POSC 130g: Law, Politics, and Public Policy

Below are links to regulatory agencies and documents related to the paper assignment.

Department of Health and Human Services: Food and Drug Administration

Genetically Modified Foods (Foods derived from new plant varieties; policy statement, 22984)

• Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Senate Congressional Testimony of Susan Mayne, Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration.
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
• FDA Food from Genetically Engineered Plants Home Page

Certification of Clinical Trials (Food and Drug Administration Amendments Acts – FDAAA of 2007)

• ClinicalTrials.gov FDAAA 801 Requirements
• Frequently Asked Questions, FDAAA - Further Resources for NIH Grantees
• Govtrack Legislative History

Department of Homeland Security

National Security Presidential Directive/NSPD – 59/Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD – 24: Biometrics for Identification and Screening to Enhance National Security

• Biometrics.gov Home Page
• DHS Biometrics Strategic Framework, 2015 – 2025
• FOIA Marker, George W. Bush Presidential Library Archives
• GAO Report, DOD Can Better Conform to Standards and Share Biometric Information with Federal Agencies
• Legal Resources, Attorney General's Report on Criminal History Background Checks, Office of the U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice