Some costs benefit companies: study shows many regulations, under GOP attack, actually help industry

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A recent study by Congress's Office of Technology Assessment shows that many regulations of the sort issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Admin actually benefit industry, but the costs and benefits are hard to measure. Congress may pass legislation requiring govt bodies issuing new rules to consider their likely cost and compare it to the expected benefit, as well as increasing judicial oversight and making other changes industry favors. Neither side truly understands cost-benefit analysis, though, say critics.

Laws, regulations and rules, Reports, Occupational health and safety, Occupational safety and health, Cost benefit analysis, United States. Office of Technology Assessment

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Researcher gets 'hot' data on Rocky Flats; finally given access by U.S. agency, he finds that the records were radioactive

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A struggle over document discovery concerning the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant near Denver, CO, includes a radioactive item. Berger & Montague PC of Philadelphia represents plaintiffs against Dow Chemical Co. and Rockwell International Corp., contractors who ran the plant. Berger representatives say the US Dept of Energy (DOE) has not cooperated in handing over materials and cite an aura of secrecy, while the DOE contends plaintiffs are exceeding the discovery ordered by the court.

Regulation and Administration of Communications, Electric, Gas, and Other Utilities, Other Ordnance and Accessories Manufacturing, Nuclear Ordnance & Equip, Ordnance and accessories, not elsewhere classified, Dept of Energy, Regulation, admin. of utilities, Cases, Discovery (Law), Nuclear weapons plants, United States. Department of Energy. Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant

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Gore sets his sights on the DEA

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Vice Pres Al Gore wants to cut down on government duplication and waste by merging the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) with the FBI. DEAlobbyists are fighting this proposal with a memo that the war on drugs can best be fought by an agency confined to that mission. Proponents of Gore's proposal hope that it would lead to a re-examination of the philosophy behind the drug war, with more funds and effort going to prevention, rehabilitation and education than to enforcement.

Management, Narcotics, Control of, Narcotics control, Law enforcement, United States. Drug Enforcement Administration

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