Comments on: An Apology to Sciences International, And My Continued Concerns http://thepumphandle.wordpress.com/2007/03/09/an-apology-to-sciences-international-and-my-continued-concerns/ A water cooler for the public health crowd Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:50:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Frank Mirer http://thepumphandle.wordpress.com/2007/03/09/an-apology-to-sciences-international-and-my-continued-concerns/#comment-756 Frank Mirer Mon, 12 Mar 2007 01:22:56 +0000 http://thepumphandle.wordpress.com/2007/03/09/an-apology-to-sciences-international-and-my-continued-concerns/#comment-756 The basic problem pointed out in the original post is still there: important parts of the preparation of guidance documents or regulations are contracted out of the agencies responsible. The host agency in this case niehs, lose the capability and the junior staff, to prepare the original draft for review by agency officials. The contractor to which the agency has given the work, has other clients. The other clients or entities who can pay, which is usually not the public interest community. The fact that this has gone on for years at NIOSH, NTP, OSHA, or EPA, doesn't make it any less of a problem this year or next year. The basic problem pointed out in the original post is still there: important parts of the preparation of guidance documents or regulations are contracted out of the agencies responsible. The host agency in this case niehs, lose the capability and the junior staff, to prepare the original draft for review by agency officials. The contractor to which the agency has given the work, has other clients. The other clients or entities who can pay, which is usually not the public interest community.

The fact that this has gone on for years at NIOSH, NTP, OSHA, or EPA, doesn’t make it any less of a problem this year or next year.

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