Press release: “Reps. Henry A. Waxman, John D. Dingell, Bart Stupak, and Frank Pallone, Jr., called on members of one of FDAs own advisory committees to provide Congress with its assessment of the resources needed to remedy the crisis at the agency stemming from years of chronic underfunding…The Science Board recently released a report concluding that FDAs scientific capacity has been so eroded that it can no longer fulfill a frightening number of critical regulatory and public health responsibilities. The report found that American lives are now at risk as a result of years of starving FDA of the resources necessary to maintain its scientific and regulatory strength.”
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Daily Archives: February 5, 2008
Michigan AG Track Your Taxes Webpage
“This webpage is hosted by Attorney General Mike Cox as a clearinghouse of information that allows users to track how Michigan tax dollars are being spent by the Attorney General’s office. Currently, users can search the total amount the Michigan Department of Attorney General spends on salary, benefits, rent, browse a detailed list of contracts,… Continue Reading
DOT Air Travel Consumer Report
Air Travel Consumer Report, February 2008: The Air Travel Consumer Report is a monthly product of the Department of Transportation’s Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings (OAEP). The report is designed to assist consumers with information on the quality of services provided by the airlines. This page was last updated on Feburary 5, 2008, and… Continue Reading
DOJ OIG Reports: Drug Control Funds and Related Performance, Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act
Annual Accounting and Authentication of Drug Control Funds and Related Performance – Fiscal Year 2007, Audit Report 08-05, January 2008 (Commentary and Summary Only) Office of Justice Programs, State and Local Emergency Preparedness Grant Awarded to the Maryland Department of State Police, Grant Number 2003-DD-BX-0002, Audit Report GR-30-08-001, January 2008 (Executive Summary Only) Office of… Continue Reading
EPA reaches milestone at one of the most contaminated sites in the nation, cleaning up more than 11 tons of toxins
Press release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Shell Oil Company have removed more than 23,000 pounds of hazardous toxins from the Del Amo Superfund Site Waste Pits near Torrance, Calif. With EPA oversight, responsible parties Shell Oil Company and the U.S. General Services Administration built a soil vapor extraction system at the Del Amo… Continue Reading
DNI Statement for the Record – Senate Intelligence Committee Hearing
Annual Threat Assessment of the Director of National Intelligence for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, February 5, 2008, J. Michael McConnell, Director of National Intelligence (47 pages, PDF). “You will see from the testimony that many of the key topics I touch on are not traditional national security topics. Globalization has broadened the number… Continue Reading
National Action Agenda for Public Health Preparedness
“In June 2007, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC) and eighteen multidisciplinary partners convened the first National Summit on Public Health Legal Preparedness. This Summit was without precedent in terms of the broad expertise and stature of the invited participants and its aims. The purpose of this working meeting was to provide a… Continue Reading
Federal Judge Strikes Down White House Waiver for Navy Sonar Training Off Southern California Coast
Follow up to postings on Navy sonar exercises off Southern California coast, this Natural Resources Defense Council press release: “A federal court [February 4, 2008] struck down a waiver issued by the White House purporting to exempt the U.S. Navy from complying with a bedrock environmental law during sonar training exercises off southern California. In… Continue Reading
OMB: Use of Commercial Independent Risk Analysis Services Blanket Purchase Agreements
Use of Commercial Independent Risk Analysis Services Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA) (February 4, 2008) (4 pages, PDF) “The purpose of this memorandum is to alert you to the establishment of government-wide blanket purchase agreements (BPAs) for independent risk analysis services and encourage agency consideration of these vehicles to the maximum extent practicable. In the event… Continue Reading
What are Human Rights? Human Rights as Membership Rights in the Global Order
What are Human Rights? Human Rights as Membership Rights in the Global Order, By Mathias Risse, Working Paper Number: RWP08-006. Submitted: 02/01/2008. Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government. “Why do we have human rights? What ought to be the function of such rights in the global order, and to what extent does this… Continue Reading
DHS Budget-in-Brief: Fiscal Year 2009
Department of Homeland Security, Budget-in-Brief: Fiscal Year 2009 (149 pages, PDF) “As the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) embarks on our fifth year anniversary on March 1, 2008, we continue to protect our nation from dangerous people and goods; to protect critical infrastructure; to build a nimble, effective emergency response system and a culture of… Continue Reading
