EPA budget audit finds improvement
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An audit found improvement in the Environmental Protection Agency&#39;s recent budgets, including a reduction of the Superfund deficit from $82.7 million to $7.6 million in 2004.
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As expected, FDA officials on Friday announced plans to improve the procedures used by the agency to monitor the safety of medications after they reach the market, the Newark Star-Ledger reports.
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The federal government quietly began auditing an Atlanta hospital's data security procedures in March -- the first audit of its kind since HIPAA-mandated security rules took effect in 2005.
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By Jack Betts, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Dec. 17--For all of North Carolina's pressing environmental problems, there are notable success stories about things that work.
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The auditor general identifies problems with the Edinburgh rail link project but gives the trams plan a clean bill of health.
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The US Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that Louisiana meets a new federal standard for a type of air pollution. Louisiana was one of 30 states that got the clean bill of health
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The EPA findings will require 20 states and the District to devise strategies to reduce dangerous levels of soot pollution in the air.
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The quality of the health care provided to millions of Americans improved last year across several dozen categories, including increased immunization rates among insured children.
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UK public finances improved slightly in January, despite a fall in corporation tax receipts, official figures show.
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It will cost at least $12 billion to clean up contamination from tens of thousands of gasoline storage tanks that are leaking underground, congressional auditors say.
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By Tina Lam, Detroit Free Press  May 26--Michigan is getting shortchanged on federal funds to test for contamination at its beaches, according to a new federal report.
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The Environmental Protection Agency has enjoyed unusual success in bringing down pollution levels from some of the nation's largest oil refining companies.
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By James Mayse, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.  Mar. 9--In 2006, Tradewater/Lower Green River Watershed Watch conducted fewer water tests than usual in the Owensboro region because of limited funds.
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The United States is making progress toward the goal of reducing cigarette smoking and cleaning up indoor air, according to two reports published Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The Supreme Court strengthened a landmark anti-pollution program yesterday, enabling companies to recover costs when they voluntarily clean up hazardous material.
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The new guidelines are part of an effort to make compliance on accounting less costly for small companies.
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U.S. state tobacco control programs are effective at cutting the number of smokers, and states that spend more get the best results, federal health officials said on Tuesday.