Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional law
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Activities of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional law
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Nominations of Othoniel Armendariz and Kay Coles James
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Organization of Federal Executive Departments and Agencies
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
9/11 Commission Recommendations
Author: John IsebyPublisher: Nova Publishers
ISBN: 9781604565201
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
This title presents the 9/11 Commission's recommendations and the status of their implementation.
Congressional Award Act
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Congressional Award
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
Oversight of Food Safety Activities
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
GAO has documented many problems resulting from the fragmented nature of the federal food safety system and recommended fundamental restructuring to ensure the effective use of scarce government resources. In this report, GAO (1) identified overlaps in food safety activities at USDA, FDA, EPA, and NMFS; (2) analyzed the extent to which the agencies use interagency agreements to leverage resources; and (3) obtained the views of stakeholders. Several statutes give responsibility for different segments of the food supply to different agencies to ensure that the food supply is safe. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have the primary responsibility for regulating food safety, with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) also involved. In carrying out their responsibilities, with respect to both domestic and imported food, these agencies spend resources on a number of overlapping activities, such as inspection/enforcement, training, research, or rulemaking. For example, both USDA and FDA conduct similar inspections at 1,451 dual jurisdiction establishments--facilities that produce foods regulated by both agencies. Under authority granted by the Bioterrorism Act of 2002, FDA could authorize USDA inspectors to inspect these facilities, but it has not done so. Furthermore, USDA and FDA maintain separate training programs on similar topics for their inspectors that could be shared. Ultimately, inspection and training resources could be used more efficiently. GAO identified 71 interagency agreements that the agencies entered into to better protect public health and to coordinate their food safety activities. However, the agencies have weak mechanisms for tracking these agreements that, in some cases, lead to ineffective implementation. Specifically, USDA and FDA are not fully implementing an agreement to facilitate the exchange of information about dual jurisdiction establishments, which both agencies inspect. In addition, FDA and NMFS are not implementing an agreement designed to enable each agency to discharge its seafood responsibilities effectively. GAO spoke with selected industry associations, food companies, consumer groups, and academic experts, and they disagree on the extent of overlap and on how best to improve the food safety system. Most of these stakeholders agreed that laws and regulations should be modernized to more effectively and efficiently control food safety hazards, but they differed about whether to consolidate food safety functions into a single agency.
Surface Transportation Security
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research BoardPublisher:
ISBN: 9780309088039
Category : Emergency management
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Security on America's College Campuses
Author: United States SenatePublisher:
ISBN: 9781695881099
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Security on America's college campuses: hearing before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, April 23, 2007.