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  • July 2008

    • Federal Alcohol Labeling Rules Don't Go Down Easy

      Reason Magazine  |  Jul 24, 08 2:05 AM CDT

      Federal Alcohol Labeling Rules Don't Go Down Easy

      (Newser) - Energy drink makers can give their products names like Cocaine and Speed Freak, and it's fine for a perfume to be called Opium. But when a California microbrewer from the tiny town of Weed submitted an application for a new beer to the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, he was told that his company’s slogan—“Try legal Weed”—had to go, Reason reports. More »

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      alcohol  • beer  • bureaucratic blunders  • Weed, Calif.  • Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau

  • June 2008
  • April 2008

    • Census Bureau Downgrades Back to Paper

      nextgov.com  |  Apr 3, 08 6:56 PM CDT

      Census Bureau Downgrades Back to Paper

      (Newser) - The 2010 US census was meant to be a high-tech affair, NextGov.com reports, but the Census Bureau today ditched plans to use hand-held computers. The agency will return to plain old paper after "a lack of effective communication" derailed efforts by Harris Corp. to come up with devices to record data from the estimated 1 million who don't mail back their forms. More »

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      technology  • Census Bureau  • bureaucracy  • census  • bureaucratic blunders  • Carlos Gutierrez

  • March 2008

    • Audit Slams FBI Over Terror Watch List

      Associated Press  |  Mar 18, 08 6:03 AM CDT

      Audit Slams FBI Over Terror Watch List

      (Newser) - The FBI provides inaccurate information about suspects on the nation's terror watch list, leaving innocent people on it too long and failing to provide timely updates about those who pose genuine threats, a Justice Department audit shows. The FBI says it will fix the problems within 6 months, the AP reports. Feds began compiling the list in 2003 so authorities across the nation could have a national database. More »

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      terrorism  • FBI  • Department of Justice  • suspected terrorists  • terrorist lists  • bureaucratic blunders  • watch list  • Robert Meuller

    • Southwest Grounds 44 Planes

      CNN  |  Mar 12, 08 2:15 PM CDT

      Southwest Grounds 44 Planes

      (Newser) - Southwest Airlines grounded 44 planes today after having admitted to flying aircraft that were past due for inspections for structural cracks, the AP reports. The FAA fined Southwest $10.2 million—the largest ever levied on an airline—but the agency itself is under fire for not grounding the jets last year after it learned of the missed inspections. More »

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      airline  • safety  • FAA  • airline safety  • Southwest Airlines  • inspection  • Boeing 737-300  • bureaucratic blunders  • Gary Kelly

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