Consumer advocacy groups such as Public Citizen or Food and Water Watch maintain that the safety of irradiated food is not proven, in particular long-term studies are still lacking, and strongly oppose the use of the technology.

* Remarks by Mark Worth, Public Citizen, to the FDA, Jan. 12, 2005

This has led to a class-action lawsuit by those harmed by the use of fluoroquinolones, as well as action by the consumer advocate group, Public Citizen.

Partly as a result of the efforts of Public Citizen, the FDA ordered black box warnings on all fluoroquinolones, advising consumers of their possible toxic effects on tendons.

By August 1996, the FDA had not taken action, and the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen filed a petition with the FDA, prompting the agency to act.

In 2006, Public Citizen, supported by the Illinois Attorney General, renewed its demand of ten years prior for black box warnings by filing a third petition requesting such changes be made.

When the FDA failed to respond to these two petitions as required by law, Public Citizen, in January 2008, filed suit to compel the FDA to respond to their 2006 petition.

Aided by the Public Citizen Litigation Group, the historian Stanley Kutler, who has written several books about Nixon and Watergate, sued for release of the transcripts of the testimony.

* Public Works Agency-Public Works Industry Social Network including Municipal Contractors, Municipalities and Citizen Engagement

However, the Committee of Public Safety was seen as an “ emergency ” government, and the rights guaranteed by the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen and the new constitution were suspended under its control.

Among those represented were Ralph Nader's Public Citizen organization ( Medea Benjamin and Linda Chavez-Thompson ), the Brazilian NGO Ibase ( Cândido Grzybowski and Moema Miranda ), the Brazilian association of entrepreneurs for citizenship CIVES ( Oded Grajew, founder of the WSF ), the Brazilian Commission on Justice and Peace ( Francisco Whitaker ), ATTAC ( Christophe Aguiton ), CRID France ( Gustave Massiah ), Focus on the Global South Thailand ( Nicola Bullard ), and the Alliance for a Responsible, Plural and United World ( Gustavo Marín ).

Current projects include Arts and Ecology, Citizen Power, Connected Communities, Design and Society, Education, Public Services, Social Brain, and Technology in a Cold Climate.

Soon after the FDA cleared the device, several members of Public Citizen stated in a letter to the editor of the medical journal Neuropsychopharmacology that the FDA seemed to have based its decision on a post-hoc analysis that did not establish the effectiveness of rTMS for the treatment of depression.

The Department also includes a Volunteers in Public Safety ( VIPS ) civilian volunteer team and a Community Emergency Response Team ( CERT ), both part of the Citizen Corps organization.

There is also a planning commission, as well as a Park Advisory / Urban Forestry Commission and Citizen Traffic and Public Safety Committee.

This controversy garnered regional and national attention, with anti-privatization non-profits such as Public Citizen noting the debate and outcome.

The petitioners include Public Citizen, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, and San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace.

Public Citizen is a non-profit, consumer rights advocacy group based in Washington, D. C., United States, with a branch in Austin, Texas.

Public Citizen was founded by Ralph Nader in 1971, headed for 26 years by Joan Claybrook, and is now headed by Robert Weissman.

Public Citizen advocates for the public interest before all three branches of the United States federal government.

Its five divisions include: Congress Watch ; Energy ; Global Trade Watch ; the Health Research Group ; and Public Citizen Litigation Group, a nationally prominent public interest law firm founded by Alan Morrison and known for its Supreme Court and appellate practice.

Broadly speaking, Public Citizen favors robust corporate accountability and strong government regulation, particularly in the areas of transport, healthcare, and nuclear power.

Founded by Ralph Nader in 1971, Public Citizen is funded by dues and contributions from its members and supporters, foundation grants, and publication sales and does not accept government or corporate funds.

Public Citizen runs with the slogan of “ Corporations have their lobbyists in Washington D. C.

The Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 empowered local authorities to maintain workshops for the elderly either directly or via the agency of a voluntary body.

General Public Utilities was legally obliged to continue to maintain and monitor the site, and therefore retained ownership of Unit 2 when Unit 1 was sold to AmerGen in 1998.

: The duties of government bodies to identify, maintain and update records about Public Rights of Way and to keep maps showing rights of way under continuous review.

Public security forces were composed largely of non-professionals and lacked the disciplined informant networks and personnel dossiers previously used to maintain order.

Public services must take into account the need to maintain accessibility features in the urban environment.

The lictores curiati were also responsible for summoning the Comitia Curiata ( the Public Assembly ) and to maintain order during its procedures.

The stated aim of the Federal Office of Public Health is to promote and maintain the health of all people living in Switzerland.

The toll goes to the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority, a bi-national agency that is charged to maintain the international bridge.

Monies from Cable television franchise fees are paid to government for use of right-of-way use of Public property, hopefully allowing other general fund monies to be used to operate the facilities, employ staff, develop curriculum, operate training workshops, schedule, maintain equipment, manage the cablecast of shows and publish promotion materials to build station viewership.

They maintain loyalty to artists such as Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, A Tribe Called Quest, Run-D. M. C., Mos Def, Audio Two and other similar MC's, past and present.

* Public Land / Water Access Association-The mission of the association is to maintain, restore, and perpetuate public access to the boundaries of all Montana public land and waters

Roughly sixty of these reports are produced each year, the most notable from recent years being the reports on MRSA, which led to an increase in public interest in the topic, the report on the rescue of British Energy and the report in the Public Private Partnership to maintain the London Underground.

The aim was to maintain the standard of teaching and level of equipment which is comparable to the best Public Schools in England.

The Marion Ohio Public Library and The Ohio Historical Society maintain microfilm libraries of newspaper for public research ; the paper is also accessible for a monthly subscription fee through www. ancestry. com and www. newspaperarchives. com.

: I maintain that the Government ’ s Public Private Partnership ( PPP ) is not the right way to manage the maintenance and renewal of the Tube.

Notably, the authors maintain that the license used, the GNU General Public License, is also a feature.

Parran declined the position of Director of the World Health Organization to attempt to maintain the independence of the Public Health Service from the newly created bureaucracy, the Department of Health Education and Welfare.

Public Safety Canada ( French: Sécurité publique Canada ), formerly known as Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada ( PSEPC ), legally incorporated as the federal Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, is the department of the government of Canada with responsibility for protecting Canadians and helping to maintain a peaceful and safe society.

Several dedicated parks organizations, including the Emerald Necklace Conservancy, the Friends of the Public Garden, the Franklin Park Coalition, and the Arboretum Park Conservancy, were created to protect, maintain, restore and advocate for the Emerald Necklace parks through the work of their staff, the donations of their constituents and the efforts of their volunteers.

In the United States, for example, Public Lands Survey plats are published in the chain unit to maintain the consistency of a two-hundred-year-old database.

The law creating the New York State Bridge Authority is found in the Bridge Authority Act, currently Sections 525 to 542 of the New York Public Authorities Law and defines the Bridge Authority ’ s mission as “ to maintain and operate the safe vehicle crossings over the Hudson River entrusted to its jurisdiction for the economic and social benefit of the people of the State of New York .”