One Agency's Attempt to Promote Transparency

FDA Transparency Blog
“Providing information to the public in a user-friendly and timely manner is critically important to the work of the agency and its credibility with the public. I have formed a Transparency Task Force, chaired by Principal Deputy Commissioner Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, to provide me with recommendations about how to make FDA and its processes more transparent to the public. If you have a suggestion about how to improve transparency at the agency, I encourage you to let the Task Force know by submitting or responding to a comment in the blog provided below. In addition to this blog you can also submit electronic comments to the federal register at www.regulations.gov, submit written comments to the Division of Dockets Management, or attend a public meeting on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 in downtown DC with some members of the Task Force. Additional details about how you can engage with the Task Force can be found here. The first blog post is to inform you of this process and our policy. Thereafter, we will be asking for you feedback on specific topics.”