FDA secrecy continues to harm us: Vioxx, again

Nov 4, 2004 by Guest Blogger

FDA has already been in the news recently for suppressing the scientific evidence observing an increased risk of suicidality in youth using antidepressants and, more recently, for suppressing internal agency documents that may detail FDA's bungling of the flu vaccine supply. Now the NY Times is reporting that internal FDA emails suggest FDA actually delayed the study showing deadly problems with Merck's COX-2 inhibitor drug Vioxx:

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Audits for the mouthy, not the wealthy

Nov 3, 2004 by Guest Blogger

Conflict within a conflict: the IRS is going soft on industry; new evidence from TRAC reveals that IRS audits of corporations have declined below last year's record-low levels. In the wake of Enron and insert-your-own-favorite-corporate-scandal, the IRS actually promised to step up the pace.

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Latest Watcher

Nov 3, 2004 by Guest Blogger

Don't miss out on the latest issue of OMB Watch's bi-weekly newsletter, The Watcher.

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Watcher: November 2, 2004

Nov 2, 2004 by Guest Blogger

Federal Budget

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The pattern of failure has a timeline

Nov 2, 2004 by Guest Blogger

The Bush administration's pattern of failure to use regulatory policy in the public interest has been spelled out in a timeline, by the good folks over at In These Times magazine. Check it out!

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Election-eve secrecy about hunger

Nov 2, 2004 by Guest Blogger

The Children's Defense Fund is reporting that the administration is suppressing a report on hunger in America:

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Dreier Pushes Amendment to Place DHS Above Law

Rep. David Dreier (R-CA) is promoting an amendment to pending intelligence overhaul legislation that would exempt the Department of Homeland Security from all federal law in the course of securing the nation's borders. Dreier is championing this amendment in the conference committee that is working to resolve differences in the House and Senate versions of a bill to implement reforms suggested by the 9/11 Commission. Text of the Dreier Amendment Sec. 3131. Waiver of Laws Necessary for Improvement of Barriers at Borders

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Interior Gives Exclusive Appeal Rights to Industry

A proposed rule from the Department of Interior would grant those in the hydroelectric industry the exclusive right to appeal rulings about how dams are licensed and operated. The rule could save the hydroelectric industry hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements while effectively cutting Indian tribes, states, federal agencies and environmental groups out of the appeals process.

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Court Rejects Ban on Snowmobiles in Yellowstone

Rejecting a National Park Service ban on recreational snowmobile use in the Yellowstone area as a "predetermined political decision," a federal court in Wyoming found that the Clinton-era snowmobile ban violates the National Environmental Policy Act and the Administrative Procedure Act.

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Mercury Emissions Adversely Affect Minorities

The cap-and-trade method for curbing mercury emissions will greatly harm those from the Great Lakes region, particularly American Indians, according to a new white paper released by the Center for Progressive Regulation (CPR).

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