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Five key provisions in the just-signed 2022 intelligence authorization bill

March 15, 2022 Five, intelligence, Bill, provisions, 2022, Authorization, justsigned0 comment

The 2022 Intelligence Authorization Act hitched a ride on the $ 1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill signed into law by President Joe Biden on Tuesday. The bill authorizes funding for intelligence agencies, provides new legal authorities for priorities like emerging technologies, enacts new restrictions in some cases and gives Congress some additional oversight measures. Here are some highlights from the 2022 bill: Progress wanted on Trusted Workforce 2.0 The legislation requires the director of national intelligence and the director of the Office of Personnel Management to publish a “policy with…

FDA Botches Updates to Prescription Authorization System, Leaving Vulnerable Americans Without Critical Medication

January 10, 2022 Botches, Authorization, System, Americans, Without, critical, Leaving, Vulnerable, Updates, prescription, medication0 comment

Last month, dermatologists and pharmacists around the U.S. discovered they could no longer prescribe or dispense isotretinoin, an important dermatological medication, after the Food and Drug Administration botched software updates to the drug’s online reporting system known as iPledge. The updates weren’t adequately tested before they were launched, resulting in doctors unable to use the system and instead waiting for hours on the phone with the FDA to get prescription approvals. The system requires both prescribers and pharmacists to get authorization before any isotretinoin (commonly known by the brand name…