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Will budget pressures delay St. Elizabeth's, FDA construction projects
Budget pressures could delay some of the General Services Administration's building projects — or scrap them altogether. Art Turowski, a senior vice president with the Government Investor Services group in Jones Lang LaSalle, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss what the new spending numbers mean for the government's large-scale construction projects.
Tags: GSA , DHS , Coast Guard , In Depth , Francis Rose , Art Turkowski , St. Elizabeth
New NIH center translates research into real-world use
This month the National Institutes of Health created the new National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) to bridge the gap between scientific research and usable drugs or medical devices.
Tags: NIH , NCATS , Thomas Insel , DARPA , Federal Drive
FDA: Ending drug shortages all about timing
Peter Lurie, a senior advisor in the Office of the Commissioner at the FDA, told the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris the sooner the agency learns of an impending drug shortage the sooner it can take action.
Tags: Peter Lurie , drug shortages , Federal Drive , Tom Temin , Amy Morris , Jack Moore
How do Executive Orders affect agency operations?
Julian Pecquet, a staff writer for The Hill newspaper, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss how a recent Executive Order affects the FDA's day-to-day business and more broadly how such orders affect agency operations.
Tags: Julian Pecquet , The Hill , Executive Orders , management
New FDA effort to reduce drug shortages a small step
President Barack Obama ordered the Food and Drug Administration on Monday to take new steps to send out early warnings about looming shortages and try to avert them.
Tags: Barack Obama , healthcare
Vaccine companies preparing for flu season
Doctors are recommending those in the high risk groups get vaccinated next month, even though flu season doesn't usually arrive until October.
Tags: flu , flu shot , flu vaccines , flu season , H1N1 , CDC , Hank Silverberg
GAO report takes a look at FDA's 3R incentive program
Congressional watchdog has suggestions as to how FDA can improve.
Tags: management , 3R incentive program , GAO , Belva Martin
Tobacco may change your TSP
Getting to the heart (and lungs) of the matter
Tags: P&B , TSP , Thrift Savings Plan , Henry Waxman , tobacco , Steve Buyer , Harm Reduction Center
How safe is bottled water?
Tags: technology , GAO , Joe Stephenson , Natural Resources and Environment Issues
Agency power one of the 'best kept secrets'
President Barack Obama's work with the SEC, EPA and FTC is a sign of things to come for the FDA among others, according to a presidential scholar. Federal News Radio learns about "one of the best kept secrets in American political life."
Tags: mngt , policy , Neil Kerwin , American University , best practices , SEC , EPA , FTC ,
