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News & UpdatesOctober 24, 2008 Climate Change Affects Health Through Food, Water SafetyBy: Emaxhealth The effects of climate change on food and water safety and nutrition are the subject of a seminar, held in Rome, Italy today, jointly organized by WHO/Europe, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and... October 24, 2008 Nonprofits Poorly Prepared for Disasters, Study SaysBy: The Washington Post The Washington region's network of nonprofit groups is ill-prepared to respond to a natural disaster or terrorist attack, with a capacity to deal with just 5 percent of the likely need for food and shelter and with no... October 24, 2008 Nuclear Power May be in Early Stages of a RevivalBy: New York Times After three decades without starting a single new plant, the American nuclear power industry is getting ready to build again.When the industry first said several years ago that it would resume building plants, deep skepticism... October 24, 2008 Chertoff finds silver lining in economyBy: Houston Chronicle Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on Thursday urged the next president to take advantage of slowing illegal immigration during the country's economic downturn to create a temporary guest worker program. Chertoff issued... October 23, 2008 China reviews food safety draft law following tainted dairy products scandalBy: newsxinhaut.net China's top legislature on Thursday started to review a draft law on food safety, which sets stricter food quality standards and demands greater government responsibility. The draft, which was revised after the recent... October 23, 2008 FDA inspection system outdated, slow: reportBy: Reuters The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's system that monitors inspections of drug manufacturing plants worldwide is outdated and inaccurate, according to a government report released on Wednesday. The FDA, which oversees products... October 23, 2008 Credit Rating Agency Heads Grilled by Lawmakers  By: NY Times Conflicts of interest were largely responsible for the disastrous performance of credit rating agencies in assessing the risks of mortgage-backed securities, two former high-ranking officials at Moody’s Investors Service and... October 23, 2008 FTC Will Grant Six-Month Delay of Enforcement of 'Red Flags' Rule Requiring Creditors to Have Identity Theft Prevention ProgramsBy: Federal Trade Commission The Federal Trade Commission will suspend enforcement of the new “Red Flags Rule” until May 1, 2009, to give creditors and financial institutions additional time in which to develop and implement written identity theft prevention... October 23, 2008 TSA to Assume Watch List Vetting with Secure Flight ProgramBy: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced the issuance of the Secure Flight Final Rule, which shifts pre-departure watch list matching responsibilities from individual aircraft operators to the Transportation... October 22, 2008 New National Alert System Is Set BackBy: THE WALL STREET JOURNAL White House officials have asked the Department of Homeland Security to put on hold any new spending on an alert system that carries a price tag of more than $150 million, after government reports expressed doubts it will be... CONTENT BEING DEVELOPED[What would you find useful here?]
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