The working meetings of administrative offices are attended by the commissioners, vice commissioners, advisors, assistant advisors, secretaries-general, and deputy secretaries-general to discuss major issues in
and are disseminated by public relations personnel and on FDA's website.227 The FDA's 1977 proposal also stated that private parties could file a citizen petition asking the Assistant Commissioner for Public Affairs to retract or correct publicity, and included procedures for expediting requests. 22...
When Medicare was established in 1965, the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW, now HHS) tasked SSA with administering the program. In 1977, HEW transferred responsibility for administering Medicare to the newly established Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA, ...