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authority and made analogies to the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission and the Office of Governmental Ethics. And the
Congress would appropriate funds directly for the NOHSR and
the Senate would confirm the Director nominated by the
President.
The office would have authority to sanction
violations of the regulations.
(Slide.)
And then going beyond the type of the office to
oversee government sponsored research Fletcher
recommended,in line with David's suggestion and something
we are going to hear more about from Tina, I guess, is the
extension of the oversight of the office to all human
subjects at least as to the basic provision of IRB review
and informed voluntary consent.
(Slide.)
Now we need to look at these recommendations
and say what are their strengths and weaknesses. For the
McCarthy recommendation the strengths seem to be that
lodging this in the office of a major department of the
government gives it protection because the Secretary is a
powerful figure in the United States Government and the
office, therefore, is not standing alone but has the
protection of the Secretary. And it would also make