In Brief: FDA budget
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA budget: Fiscal year 1999 budget proposal for FDA and other federal agencies slated for release Feb. 2. Like last year's proposal, the FY 1999 budget is expected to call for device user fees for deficit reduction. Hearings on FDA's budget are slated for Feb. 12 and March 31 by House and Senate Appropriations subcommittees, respectively. FDA is in ongoing discussions with the subcommittees over its fiscal 1998 operating plan. The agency recently delivered a revised plan after the first one was rejected as too general ("The Gray Sheet" Jan. 19, p. 9)...