President’s Advisory Commission

According to the President s Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry, there are five trends that summarize the characteristics of health insurance plans of the late 1990s ... 

In 1963, the President s Advisory Commission on Narcotics and Drag Abuse was outspoken in its condemnation of contemporary marihuana policy ... 

The issue of quality health care has become an increasing issue of concern in the face of cost constraints and limited access to health care. The President s Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry (32) states that the purpose of the health care system must be to continuously reduce the impact and burden of illness, injury and disability and to improve the health and functioning of the people of the U.S. According to the Commission, there are basic characteristics of health care that, as a nation, we should strive to achieve. The Commission has created Guiding Principles for the Consumer Bill of Rights and Responsibilities for the health care of people in the United States. These include the following ... 

President s Advisory Commission on Narcotic and Drug Abuse, Final Rep. 21-30 (1963). 

In 1963 the President s Advisory Commission on Narcotic. ind Drug Abuse found that public and professional education in... 

In 1998, the President s Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry proposed the creation of the National Quality Forum (NQF) as part of an integrated national agenda for quality improvement, and NQF was incorporated as a not-for-profit membership organization in 1999. Members include leaders from consumer organizations, purchaser organizations, provider organizations, health plans, and health service research organizations. Their... 

Because the President s National Commission (see References) expressed concerns about API s conflicted roles, API created the new center and installed an advisory board that includes several members of the regulatory and academic communities http //www.centerforoffshoresafety.org/... 

The AEC sent its draft report to the Bmeau of the Budget in mid-September. Initial reviews by the Bureau staff and by the President s Science Advisory Committee indicated concern over the report s emphasis on the urgency of the need for atomic power. Wiesner, who had always been lukewarm on the idea of such a report, was particularly outspoken in expressing this view. Budget director Bell decided to circulate the report to the State and Interior departments and to the Federal Power Commission for their reactions before making a decision on disposition of the document. After he discussed the report with Haworth and Wilson, the AEC redrafted and resubmitted it. The new draft incorporated a somewhat changed tone, but the conclusions remained essentially the same as in the September version. The president released it on 20 November, nearly three months after its deadline. ... 

In 1972, the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA Public Law 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.) was passed by Congress. Its purpose was to ensure that advice given to government by the various advisory committees, task forces, boards, and commissions formed over the years by Congress and the president, be both objective and accessible to the public. ... 

HERBERT I. FUSFELD is Director of the Center for Science and Technology Policy, New York University. A physicist, he received MA and PhD degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. He has held the positions of Director of Research for the American Machine and Foundry Corporation and Director of Research, Kennecott Copper Corporation. His professional and government activities include membership on the U.S./U.S.S.R. Joint Commission for Scientific and Technical Cooperation the Advisory Committee on International Investment, Technology and Development, Department of State the Advisory Coimcil of the National Science Foundation and the Board on Science and Technology for International Development of the National Academy of Sciences. He is a former president of the Industrial Research Institute. 

Dr. Tieraona Low Dog s extensive career in natural medicine began more than 25 years ago. A graduate of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Tieraona has served as president of the American Herbalists Guild and is currently the Director of the Fellowship at the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona School of Medicine. She has been involved in national health policy and regulatory issues, serving previously on the White House Commission of Complementary and Alternative Medicine and as a member of the Advisory Council for the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and is currently chair of the US. Pharmacopeia Dietary Supplements and Botanicals Expert Committee. 

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