The institutions should create independent advisory bodies that can provide balanced policy advice.» (totalpolitics.com)
The United States, lulled by a century of relatively modest earthquakes in populous places, is poorly prepared for the kind of jolt that devastated northern Japan and is inevitable in several parts of this country, according to a new report from the National Academies, the nation's preeminent independent advisory body on science. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
A new, independent advisory body, which aims to improve the administrative justice system, has been launched. (newlawjournal.co.uk)