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Friday, July 29, 2005

More Recent OIRA Meetings

• Tue Jun 21, 2005: OMB met with small business over the EPA Pretreatment Streamlining Rule. Those in attendance included representatives from SBA's Office of Advocacy, the Water Quality Assessment Program, the National Water Quality Assessment Program, EPA and the Policy Group.
• Tue Jun 28, 2005: OMB met with international aid and development groups over the marketing and branding of USAID. Those in attendance included WHO Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, USAID, the Association of PVO Financial Managers), IFES/Interaction (International Development), Catholic Relief Services, World Vision and Interaction.
• Tue Jul 5, 2005: OMB met with USDA and the Australian Embassy over the "prohibition of the use of SRN for human food." Presumably, the meeting was actually over SRM, or specified-risk materials. Specified-risk materials are the brain, nervous and spinal tissue most likely to contain the prion that causes mad cow disease.