WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission needs to keep better track of the ethics advice it doles out to ensure former officials don't get caught up in conflicts of interest when they go into the private sector, a new government study has found. The report by the Government Accountability Office is the latest rebuke of the SEC's "revolving door" policies. A report by the SEC's inspector general earlier this year criticized the SEC for failing to keep adequate records about potential conflicts of interest.
[...] as Section VI argues, individual jurisdictions will adopt competition rules that are suboptimal from a global perspective. [...] by focusing attention on convergence, some commentators seem to have lost sight of one of the most remarkable developments of that last decade: the emergence of a global antitrust community with many shared values and a common language.
Last month, I had the privilege of attending the 2011 Healthy People Conference and Expo, which was sponsored by Loma Linda University School of Public Health, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente and a number of other entities from the health and human services sector. This conference is the premier conference on lifestyle medicine and prevention of chronic disease, and focused on bringing awareness to the direct impact of daily food choices on health. The mission of the conference is to bring people together, share information and develop strategies for achieving a new level of success in creating healthy communities. Have you ever heard of "blue zones"? A "blue zone" is a region of the world where people commonly live active lives past the age of 100 years. Scienti...
HARRISBURG, Pa., April 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners today gave final approval to hunting and trapping seasons and bag limits for 2011-12, including big and small game seasons and furbearer seasons. The Board also adopted antlerless deer license allocations for the 22 Wildlife Management Units, and are listed in the article below.
Cedar Grove Road in rural eastern Delaware has become an unlikely First Amendment battleground after state officials approved a neo- Nazi splinter group's application to "adopt" a 2-mile stretch of the road under the state Department of Transportation's litter-control program. Although the wording has been tempered from "Nazi Party" to "Freedom Party," residents are still riled over a pair of Adopt-A- Highway signs recently erected on the road in Sussex County. But free-speech analysts say that the state transportation agency, known as DelDOT, and the members of the organization are well within their rights.
As consumers show growing interest in products and producers who adopt sustainable, eco-friendly practices, more wineries are making the transition. And they are finding that such farming methods as organics and biodynamics; production approaches like using alternative energy, recycling, and less packaging; and business practices such as ensuring a worker-friendly workplace and involvement in the community not only can make for better wine, but also stronger business.
West Virginia's Adopt-A-Highway program has seen a gradual increase of volunteers since its inception, but officials are still hoping to attract more people into the program. Since the program began in 1988, volunteers have collected 61,148,412 pounds of trash, or about 30,574 tons.
Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed $400 million cut to community colleges could mean that as many as 350,000 students are turned away, according to Chancellor Jack Scott. That would be a travesty without at least examining other options that can reduce the $400 million. The Legislative Analyst's Office has proposed common-sense reforms that would mitigate the cuts while helping the state meet its educational goals. The Legislature should adopt the recommendations.
San Bernardino County supervisors would do well to adopt the slate of ethics reforms recommended last week by a group of distinguished county citizens. The reforms would go a long way toward cleaning up the county and - over time - erasing its unfortunate but well-earned reputation for corruption. Supervisor Janice Rutherford convened her Ethics Advisory Working Group in February to draw up changes in policies and procedures that could tamp down the corruption that has plagued county government for the past decade-plus. The group has now put forward its recommendations, which the board will consider on Tuesday.
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