Food and Drug Administration
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The Federal Drive talks to the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services about its new and long-awaited electronic system. Plus, we continue our series on the Service to America Medal finalists and learn about a "stock market" for fish.
May 22, 2012 -
On this week's show, host Allen Scott examines efforts to cut health care costs and their potential implications for businesses and federal and state budgets. Guests include Health Care Analysts Christopher Flavelle and Brian Rye, and Congressional Analyst Loren Duggan.
May 10, 2012 -
You might think your personal email is … personal. But that’s probably not the case when you’re at work. Six former Food and Drug Administration staffers have sued their former agency for looking at their…
February 09, 2012 -
Federal employees increasingly perceive less agency wrongdoing but that doesn't necessarily mean the threat of retaliation for reporting such misconduct has similarly decreased, according to a new Merit System Protection Board report.
November 15, 2011 -
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.
November 04, 2011 -
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.
November 02, 2011 -
After the Office of Special Counsel intervened on their behalf, two federal whistleblowers won a 45-day stay on personnel actions taken against them.
October 14, 2011 -
FDA\'s Bill Maisel, the deputy director for science and the chief scientist at the Center for Devices and Radiological Health joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss a planned network of outside experts.
October 14, 2011 -
The Food and Drug Administration has named Eric Perakslis as its new chief information officer and chief scientist for informatics.
October 12, 2011 -
The Office of Special Counsel is seeking to halt adverse personnel actions against two federal whistleblowers. Both employees were placed on unpaid administrative leave after they blew the whistle at their agencies.
October 11, 2011 -
The Food and Drug Administration wants the public to comment on eight draft proposals aimed at making the agency\'s enforcement data more \"accessible and user-friendly,\" according to a release.
October 03, 2011 -
Sherri McGarry, a senior adviser with the Office of Foods at the FDA, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss the new food-safety efforts at FDA.
September 28, 2011 -
The National Institutes of Health Director, Dr. Francis Collins, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to explain a partnership between the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration.
September 22, 2011 -
Dr. Lawrence Deyton is the director for the Center for Tobacco Products at the FDA.
July 05, 2011 -