News release: “House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) today issued a subpoena to the Department of Justice (DOJ) to provide to the committee a number of previously requested documents by July 9. The Subcommittee on Commercial and Adminstrative Law voted this week to authorize committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. to issue the subpoena at his discretion. The documents the committee is seeking cover a broad range of issues including the Valerie Plame leak, allegations of selective prosecution, and other matters.”
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Daily Archives: June 27, 2008
Update on Salmonellosis Outbreak in Certain Types of Tomatoes
FDA news release: “June 27, 2008: At this time, FDA recommends consuming raw red plum, raw red Roma, or raw red round tomatoes only if grown and harvested from the following areas that HAVE NOT BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTBREAK…. CDC Investigation of Outbreak of Infections Caused by Salmonella Saintpaul, Update for June 27, 2008… Continue Reading
DOJ Issues Guidances on FOIA Backlogs and Reading Room Requirements
DOJ Office of Information and Privacy – Guidance on Preparing Backlog Reduction Plans (posted 06/27/2008): “This memorandum provides guidance for preparing Backlog Reduction Plans. All agencies with backlogs which have not made progress in reducing those backlogs over the last two years are required to prepare Backlog Reduction Plans by September 8, 2008. Each agency… Continue Reading
One-half of surveyed adults think the pharma industry has a very large influence on doctors choice of Rx medicine
News release: “A majority of Americans (64%) say that it is important to know their physicians financial ties to pharmaceutical companies and 68% would support legislation requiring pharmaceutical companies to disclose gifts to doctors, according to the results of a new survey released…by the Prescription Project. The pharmaceutical industry spends more than $7 billion annually… Continue Reading
Biggest Expansion to Internet in Forty Years Approved for Implementation
News release, June 26, 2008: “The Board of ICANN today approved recommendation that could see a whole range of new names introduced to the Internet’s addressing system. “The Board today accepted a recommendation from its global stakeholders that it is possible to implement many new names to the Internet, paving the way for an expansion… Continue Reading
Council on Foreign Relations Backgrounder: U.S-Pakistan Military Cooperation
U.S-Pakistan Military Cooperation, Greg Bruno, Staff Writer, Jayshree Bajoria, Staff Writer, June 26, 2008 “Military cooperation between the United States and Pakistan has undergone a tactical renaissance since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Moribund at the end of the Cold War, when concerns about nuclear proliferation and the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan diminished… Continue Reading
