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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Head of CPSC Opposes Measure |
| Published: October 5, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Head, Cpsc, Opposes, Measure, Nancy Nord, Joseph Mcguire, Mark Pryor, Nike Inc, Ann Brown, Bill Clinton, Dick Durbin, Gaithersburg, Association Of Home Appliance Manufacturers, Consumer Federation Of America, National Association Of Manufacturers, U S Consumer Produc |
| The acting chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission yesterday sided with business groups in opposing a Senate proposal that would make it easier for the agency to disclose potential product hazards. |
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| Product Safety Chief Sees Setbacks in Senate Bill |
| Published: October 26, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Product, Safety, Chief, Sees, Setbacks, Senate, Bill, Mark Pryor, Nancy Nord, Daniel Inouye, U S Consumer Product Safety Commission |
| The chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission says a Senate bill that would more than double the agency's budget and expand its authority would be too difficult for the agency to implement and "put the American people at greater risk." |
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| CBS: Bush Administration has Ruined' Halloween & Christmas |
| Published: October 31, 2007, 1:21 pm |
| Tags: Congress, Conservatives Amp Amp Republicans, Government Agencies, Liberals Amp Amp Democrats, Regulation, Chip Reid, Julie Chen, Nancy Nord, Nancy Pelosi, Cbs Evening News, Early Show |
| gave prominent coverage to Nancy Pelosi's call for the resignation of the head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Nancy Nord. In an interview with Nord on Wednesday's "Early Show" co-host Julie Chen asked: American parents are upset, they're frightened, they feel like their Halloween and their Christmas is now ruined. They |
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| Consumer Product Safety Commission chief urged to resign |
| Published: October 31, 2007, 1:30 pm |
| Tags: China, Chinese Toys, Chinesetoys, Cpsc, Democrats, Lead Paint, Leadpaint, Nancy Nord, Nancy Pelosi, Nancynord, Nancypelosi, Product Safety Bill, Productsafetybill, Safe Toys, Safetoys, Toy Safety, Toy Tester, Toysafety, Toytester |
| to Speaker of the House Nancy Peolosi and her Democratic Party colleagues. In fact, Nancy Nord, who was appointed chairwoman of the CPSC by President George W. Bush, has steadfastly opposed legislation that would increase the agency's authority and staff, double its budget and increase penalties for safety violations.Pelosi is now calling |
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| Industries Paid for Top Regulators' Travel |
| Published: November 2, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Industries, Paid, For, Top, Regulators, Travel, Hal Stratton, Nancy Nord, China, New Orleans, Steve Coronado, Ann Brown, South Carolina, Hilton Head Island, Joan Lawrence, Julie Vallese, Pam Gilbert, Defense Research Institute, Spain, Toy Industry Association Inc, U S Office |
| The chief of the Consumer Product Safety Commission and her predecessor have taken dozens of trips at the expense of the toy, appliance and children's furniture industries and others they regulate, according to internal records obtained by The Washington Post. Some of the trips were sponsored by ... |
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| Industries Paid for Top Regulators' Travel |
| Published: November 2, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Industries, Paid, For, Top, Regulators, Travel, Hal Stratton, Nancy Nord, China, New Orleans, Steve Coronado, Ann Brown, South Carolina, Hilton Head Island, Joan Lawrence, Julie Vallese, Pam Gilbert, Defense Research Institute, Spain, Toy Industry Association Inc, U S Office |
| The chief of the Consumer Product Safety Commission and her predecessor have taken dozens of trips at the expense of the toy, appliance and children's furniture industries and others they regulate, according to internal records obtained by The Washington Post. Some of the trips were sponsored by ... |
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| Safety Agency Requests Review of Travel Policy |
| Published: November 3, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Safety, Agency, Requests, Review, Travel, Policy, Nancy Nord, Dick Durbin, Hal Stratton, The White House, U S Consumer Product Safety Commission, The Washington Post Company, Amy Klobuchar, Rahm Emanuel, Democratic Caucus, U S Office Of Government Ethics |
| Consumer Product Safety Commission chief Nancy Nord yesterday requested an outside review of her agency's travel policies after a report detailing dozens of trips paid by manufacturers' groups for her and her predecessor stoked outrage in Congress. |
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| Safety Agency Requests Review of Travel Policy |
| Published: November 3, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Safety, Agency, Requests, Review, Travel, Policy, Nancy Nord, Dick Durbin, Hal Stratton, The White House, U S Consumer Product Safety Commission, The Washington Post Company, Amy Klobuchar, Rahm Emanuel, Democratic Caucus, U S Office Of Government Ethics |
| Consumer Product Safety Commission chief Nancy Nord yesterday requested an outside review of her agency's travel policies after a report detailing dozens of trips paid by manufacturers' groups for her and her predecessor stoked outrage in Congress. |
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| CPSC's Ethics-Review Process For Travel Criticized by Experts |
| Published: November 6, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Cpsc S, Ethics Review, Process, For, Travel, Criticized, Experts, Hal Stratton, Nancy Nord, Page Faulk, John G Mullan, Ross Koeser, China, Toy Industry Association Inc, U S Consumer Product Safety Commission, United States, Pennsylvania, Intercontinental Mark Hopkins H |
| Top officials at the Consumer Product Safety Commission repeatedly took costly trips at industry expense after internal reviews that ethics experts say were weak and superficial, including one instance in which the agency's ethics official traveled with the commission chairman as a guest of a... |
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| There She Goes, Flying Off to Japan |
| Published: November 23, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: There, She, Goes, Flying, Off, Japan, Nancy Nord, Julie Vallese, Hal Stratton, Ministry Of Economy Technology And Industry, The Washington Post Company, Elizabeth Williamson, Quin Dodd, Japanese National Institute Of Technology And Evaluation, U S Consumer Product S |
| It's Black Friday, the end of a dark week for the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which issued more hazardous-product recalls, fended off continuing criticism and issued its own guide to an ever-shorter list of safe holiday gifts for children. |
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| Goodbye to Bob |
| Published: January 5, 2008, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Goodbye, Bob, Robert L Hundemer, United States, Julie Vallese, Nancy Nord, Fisher Price Inc, Dick Durbin, Cbs Corporation, The New York Times Company, Gaithersburg, Springfield, U S Consumer Product Safety Commission |
| Bob has dropped his last toy. Robert L. Hundemer, the man who unwittingly became a symbol of the nation's underfunded product safety system, retired Thursday after more than 25 years of government service. In the midst of last year's toy recalls, Hundemer, an engineering technician with the Consu... |
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| CPSC to screen for dangerous toys at US ports |
| Published: March 8, 2008, 4:03 am |
| Tags: China Imports, Chinaimports, Cpsc, Cpsc Reform, Cpscreform, Hazardous Toys, Hazardoustoys, Lead Tainted Toys, Leadtaintedtoys, Long Beach Port, Longbeachport, Nancy Nord, Nancynord, Port Of Long Beach, Portoflongbeach, Recall, Recalls, Toxic Toys, Toxictoys |
| States. Acting Chairman Nancy Nord , Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Assistant Commissioner Daniel Baldwin and California Director of Consumer Affairs Carrie Lopez together announced the creation of the Import Surveillance Division at the CPSC. The new division will coordinate with the CBP to inspect, detect and stop hazardous toys and |
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