When the Obama administration killed a plan to create a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, the government established a "blue-ribbon commission" to study what to do next.
Following a grand jury's indictment of the two residents involved, the New York State Commissioner of Health established a blue-ribbon panel of experts headed by Bertrand M. Bell, a primary care physician.
Dr. Solnit, 80, has retired but remains active through his chairmanship of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Mental Health, established by Gov. John G. Rowland, to study mental illness and recommend methods for improving prevention and treatment.
What needs to be established is a blue-ribbon study group that is agreed to by both parties and that both parties agree to carry out the recommendations.
Interestingly, his column comes days before the 32nd anniversary of the all-volunteer armed forces, established by a blue-ribbon commission that noted the unfairness of conscription while championing the economic grounds and the effectiveness of a volunteer force.
Dr. Macfarlane, who was a member of a blue-ribbon commission established by the Obama administration to look at alternatives to Yucca Mountain, has been vocal in the past about what she views as shortcomings in the process that led to the selection of the site.
The United States can find a way to dispose of its nuclear waste, even if the current program is at an impasse, according to the blue-ribbon commission established by President Obama after he ended the government's planning for making Yucca Mountain in Nevada the nation's nuclear waste repository.
The blue-ribbon panel established by Congress to investigate the causes of the financial crisis holds its first meeting, with a guest list focused on the survivors.
The blue-ribbon commission established by Congress last year to investigate the 2008 financial crisis will finally hold its first public hearing on Wednesday.
This will not happen until a real blue ribbon commission is established to recommend basic changes to the county's outdated charter, which was written in the early 20th century.
