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Tag Archives: FACA violation
Yes, CFSAC, there is a FACA violation
“Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.”–From an 1897 editorial, “Is there a Santa Claus?” of The New York Sun I was contacted by a member of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee (CFSAC) regarding my blog post, “Oops, they did … Continue reading →
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Another CFSAC FACA Fail: DFO Misconstrues Law
On Monday, I published a post about CFSAC violating the Federal Advisory Committee Act (“FACA”) by failing to make the the working group’s draft P2P comments available to the public prior to, or at the time of, the January 2015 CFSAC meeting. … Continue reading →
Oops, they did it again! CFSAC violates FACA
This is a post about the violation of federal law by CFSAC yet again. This is also a post about how HHS has controlled CFSAC’s input on the P2P report. CFSAC violated FACA, the Federal Advisory Committee Act, again. Not … Continue reading →
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January 2015 CFSAC Comments: More HHS Disregard for the Law?
Yesterday, I sent the following email to Ms. James, DFO of CFSAC: Dear Ms. James, I heard that the CFSAC P2P Working Group had prepared a document for official submission regarding P2P to be discussed at the upcoming CFSAC meeting … Continue reading →
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