But the big act came on Thursday when the Obama administration released its Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World report (PDF) that includes a proposed Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights that the administration plans to send to Congress.
Even so, many environmental, health and consumer activists inside and outside the administration felt that Sunstein was insufficiently radical.
The American Medical Association and consumer groups have joined the Obama administration in asking the high court to end the accords.
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My Administration is ramping up consumer protection throughout the economy.
The Obama administration, backed by consumer groups and the American Medical Association, says these so-called "pay for delay" deals profit the drug companies but harm consumers by adding 3.5 billion annually to their drug bills.
Earlier this year, the Commission reached an agreement with the U.S. that a system based on safe harbor principles did represent adequate levels of data privacy, after the U.S. administration agreed to reinforce consumer access rights and set up dispute settlement procedures for consumers.
The findings are based on reports by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
The administration wants to subject all consumer-finance firms to the same regulations to prevent a gradual migration to the most lax form of oversight.
This idea underlies the Obama administration's proposal for a Consumer Financial Protection Agency.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner came to Capitol Hill Wednesday to talk up the administration's plans for a Consumer Financial Protection Agency and address lawmakers' concerns about firms that are too big to fail.
Today, the Obama Administration launched the Smart Disclosure Data Community at Consumer.
Lawmakers and consumer advocacy groups have also called on the Food and Drug Administration to investigate the safety of the high levels of caffeine in energy drinks for younger people.
The Obama administration just concluded a two-year study of how to regulate the commercial collection of consumer data online.
Roosevelt, much like its ideological descendants in the Obama administration, believed that the sluggishness of recovery from recession was due to a lack of consumer demand.
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Analysts said that the aggressive policy stand taken by Mr Abe's administration, coupled with the increased inflation target, had been having a positive impact on consumer confidence.
Details of the deal are expected to be released Friday evening, but business groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Consumer Electronics Association and others have long called for passage of the agreement, negotiated by the Bush administration but put on the back burner since 2007.
On Tuesday, the administration sent lawmakers a 150-page draft of legislation that would create an agency devoted to consumer protection for financial products.
The panel also will urge increasing the presence of U.S. inspectors from Customs, the Border Patrol, the Consumer Product Safety Commission and other agencies in countries that are major exporters to the United States, an administration official said.
The Food and Drug Administration replied to accusations that a top official had perjured himself during Congressional hearings about direct-to-consumer genetic tests, saying that the FDA stood behind his statements.
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