• October 2001-
  
  Federal Court Requires That Agency Risk Assessments Be Reproducible And Transparent
  
  HHS Announces Organization of Advisory Committee on Regulatory Reform
  
  EPA Expresses Support for OMB Data Quality Guidelines
  
  NHTSA Denies GM Application for Exemption of Noncompliance for Headlamps

• September 2001-
  
  OMB Promulgates Final Agency Guidelines on Data Quality
  
  FTC Determines Attorneys to be Subject to Notice Requirements of Gramm-Leach-Bliley
  
  EPA Failure to Provide Public Notice and Comment on HPV Chemical Testing Rule's Paperwork Burden Leads to CRE Letter to OMB
  
  CRE Files Human Test Data Petition at EPA

• August 2001-
  
  OMB to Complete Work on Data Quality Guidance
  
  EPA Solicits Comment Regarding Preparation of Third U.S. Climate Action Report
  
  Will EPA Take Actions Which Send A Strong Signal To Corporate America Not To Spend The Funds Needed To Reduce Pesticide Usage?

• July 2001-
  
  The Mead Decision Changes Judicial Review of Agency Action
  
  EPA Solicits Comment Regarding Preparation of Third U.S. Climate Action Report
  
  American Chemistry Council Identifies Serious Deficiencies in EPA's HPV Rulemaking

• June 2001-
  
  OMB Issues Landmark Guidelines on Data Quality for Federal Agencies
  
  Key Senators Weigh In On Administration's Ergonomics Policy
  
  Clinton Environmental Review Executive Order Being Applied To Trade Agreements
  
  The AAHRPP Is A New Voluntary Accreditation And Consensus Standards Setting Body for Human Subjects Research
  
  CRE Petitions CIO on NIOSH Biosolids Hazard ID Document

• May 2001-
  
  HHS Recommends Federal Regulatory Authority Over Privately Funded Research
  
  CRE Data Quality Petition to EPA on Global Climate Change
  
  OMB Announces Schedule for Issuance of Data Quality Guidelines
  
  Plaintiffs File DC Circuit Brief in NTP Dioxin Case

• April 2001-
  
  CRE Criticizes EPA's Use Of Unvalidated Test Methods
  
  CRE Uses NIOSH Hazard ID on Biosolids as Case Example of Issues That Should Be Addressed in New OMB and Agency Data Quality Rules, as Well as Under Existing OMB Guidance
  
  CRE Files Petition with OMB to Stay Implementation of HIPAA Electronic Transaction Standards Issued by HHS
  
  Agriculture Department Issues Tentative Decision on Milk Pricing Formulas
  
  CRE Telecommunications Standards Program

• March 2001-
  
  USDA's WIC Program Amended to Incorporate Two Nondiscretionary Funding Provisions
  
  FMCSA Implements Strong Sanctions Against Delinquent Motor Carriers
  
  Federal Financial Agencies Seek Comment on Proposed Capital Rule
  
  USDA Issues ANPRM and Public Comment Request on Possible Responses to Changing Agricultural Marketing Practices Including Biotechnology
  
  DOT Agency—Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration—Issues Long-Term Strategy and Performance Plan

• February 2001-
  
  OMB Seeks to Clarify Implementation of FAIR Act
  
  U.S. Chamber Supports CRE Petitions to OMB to Control Federal Agency Abuse of "Information Demand" Letters

• January 2001-
  
  CRE Announces Initiative for Applying Data Quality Law to the Financial Sector
  
  Dropping Its Earlier Reliance on Animal Data, NTP Lists Dioxin as "Known Human Carcinogen"
  
  OMB to Begin Implementing New Data Quality Law
  
  "President Signs Data Quality Legislation"
  

• December 2000-

  "Employment Standards Administration Issues New General Wage Determination Decision"
  
  "NHTSA and FHWA Make Final Ruling on Repeat Intoxicated Driver Law"
  
  "Labor Submits OSHA Information Request to OMB"

• November 2000-

  "Labor Seeks Information Regarding Disclosure Obligations of Fiduciaries of Employee Benefit Plans Governed by ERISA"
  
  "EPA Solicits Comments on Two Draft Pesticide Science Policy Documents Concerning Pesticide Risk Assessment in Drinking Water"
  
  "EPA is Improperly Using Proposed, Unvalidated Tests to Assess and Regulate Herbicides and Other Substances"
  
  "ATSDR Proposes Information Collection for Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington State"

• October 2000-
  
  "FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Mammography Quality Standards Act"
  
  "OMB Publishes Changes to OMB Circular A-76 Revised Supplemental Handbook"
  
  "MSHA Requests Comment on Proposed Information Collection Related to Gamma Radiation Exposure Record"
  
  "Corps of Engineers and EPA Clarify that Mechanized Excavation Activities are Likely to Result in Discharge of Dredged Material Subject to Regulation"
  
  "Justice, Treasury, and OMB Extend Deadline for Public Comment Regarding Proposed Financial Privacy and Bankruptcy Study"

• September 2000-
  
  "OSHA Data Initiative Offers Opportunity to Enhance Data Quality"
  
  "MSHA Protects Miner Safety with Help from Depts. of Labor and HHS"
  
  "When it Comes to Monopoly-Busting, There is No Resting in Peace for the Feds (Even if the Target Happens to be Involved in a Piously Inclined Business)"
  
  "OMB Announces Information Collection and Request for Public Comments"

• August 2000-
  
  "CRE Issues Report Card on SEC Auditor independence Rule"
  
  "USTR and CEQ Seek Second Set of Comments on Environmental Guidelines"
  
  "EPA Proposes to Clean up the Diesel Engine's Act with New Emission Standards"
  
  "EPA Establishes Error Reporting and Correction Process for "TRI" Database"

• July 2000-
  
  "FCC Chairman Announces Plans for Cable TV-Internet Access Proceeding"
  
  "OMB Requests Public Comment on Disclosure of Lobbying Activities Form"
  
  "Associated General Contractors of America and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Announce Partnering Initiative"

• June 2000-
  
  "NHTSA Takes Lead in Addressing Driver Distraction"
  
  "In an effort to raise awareness of children's online privacy protection, the Federal Trade Commission is seeking to identify organizations to participate in and co-sponsor a campaign designed to promote the FTC's implementation of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)"
  
  "FCC Invites Comment on Information Collection Regarding Creation of Wireless Medical Telemetry Service"
  
  "EPA Solicits Comments on its Information Collection Procedures"

• May 2000-
  
  "CRE Proposes a Limited Extension of the Form Permitting Data to be Used for Small Disadvantaged Business Procurement Credits Until the Administration Proposes Regulations Implementing the Supreme Court Decision in Adarand Constructors, Inc."
  
  "Clinton Administration Proposes Enhanced Consumer Privacy Legislation for the Financial Services Industry"
  
  "OSHA Promulgates Interim Final Rule to Comply with Electronic Freedom of Information Act (EFOIA)"
  
  "Transportation Department Publishes List of Actions Under Review"
  
  "Social Security Administration (SSA) Successfully Fulfills Requirements for Computer Matching Program"

• April 2000-
  
  "EPA Safeguards Confidential Business Information"
  
  "Department of Justice Antitrust Procedures in Grain Case Offers Template for Resolving Microsoft Litigation"
  
  "A Private Sector Proposal to the FTC to Protect the Online Privacy of Children"

• March 2000-
  
  "Corps of Engineers to Cease Publication of
  Regulatory Guidance Letters In the Federal Register A New Way to Save Money?"
  
  "Proposed NASD/SEC Regulation to Raise the Day Trading Margin Requirement From $2,000 to $25,000"
  
  "US Civil Rights Commission Surveys: Another Case of Paperwork Reduction Act Evasion"
  
  "Federal Banking Agencies Have Issued Proposed Rules Which Deal with the Privacy of Consumer Financial Information. The Question is, Do the Proposed Rules Go Too Far or Not Far Enough?"
  
  "President Clinton Signs Executive Order Directing Environmental Review as Part of Trade Agreements. Call for Public Comments Issued."

• February 2000-
  
  "Cell Phone Tower Safety Issue to top NIOSH Board of Scientific Counselors Meeting March 10."
  
  "USDA-HHS Advisory Committee Issues Recommendations for U.S. Dietary Guidelines. Meeting Announced and Call for Public Comments Issued."

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