Federal Panel

Source: www.msnbc.msn.com --- 2 days ago
Federal appeals judges say a lawsuit brought by seven Alabama Medicare patients who claimed they bought into a coverage plan that was misrepresented to them belongs in state court. ...

Source: www.latimes.com --- 24 days ago
Side effects of cancer treatments and stress from false positives outweigh any potential benefits, the group says. There's a backlash to the recommendation among some experts. Men over the age of 75 should no longer be screened for prostate cancer because the potential harm from the test results -- both physical and psychological -- outweighs any potential benefit from treatment, a Federal Panel said Monday. ...

Source: www.house.gov --- 24 days ago
(Washington, DC) - U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Queens/L.I.) today announced that the House Appropriations Committee has approved funds for at-risk youth and community education initiatives in Queens The funds, which Ackerman requested, were approved as part of the 2009 Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations bill. ...

Source: www.lexisnexis.com --- 57 days ago
PASADENA, Calif. - An underlying complaint's language is sufficient to potentially bring it within two policies' "advertising injury" coverage, which triggers an insurer's duty to defend, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled June 18, reversing a lower court's grant of summary judgment in favor of an insurer on claims including bad faith (Tradewind Products Inc. d/b/a Youcansave.com v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co., Hartford Casualty In. Co., No. 07-55550, 9th Cir.; 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 13153). Full story on lexis.com ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 57 days ago
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Source: blog.beliefnet.com --- 30 days ago
By Ashley McGlone Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) A Federal religious freedom watchdog Panel on Wednesday (July 30) asked President Bush to use his trip to the Beijing Olympics next month to speak publicly against abuses of religious freedom and human rights in China. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, joined by the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, also voiced support for a resolution pending in Congress that urges China to end all human rights violations. "We were in the White House and I told Bush that he had made a horrible mistake to go to the Beijing Olympics," said Wei Jingsheng, one of five Chinese freedom activists who met with Bush on Tuesday (July 29). "I do know that the Bush administration did try to push for human rights. Unfortunately, such an effort did not make much progress. Not only is there no improvement, as a matter of fact, human rights have gone backwards." In addition to a televised speech, the joint appeal asks Bush to urge the Chinese government to end religious oppression, to release detained religious leaders and groups, and to urge China to use its "considerable leverage" with Sudan to end the genocide in Darfur. "Hopes that the Olympic Games would dramatically improve human rights conditions in China have not been realized," said Felice D. Gaer, the commission's chairwoman. "Instead, the situation has grown increasingly dire, particularly for many of China's religious ad ...

Source: www.tennessean.com --- 8 days ago
A Federal appeals court Panel ruled Wednesday in favor of a Tennessee school system that banned the clothing that displayed the Confederate battle flag because of concerns the symbol could inflame racial tensions at a high school. ...

Source: www.govexec.com --- 28 days ago
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Source: www.georgiabulletin.org --- 1 day ago
DENVER (CNS) -- The next presidential administration needs to play a larger role in helping the city of New Orleans and the surrounding Gulf Coast continue their recovery from Hurricane Katrina, according to speakers at a side event to the Democratic National Convention in Denver. "The first major failure at... ...

Source: cbs4denver.com --- 29 days ago
A Federal Panel has expressed concerns about Colorado's plan to manage about 4 million acres of roadless national forest land, but a state official says new recommendations could be still be incorporated. ...

Source: www.ombwatch.org --- 57 days ago
Just before it broke for its July 4 recess, the Senate approved a bill (H.R. 3564) to reauthorize the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS). Congress initially formed ACUS in the 1960's, but vanquished it in the mid 1990's as part of the Newt Gingrich-led effort to reduce government. ACUS was a Panel of administrative law experts. ACUS studied the Federal rulemaking process and other operations of Federal agencies. The Panel took long-term views and made recommendations on improved performance. The bill would authorize ACUS to receive $3.2 million from FY 2009 — FY 2011. ACUS would be a bargain at twice the price, as it has the potential to more than pay for itself by making recommendations on improved government efficiency and performance. The idea of renewing ACUS is swimming in bipartisan support. It has already passed the House, where it is sponsored by Reps. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) and Chris Cannon (R-UT). According to BNA news service (subscription), Judiciary Committee leadership Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Arlen Specter (R-PA) pushed the bill through the Senate last week. The bill also has the support of two Supreme Court justices: Stephen Breyer and Antonin Scalia, both former members of ACUS. Technically, ACUS already exists. 2004 legislation reauthorized the Panel. Unfortunately, since then, Congress has not funded it, making it impossible for ACUS to have employees, computers, three-hold punches, etc. T ...

Source: www.oilweek.com --- 44 days ago
EDMONTON _ Three people have been appointed to a Federal-provincial Panel that will review a proposed hydroelectric project on the Peace River in northeastern Alberta.Calgary-based Glacier Power Ltd. wants to build a 100 megawatt project that would harness the power of the river`s current without building a dam.The facility, which would include 40 turbine units and a transmission lines, would be built near Dunvegan.The environmental review will include public hearings in the region that are expected to begin sometime this fall.The project will include the construction of channels to ensure that fish are protected from the turbines.The Panel, appointed by Ottawa and the Alberta government, includes Vern Hartwell, Doug Larder and John Baird. ...

Source: www.cumberlink.com --- 39 days ago
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Source: historycoalition.org --- 31 days ago
On July 23, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee cleared two bills designed to standardize and minimize the use of information control designations by the Federal government on information that is not classified ( H.R. 6576 ) and to prevent the over-classification of Federal information ( H.R. 6575 ). ...

Source: rescommunis.wordpress.com --- 59 days ago
by P.J. Blount with the blog faculty NASA announced a meeting of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel in today’s Federal Register (73 F.R. 37500). The meeting will be held July 17, 2008, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Central Time at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). The agenda will include “updates on Constellation Program [...] ...

Source: www.fwicki.com --- 23 days ago
A Federal task force has made the extraordinary decision to recommend that doctors stop giving routine blood tests for prostate cancer to men age 75 and older. In a recommendation made on Monday, the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force said doctors ... ...

Source: www.bloglines.com --- 48 days ago
Source: Crime & Justice " A divided Federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of death row inmate Christopher Scott Emmett's challenge of Virginia's lethal injection procedures, reports the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The majority in yesterday's 2-1 ruling said Virginia's three-drug procedures are similar to those of Kentucky that were were upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in April. Judge William B. Traxler Jr., writing for the majority in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, said Virginia's procedures are properly carried out and that 'in the 70 executions previously conducted by Virginia, there have been no reported problems.' Dissenting Judge Roger Gregory said the majority did not have the facts needed to determine that Virginia's procedures were substantially similar to Kentucky's. He said Virginia's three-drug mix 'has the potential to end in quiet, painless death or excruciating, silent torture depending on how drugs are administered." Emmett alleged that Virginia's procedures pose an unacceptable risk that the first drug, sodium thiopental, might not render the inmate unconscious, subjecting him to the pain of the other drugs that paralyze and stop the heart.'" Richmond Times-Dispatch - http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001OezDVQDJ2aB83ORVznl6kvWpOVMPDpBdZQsNBuF8qoFa2Nr34aREc69tzqJENmLogbTGNuMR2y_qCBx72EJwzflAZrLBCwcEeKfVYii5ac5VVtdZzwujUyXGdX6CwxAZOnTp5JZdQlZRvHF-iPuur-D58 ...

Source: www.fiercebioresearcher.com --- 50 days ago
In a move that should make it easier for millions of children in the U.S. to get their recommended vaccinations, a Federal vaccine advisory Panel has endorsed two new combination vaccinations. GlaxoSmithKline won a thumb's up from the advisory Panel for a four-in-one shot that guards against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio at a cost of $45. Sanofi Pasteur won an endorsement of its five-in-one shot for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b, or HiB. That jab costs $69. The vaccine advisory Panel's decision helps clear the way for 36 million children to receive the vaccines through the Vaccines for Children program. Both vaccines have been approved by the FDA. The new combination vaccines don't change the number of vaccinations that children are expected to receive. But it should make it easier for parents to keep track of which vaccinations have been completed. - read the report in the Baltimore Sun ...

Source: cnews.canoe.ca --- 28 days ago
OTTAWA - A Federal advisory Panel says the Harper government might be overestimating how much its climate-change plan will lower greenhouse gases. ...