News tagged with government accountability office
Audit: Gas lines tied to fracking lack oversight
(AP) -- Government auditors say federal officials know nothing about thousands of miles of pipelines that carry natural gas released through the drilling method known as fracking, and need to step up oversight ...
Mar 23, 2012 |
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After insulin pump hacking, lawmakers seek review
(AP) -- Two lawmakers are requesting a review of the government's security standards for wireless medical devices after a diabetic discovered how to remotely reprogram his and other people's insulin pumps.
Aug 20, 2011 |
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FDA plan aims to increase import safety
(AP) -- U.S. food and drug regulators would share more information with their foreign counterparts as part of a multifaceted strategy to police the safety of millions of imported goods.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 20, 2011 |
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GAO: FCC must improve wireless industry oversight
(AP) -- Federal regulators receive tens of thousands of customer complaints about wireless services every year, but don't do enough to follow up or to protect consumers who have problems with their mobile carriers, government ...
Dec 10, 2009 |
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GAO: FDA yet to make safety changes post-Vioxx
(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration still hasn't restructured its staff to better monitor drug safety, more than three years after experts recommended key changes in the wake of the Vioxx scandal.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 09, 2009 |
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