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FDA Urged to Ensure Adequate Funding in FY 2012 Budget Request
August 10, 2010 by Cindy Arevalo|Congress

On August 5, 2010, several House Committee and Subcommittee Chairmen sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius regarding funding levels for the Food and Drug Administration in the FY 2012 budget request. The letter urges Secretary Sebelius to ensure that the FDA’s FY 2012 budget request will set forth a funding level sufficient for FDA to fulfill its public health mission.

Senators Urge DoD to Address Problem of Counterfeit Parts in DoD Supply Chain
August 10, 2010 by Cindy Arevalo|Congress

In a letter sent to the Department of Defense August 6, 2010, Senators Brown (D) and Carper (D) urged the Administration to address the issue of counterfeit parts infiltrating the DOD supply chain. The senators cited two reports, one from the Department of Commerce ("Defense Industrial Base Assessment: Counterfeit Electronics,") and one from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) ("Defense Supplier Base: DOD Should Leverage Ongoing Initiatives in Developing Its Program to Mitigate Risk of Counterfeit Parts"), that describe this serious harm to military equipment and missions.

Senator Schumer Introduces Bill to Protect Fashion Design
August 9, 2010 by Cindy Arevalo|Congress

On August 6, 2010, the American Apparel and Footwear Association issued a press release announcing that Senator Schumer (D) had introduced the Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act (S. 3728), a bill that would offer intellectual property protection to unique and original fashion designs. Supported by the AAFA and the Council of Fashion Designers of America, S. 3728 would, for the first time, allow American designers to benefit from legal protections and at the same time continue to ensure the competitiveness of the U.S. apparel and footwear industry as it delivers fashionable and affordable clothing to consumers.