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Heller, Ilene – Professional Engineer, 1978
Discusses the apparently opposing forces of worker safety, as represented by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and economic inflation spawned by expensive industrial processes needed to limit the emission of carcinogens. (CP)
Descriptors: Cancer, Costs, Federal Legislation, Government Role
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Hudak, Glenn A. – Tech Directions, 2005
Fuel cells may seem like a science fiction fantasy to many people, since they are an efficient and nonpolluting power source producing little noise and having no moving parts. But this futuristic energy source not only exists, it has played a key role in providing electricity on spacecraft since the 1960s. Currently, technologists are developing…
Descriptors: Fuels, Government Role, Industry, Energy
Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC. – 1976
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), created by the Communications Act of 1934, is an independent federal agency charged with regulating interstate and foreign communications by means of radio, television, wire, cable, and satellite. This bulletin briefly describes its objectives, activities, functions, organizational structure, the…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Broadcast Industry, Certification, Communications
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Deveaugh-Geiss, Joseph; March, John; Shapiro, Mark; Andreason, Paul J.; Emslie, Graham; Ford, Lisa M.; Greenhill, Laurence; Murphy, Dianne; Prentice, Ernest; Roberts, Rosemary; Silva, Susan; Swanson, James M.; van Zwieten-Boot, Barbara; Vitiello, Benedetto; Wagner, Karen Dineen; Mangum, Barry – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: To give academic researchers, government officials, and industry scientists an opportunity to assess the state of pediatric psychopharmacology and identify challenges facing professionals in the field. Method: Increased federal spending and the introduction of pediatric exclusivity led to large increases in pediatric psychopharmacology…
Descriptors: Safety, Psychiatry, Mental Disorders, Research Needs