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FDA under fire for $1.5 million morale-boosting contract

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There's no doubt that the FDA has been having problems lately. The agency has been accused of not testing drugs thoroughly enough, and of ignoring warnings about drugs until many people had been affected. Apparently all the accusations have been having a huge effect on morale--enough that they gave a $1.5 million contract to a consultant to "boost morale."

Among the consultants solutions was a two-day retreat for nearly 500 employees, including a slide show that compared the FDA's top regulator, Janet Woodcock, to "visionary leaders" such as Golda Meir, Margaret Thatcher, Steve Jobs and Gandhi.

The FDA is defending the contract and conference as appropriate responses to a critical report from the Institute of Medicine in 2006. However, many lawmakers are calling the ideas ridiculous, especially in the face of the FDA claiming it doesn't have the manpower to put drugs through its approval process any faster.

To learn more about the expenses and controversy:
- read this Wall Street Journal piece

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the hell with the fda, on the medtronic sprint fedlis leads, i was one of the people that got twenty-two unessary shcoks. this is something that feels like a ball used for tearing down old buildings. only with a seven hunderd and fifty voitage behine it. all one can do is hold on to something nail down and pray, i mean realy pray.this is sonthing i want wish on my wrost emiany. and now the fda, is protecting, this company,for thier mistakes,i bet if it was any of the fda tribe, it would be a differnt story. i know that i would be speaking for everyone that has experanced.this horabal ordeal. and know the fda is proceting this company from giving us convensation.they need to hand deliver us money along with a sorry note. this has left me mential and phycially dmamge, i want laugh to loud for fear.i don't dance, exerice go horse backriding or play with my grand childern in fact my grand childern don,t come for thier summer visit's beacuse i'am alway's in bed from a anxenity attack. i dream that i've shock,i'am connestly. at my doctor office wiht a flase alarm. i can sit here and go on and on. please try and understant, what this has done to our lives. please forward this email to the right hands. if the courts let metronic get away with this i will sleep on the step.s of who ever is responable. might as well i don't sleep much any way.thank you

Yes, Heaven Forbid the workers at FDA, after enduring almost a decade of politicization and a previous administration that did little more than install in the agency people whose stated goal is to dismantle government "to drown it in a bathtub," Heaven Forbind they have a meeting where they can actually meet their colleagues who are spawled out over 40 decrepit buildings in three states. And Janet Woodcock is a great administrator - let her enforce the law. Just ask the employees who told the President of Peanut Corp of America - they need a strong Agency to back them up when they tell their companies not to release contaminated products.

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