The Iran-contra scandal of 1987 was a major setback, as the Reagan administration bypassed the new oversight procedures to conduct a covert war in Nicaragua -- against the will of Congress.
Ultimately, IRBs will need to go beyond simply modifying traditional oversight procedures to fundamentally incorporating how CBPR ethics redefines the research enterprise itself, including researcher-participant relationships, academic-community interaction, and the right-to-know about chemicals in people's environments, homes, and bodies.
The report echoes more general concerns raised on Wednesday in Congressional hearings, when the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Gregory Jaczko, fielded questions from lawmakers about the age of the nation's nuclear plants and whether safety and oversight procedures needed to be revisited.
If someone gathers the courage to leave an abusive marriage, shouldn't there be oversight and procedures to protect him/her from being revictimized, and punished, by a retaliatory spouse?
Christine Mangi, the agency's spokeswoman, said, "As soon as we saw the draft report, we took aggressive steps to terminate VBP's 8 (a) certification, cancel the contract, and develop and put in place stronger oversight procedures and training to see that something like this doesn't happen again".
They also argue that current oversight procedures are adequate to ensure public safety.
Although Barton called it a "friendly hearing," he warned that the panel would be "much more unfriendly" if Varmus failed to respond to the panel's concerns by tightening oversight procedures and taking new steps to block the use of NIH funds for embryo research.
In this latest case, Americans are entitled at the very least to hear from the Justice Department what it considers to be the limits of its "scrupulous respect" for their civil rights and personal freedom -- and what oversight procedures will be used to keep the F.B.I. in check.
Dr. Bruce C. Vladeck, who was appointed interim president in March, said through a spokeswoman that university officials were already moving to tighten their oversight procedures.
Fourth, the government argues that it has in place rigorous oversight and review procedures to ensure that the database is not used for any improper purpose.
"California has very weak oversight procedures as far as allowing an institution to operate within its borders.
