President Obama signs Sequestration Transparency Act and more

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Advocacy at a Glance offers you the bullet point summary of current advocacy issues associated with the goals of the Alliance for a Stronger FDA.

  • President Obama signs Sequestration Transparency Act. On Tuesday, August 7, President Barack Obama signed the Sequestration Transparency Act, which requires the administration to provide specific details regarding the budget cuts that will occur if the sequester process occurs in January of 2013.

  • FDA Chief Information Officer Meeting, August 22 at 2:00 p.m. Eric Perakslis, the CIO of FDA has agreed to meet with the Alliance to discuss how the agency’s resources impact its technological and informational capacities. The meeting will take place on August 22 at 2:00 p.m.

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