FDA Staffed Up to Review AI and Food Safety. Those Hires Are Now Gone.
Posted inArtificial Intelligence Califf, Robert M Diabetes Food Food and Drug Administration Food Contamination and Poisoning Government Employees Health and Human Services Department Hiring and Promotion Innovation Kennedy, Robert F Jr Layoffs and Job Reductions Medical Devices Presidential Transition (US) Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Robots and Robotics Tests (Medical) Trump, Donald J United States Politics and Government Wages and Salaries

FDA Staffed Up to Review AI and Food Safety. Those Hires Are Now Gone.

Teams evaluating high-tech surgical robots and insulin-delivery systems were gutted by Trump layoffs even though industry fees, not taxpayers, financed the employee salaries.
Nominee for Deputy Transportation Secretary Comes Under Fire for Handling of Boeing
Posted inAirlines and Airplanes Aviation Accidents, Safety and Disasters Boeing 737 Max Groundings and Safety Concerns (2019) Boeing Company Bradbury, Steven G Federal Aviation Administration Heritage Foundation Justice Department Presidential Transition (US) Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Transportation Department (US) United States Politics and Government

Nominee for Deputy Transportation Secretary Comes Under Fire for Handling of Boeing

In his previous stint in the Transportation Department, Steven Bradbury was accused of interfering with a Senate investigation into the crash of two Max jets that killed 346 people combined.
Oz, Trump’s Medicare Nominee, Pledges to Divest Interests in Health Care Stocks
Posted inAppointments and Executive Changes Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Dietary Supplements and Herbal Remedies Ethics and Official Misconduct Health Insurance and Managed Care Medicaid Medicare Office of Government Ethics Oz, Mehmet C Presidential Transition (US) Trump, Donald J United States Politics and Government

Oz, Trump’s Medicare Nominee, Pledges to Divest Interests in Health Care Stocks

The celebrity doctor said he would divest from his interests in many drug, medical and insurance companies, worth millions of dollars.
At Kennedy Center, Trump Inherits a Tough Job: Fund-Raising
Posted inArt Classical Music Kaiser, Michael M Kennedy Center Honors Kennedy, John F, Center for the Performing Arts Presidential Transition (US) Rubenstein, David M Trump, Donald J United States Politics and Government Washington (DC)

At Kennedy Center, Trump Inherits a Tough Job: Fund-Raising

For the arts institution, which receives only a small portion of its budget from federal funding, the perennial challenge is to raise additional revenue through ticket sales and private donations.