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Congress is taking a holiday week off, heading home to wave flags and eat hot dogs. Some listening is in order, too.…
Jun 29, 2009Eyes are rolling, especially in reaction to the idea that Google is a relatively small player in a giant market. “They describe…
Jun 29, 2009Doug Heller, executive director of Consumer Watchdog, a Santa Monica advocacy group, complained that Poizner's proposal would give insurance companies too much…
Jun 27, 2009John Simpson of the Santa Monica group Consumer Watchdog said many of the recommended changes could be implemented without delay. One example…
Jun 27, 2009"It's hard for me to comprehend why, when taxpayers are funding so much of the transition, and we're making specific choices about…
Jun 27, 2009To reduce potential conflicts of interest in the state's $3 billion stem cell research program, a government watchdog group called Friday for…
Jun 27, 2009California’s good-government agency approved a series of recommendations to reform the operation and governance of the state’s stem cell research funding organization.…
Jun 27, 2009Marie Csete will resign Aug. 1 as the chief scientific officer of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine after 15 months in…
Jun 26, 2009Key 'Little Hoover' Recommendations Follow Consumer Watchdog's Proposals Santa Monica, CA -- California’s good government agency, The Little Hoover Commission, today called…
Jun 26, 2009The chief scientific officer at California's stem-cell agency has announced that she will step down from her position in a little over…
Jun 26, 2009The big banks just launched a supposedly 'grass-roots' campaign to try and rehabilitate their image. Said Americans United for Change today: “What…
Jun 26, 2009Washington, D.C. -- Insurance policyholders whose legitimate insurance claims were low-balled, delayed or denied by their insurance companies testified before the D.C.…
Jun 26, 2009Health Reform Should Reduce Medical Errors, Not Immunize Negligent Providers for Mistakes that Maim and Kill Innocent Patients Washington, D.C. –-…
Jun 26, 2009Washington, DC -- Consumer Watchdog called upon President Obama to prioritize the purchase of an insurance policy for victims of defective GM…
Jun 26, 2009The resignation of the top science officer at California's stem cell research funding agency, some say, is exposing deeper management problems at…
Jun 25, 2009This My View was co-signed by Birny Birnbaum, executive director of the Center for Economic Justice; Douglas Heller, executive director of Consumer…
Jun 25, 2009Dr. Marie Csete has resigned as chief science officer at California's stem cell agency effective Aug. 1 after a little more than…
Jun 24, 2009Nebraska's Democratic United States Senator Ben Nelson is one of the holdouts on national health care reform. He had a hard time…
Jun 24, 2009