing their products… Continue Reading
Successful Use of Information from the Private Financial Sector
The Successful Use of Information from the Private Financial Sector – Salvador Hernandez, Deputy Assistant Director, Criminal Investigative Division, FBI, Before the House Committee on Financial Services, May 10, 2007: “The analysis of financial records generated by the private financial services sector provides law enforcement and the intelligence community real opportunities to proactively identify criminal… Continue Reading
VA OIG Report Reviews Action Items Pertaining to Suicide Preventation
Healthcare Inspection, Implementing VHA’s Mental Health Strategic Plan Initiatives for Suicide Prevention [06-03706-126], May 10, 2007. (79 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
Oversight Hearing on the United States Department of Justice
House Judiciary Committee Oversight Hearing on the United States Department of Justice, May 10, 2007 Statement of Chairman John Conyers, Jr. Committee on the Judiciary Hearing on DOJ Authorization/Oversight (Attorney General Gonzales) May 10, 2007 Statement of Alberto Gonzales Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice, May 10, 2007 (26 pages, PDF) Friedrich Transcript Excerpt Related… Continue Reading
Hearing on Deficiencies in State and Federal Gun Purchase Laws
“On Thursday, May 10..the Domestic Policy Subcommittee…evaluate[d] incompleteness in the federal database used for checking the criminal and mental health records of gun purchasers, as well as the inconsistencies in state compliance with federal gun purchase laws. The hearing…address[ed] inconsistencies among the states in their supplemental gun prohibition laws. The hearing…concern[ed] state compliance with the… Continue Reading
White Collar Crime Prosecutions Lowest in Five Years
“In January 2007, there were 490 federal prosecutions of white collar crime, according to timely enforcement data from the Justice Department. Filings in this category are down 13% from the previous month, reaching their lowest level in the last five years….Reports on the latest enforcement trends.” [Jeff Lamicela, Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)] Continue Reading
Seventh Circuit Practitioner's Handbook Posted on Judicary Wiki
The Wiki of The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit provides Electronic Access to Seventh Circuit Case Information, Rules, Procedures and Opinions. This is the first public wiki launched by the federal judiciary. According to Chief Judge Frank Easterbrook, who spearheaded the wiki project, and reported by the National Law Journal, “The… Continue Reading
Pew Survey Asks Are Americans Ready to Elect a Female President?
Are Americans Ready to Elect a Female President? Past Statewide Elections Suggest Gender Is Not an Obstacle — at Least for Democratic Candidates – by Andrew Kohut, President, Pew Research Center, May 9, 2007. Continue Reading
Infrastructure 2007 – A Global Perspective
Infrastructure 2007 – A Global Perspective, Urban Land Institute (69 pages, PDF): “Today, more than ever before, the ability to build, maintain, and finance infrastructure has become a crisis for communities around the world. Infrastructure is the skeleton around which the city is built. Ranging from radial hub and spoke systems, new town centers, villages,… Continue Reading
State Legislators Comment on Real ID Act
Governors and State Legislators Submit Comments on the Draft Regulations to Implement the Real ID Act, May 8, 2007 DHS’s Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee Comment on the Real ID, May 7, 2007 FCW.com reports that the DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee announced at a May 7, 2007 meeting that “cannot endorse… Continue Reading
TIME Profiles People Who Shape Our World
The People Who Shape Our World: “Here’s our list of the 100 men and women whose power, talent or moral example is transforming the world.” Continue Reading
