Letter He Wrote Triggered Complaint, Investigation Although the letter did not prompt the institute staff to reconsider its decision, the nonprofit Consumer Watchdog organization complained to…
The San Diego Union-Tribune John M. Simpson of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa Monica said that John Reed, the Burnham's president, violated…
Sacramento Bee (California) John Simpson, stem cell project director for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, targeted Reed in a Nov. 21 complaint on the…
Warning Issued to Burnham Institute’s John Reed After Consumer Watchdog Complaint Santa Monica, CA -- California’s ethics commission has found that a member of the state…
California’s chief financial officer is supporting a bill that would order a study of how the state’s stem-cell research agency is governed, and its vulnerability to…
The San Diego Union-Tribune The commission has sent letters to the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa Monica and state Controller John Chiang to…
The San Diego Union-Tribune Taxpayer advocates who hammered the stem cell institute on the Reed matter were stymied as to how leaders of academic institutions did…
Burnham's Reed to be investigated by state commissionThe North County Times (San Diego, CA) In a related matter, the California Fair Political Practices Commission announced Tuesday…
The San Diego Union-Tribune (California) John Simpson of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights filed a complaint about the incident to the FPPC and asked…
POLITICAL ETHICS AGENCY ALSO ASKED TO INVESTIGATESan Jose Mercury News (California) California Controller John Chiang said he has asked the Fair Political Practices Commission to investigate…
Burnham Institute president John Reed improperly tried to influence a grant decision by California's $3 billion stem cell program, a state ethics committee said last week.…
