Jan 12, 2009
Officials at the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research stressed speed and flexibility when buying
technology, but lacked clearly defined requirements, according to a
report released today.
Officials entered risky contracts, known
as time-and-materials contracts, which pay a company based on labor
hours and reimburses them for materials, the Health and Human Services
Department’s inspector general Read the rest of this entry »

12:36 AM CDT on Sunday, September 7, 2008
A Dallas police officer is being treated at Baylor University Medical Center for leg injuries after his squad car crashed into a tree during a high-speed chase that ended in Pleasant Grove.
The officer’s name was not immediately released, but his injuries are not expected to be life-threatening, said Dallas police spokesman Gerardo Monreal.
The chase began in Lake Highlands Read the rest of this entry »