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I. Home Page
About CRE
CRE Advisory Board
CRE Electronic Newsletter
CRE Report Card
Site Map / Table of Contents
Links
Federal Websites Links Directory
Contact Information
II. The Data Access Issue
Background Information
Background and Basis for CRE Interest
New York Adopts Law to Guarantee Public Access to Scientific Data Used by State Regulatory Agencies
NIH Takes Lead in Implementing Data Access Rule Through Issuance of Guidance to Grantees and Applicants
CRE Sponsors Data Access Cost Reimbursement Symposium
Agencies Issue Interim Final Rule for Codification of Data Access
OMB Issues Final Rule on Circular A-110
OMB Reproposal of Circular A-110
CRE Introduction to OMB Reproposal
OMB Additonal Request for Comment
Fact Sheet on Data Access
Price-Walsh Amendment Text
House Rejects Price-Walsh Amendment
Data Access/Data Quality Information to Come
CRE Comments on Data Access
Strategy for Implementing Data Access Objectives
CRE comments to EPA on its March 22, 1999 memorandum to Administrator
CRE comments to OMB on its August 11, 1999 reproposal
Three Key Protections for Intellectual Property
CRE Comments on Proposed OMB Rule
Arguments Against Price-Walsh Amendment
Correspondence on Data Access
Letter from four Senators to OMB Director
Letter from Congressman Udall to OMB
Letter from Congressman Holt to OMB
Letter from 17 Congress Members to OMB Director
"Dear Colleague" Letter from Members of Congress to Appropriations Committee Members Opposing Price-Walsh
"Dear Colleague" Letter from Members of Congress Opposing Price-Walsh
Letter from Senators Shelby and Lott to Congressman Young Opposing Price-Walsh
Letter from Senators to OMB Director with Comments on Proposed Revision to OMB Circular A-110
Letter from Congress Member Emerson to OMB Director
OMB Director's Response to Letter from Congress Member Emerson
Documents from Other Sources
Data Access Comments on Interactive Public Docket
Medical Sentinel Announces New Data Access Policy
NIH, DOE, DOD Awarded $3.3 Million in Grants to Scientist Who Faked EMF Data
Letter from Former OIRA Administrators
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - Federal Focus Data Access Symposium
Transcript of the PBS Series "TechnoPolitics" Discussing the Data Access Issue (March 13, 1999)
National Research Council Press Release on "Open Exchange of Scientific Data" (April 10, 1997)
CRE-National Academy of Sciences (et al.) Dialogue on Data Access
III. The Data Quality Issue
CRE Receives Comments on its Draft Data Quality Rule
Richard B. Belzer, Washington University, Center for the Study of American Business
Daniel M. Byrd
III, Consultants in Toxicology, Risk Assessment, and Product Safety
James V. DeLong, Regulatory Policy Center
Kenneth Green, Reason Public Policy Institute
James O'Reilly, University of Cincinnati College of Law
Peter Voytek, Regulatory Sciences International
Roger Walk, Philip Morris USA
Background Information
Congress Directs EPA to Assess Opportunities for Judicial Review of Agency Information
OSHA Data Initiative Offers Opportunity to Enhance Data Quality
Rules for Ensuring the Quality of Data Disseminated by Federal Agencies (OMB)
OMB Requests Comments on Circular A-130: A Potential Mechanism for Correction of Federal Government Information
OMB Provides Interim Mechanism for Implementing Data Quality Measures Recommended by Congress and CRE
OMB Hosts Meeting as Part of New Data Quality Initiative
CRE Comments on Data Quality
CRE Petitions EPA to Modify EPA's Global Warming Website to Correct the Misleading and Incorrect Presentation of Information to the Public
CRE Explains Why EPA Must Deny and Dismiss the Pending Petition for Rulemaking Submitted by the International Center for Technology Assessment, to Regulate "Greenhouse Gases" from Motor Vehicles
Representative Emerson Issues Letter Asking OMB for Update on Data Quality Regulations and a Response to the CRE Draft Data Quality Rule
EPA Studies Demonstrate A Major Reduction in Dioxin Levels
CRE Proposes Draft Data Quality Regulation
Strategy for Implementing Data Quality Objectives
CRE comments to EPA on its March 22, 1999 memorandum to Administrator
How OMB Data Quality Regulations Will Help Resolve Disputes Over Global Warming
Correspondence on Data Quality
EPA Responds to CRE Interactive Public Docket Comment on Data Quality
Letter from Congress Member Emerson to OMB Director
OMB Director's Response to Letter from Congress Member Emerson
Letter from Congress Member Bliley to OMB Director
Letter from CRE to Congress Member Bliley
Other Federal Agency Developments Related to Data Quality
Memorandum from Administrator Browner on the Information Integration Initiative
IV. Regulation by Litigation
CRE Overview
The HUD Gun Suit
CRE Survey on the HUD Gun Suit
Public Comment on the Hud Gun Suit
Microsoft Litigation
Washington Post article on Microsoft
CRE Survey on Microsoft Litigation
Regulation by Litigation Issues Under Development
Biotechnology Industry
Paint Industry (leaded)
HMOs
Remedies
V. Regulation by Information
CRE Appeals EPA's Denial of FOIA Request for Names of Facilities EPA May Be Targeting for Clean Air Act Enforcement Action
Full Text of Damus Declaration
Plaintiffs' Briefing on Motion for Preliminary Injunction
Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction
Judge Hogann's Opinion
Proposed Amendment to Paperwork Reduction Act
VI. Regulation by Appropriation
VII. Special Projects
Court
May Stay 9th RoC "Known Carcinogen" Listing in Tozzi v. HHS
Tozzi Plaintiffs Again Delay Final Issuance of Dioxin Listing
NTP Postpones Its "Imminent" Release of 9th RoC Until May 15, 2000, Following Hearing in Tozzi v. HHS.
Litigation
over 9th RoC
Bitter
Medicine: Pharmaceutical Listings in the Report on Carcinogens
Background
on Ninth Report on Carcinogens (NIEHS/NTP)
Letter
to the Director of NIEHS
Attachment
to Letter
Letter
from Director of MBS to Oakland Environmental Services Manager
Regulatory
and Legislative Impacts of the Ninth Report on Carcinogens
NTP Board of Scientific Counselors to Meet on Tenth Report on Carcinogens
Summary of NTP's October
1999 Public Meeting on the Report on Carcinogens Program
VIII. CRE Watch List
EPA Announces Availability of Revised Pesticide Science Policy Document
IRS Clarifies Tax Reporting Requirements
IRS Clarifies Tax Reporting Requirements
SM: Labor Submits OSHA Information Request to OMB
IRS Clarifies Tax Reporting Requirements
SM: EPA is Improperly Using Proposed, Unvalidated Tests to Assess and Regulate Herbicides and Other Substances
ATF Requests Comments on Letterhead Applications and Notices Filed by Brewers
Department of Education Invites Comments on Proposed Information Request Regarding Centers for Independent Living Program
SM: EPA Solicits Comments on Two Draft Pesticide Science Policy Documents Concerning Pesticide Risk Assessment in Drinking Water
EPA Announces Availability of Revised Pesticide Science Policy Document
OMB Establishes New Rates for Hospital and Medical Care Treatment Provided by the United States
Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR) Announces the Availability of Seven Expert Panel Reports on Phthalate Esters and Solicits Public Comments on these Reports
CRE Issues Report on SEC Auditor Independence Rule
Legal Opinion Concludes Tech Transfer Act is Reviewable in Court
SM: MSHA Requests Comment on Proposed Information Collection Related to Gamma Radiation Exposure Record
SM: Justice, Treasury, and OMB Extend Deadline for Public Comment Regarding Proposed Financial Privacy and Bankruptcy Study
EPA's GPRA Plans Jeopardized By "Me-Too" FIFRA Registrations
SM: FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Mammography Quality Standards Act
SM: OSHA Data Initiative Offers Opportunity to Enhance Data Quality
SM: 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)
SM: OMB Announces Information Collection and Request for Public Comments
SM: CRE Issues Report Card On SEC Auditor Independence Rule
SM: USTR and CEQ Seek Second Set of Comments on Environmental Guidelines
SM: EPA Establishes Error Reporting and Correction Process for "TRI" Database
SM: OMB Requests Public Comment on Disclosure of Lobbying Activities Form
SM: FCC Chairman Announces Plans for Cable TV-Internet Access Proceeding
SM: Associated General Contractors of America and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Announce Partnering Initiative
SM: 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.
SM: Clinton Administration Proposes Enhanced Consumer Privacy Legislation for the Financial Services Industry
SM: Transportation Department Publishes List of Actions Under Review
SM: Social Security Administration (SSA) Successfully Fulfills Requirements for Computer Matching Program
SM: EPA Safeguards Confidential Business Information
SM: Department of Justice Antitrust Procedures in Grain Case Offers Template for Resolving Microsoft Litigation
SM: A Private Sector Proposal to the FTC to Protect the Online Privacy of Children
SM: US Civil Rights Commission Surveys: Another Case of Paperwork Reduction Act Evasion
SM: Proposed NASD/SEC Regulation to Raise the Day Trading Margin Requirement From $2,000 to $25,000
SM: USDA-HHS Advisory Committee Issues Recommendations for U.S. Dietary Guidelines.
PostalWatch attacks new regulation on Commercial Mail Receiving Agencies
Cancer Risk Assessment Guidelines (EPA)
Risk Assessment for Dioxin and Related Compounds (EPA)
Risk Characterization Handbook (EPA)
OMB
Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulation
IX. Emerging Regulatory Issues
Agriculture Department Announces Meeting of Advisory Committee on Agricultural Biotechnology
SM: Labor Seeks Information Regarding Disclosure Obligations of Fiduciaries of Employee Benefit Plans Governed by ERISA
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics to Hold Meeting
SM: ATSDR Proposes Information Collection for Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington State
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Releases List of Sites for which it Completed Public Health Assessments from April through June 2000
SM: FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Mammography Quality Standards Act
MBS Report on Regulatory Mandates in the Medicare Modernization Act of 2000
OMB Seeks Comment on Standards for Defining Metropolitan Areas
SM: OMB Publishes Changes to OMB Circular A-76 Revised Supplemental Handbook
SM: Corps of Engineers and EPA Clarify that Mechanized Excavation Activities are Likely to Result in Discharge of Dredged Material Subject to Regulation
President's Information Technology Advisory Committee Announces Meeting
Justice Announces Proposed Decree with American Chemical Services, Inc., et. al.
HCFA Proposes New System of Records
FDA Announces Withdrawal of Food Additive Petition
Agriculture Increases Desirable Carryout of Raisins Produced from California Grapes
Regulatory Implications of Mixing Criminal Liability and Product Liability
FDA Amends Food Additive Regulations
SM: MSHA Protects Miner Safety with Help from Depts. of Labor and HHS
SM: EPA Proposes to Clean up the Diesel Engine's Act with New Emission Standards
SBC Communications Inc. Opposes Breakup of Bundling by FCC
EPA Responds to CRE Challenge of Inconsistency in Cancer Hazard Descriptors
SM: OMB Requests Public Comment on Disclosure of Lobbying Activities Form
CRE Receives Comments on EPA National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Radionuclides
Rule by FAA Receives No Comments from Manufacturer Or Public
FTC Endorses Self-Regulation Proposal from Internet Advertisers
SSA Official Responds to CRE Regarding Opportunities for Public Comment
EPA to Begin Accepting Applications for Brownfields Pilots
Wood Products Maker Settles Charges with Government for $11.2 Million
SM: NHTSA Takes Lead in Addressing Driver Distraction
SSA Bypasses Regulatory Procedures in Order to Get Tough with Benefits Cheaters
EPA Responds to CRE Challenge of Inconsistency in Cancer Hazard Descriptors
Bell Atlantic Opposes Breakup of Bundling by FCC
Is the EPA setting the stage for another loss in court?
SM: Associated General Contractors of America and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Announce Partnering Initiative
Senate Unanimously Approves Truth in Regulating Act of 1999
SM: 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)
SM: FCC Invites Comment on Information Collection Regarding Creation of Wireless Medical Telemetry Service
SM: EPA Solicits Comments on its Information Collection Procedures
Bank of America Supports An Expansive Definition of Personal Data Which Can Be Released
SM: OSHA Promulgates Interim Final Rule to Comply with Electronic Freedom of Information Act (EFOIA)
Labor Department Explains Notices of Workers' Eligibility for Benefits from Two Assistance Programs
EEOC's Obligation to Implement a U.S. Supreme Court Decision Dealing with Quotas for Federal Contracts
New York Adopts Law to Guarantee Public Access to Scientific Data Used by State Regulatory Agencies
DOT Electronic Docket Greatly Improves Rulemaking Transparency
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Clarifies Selection Criterion for Advisory Board Membership
SM: Corps of Engineers to Cease Publication of Regulatory Guidance Letters In the Federal Register A New Way to Save Money?
SM: 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?
SM: President Clinton Signs Executive Order Directing Environmental Review as Part of Trade Agreements. Call for Public Comments Issued.
SM: Cell Phone Tower Health and Safety Issues on Agenda at NIOSH Board of Scientific Counselors Meeting March 10.
SM: USDA-HHS Advisory Committee Issues Recommendations for U.S. Dietary Guidelines. Meeting Announced and Call for Public Comments Issued.
SBA Issues Annual Report on Implementation of the Regulatory Flexibility Act for FY 1999
Supreme Court Ruling in Air-Bag Case Could Reshape Corporate Liability
Use of the Internet as a "Backdoor" Federal Register
Alleged Overstatement of Corporate Profits Could Lead to SEC Regulation
EPA's Better America Bonds
Side Air Bags
Council give AP Environmental Science Textbooks a C Average for being Light on Science
X. SM: CRE's Regulatory Action of the Week
Past CRE Regulatory Action of the Week Items
XI. Consumer Response Service
Negative Communication: Proliferation of Websites Targeting Selected Industry Projects
Positive Communication: CRE Consumer Response Service
XII. Interactive Public Docket
Introducing the Interactive Public Docket
Background and the Data Access Issue
Why an Interactive Docket?
Expansion to National Toxicology Program
Make a Comment
View Comments
Data Access Comments
Introduction to IPD on Data Access
OMB Data Access Proposals
Third Party comments to OMB
CRE analysis of comments
Comments to CRE's IPD
Data Quality Comments
National Toxicology Program Comments
Comments to CRE on Other Topics
