{"id":436,"date":"2015-09-18T20:08:33","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T20:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/casprovostreport2015\/?p=436"},"modified":"2015-09-18T20:08:33","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T20:08:33","slug":"sharing-relevant-information-to-make-effective-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/casprovostreport2015\/2015\/09\/18\/sharing-relevant-information-to-make-effective-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharing relevant information to make effective decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/doc\/ADMIN\/docs\/pdf\/Diversity%20and%20Inclusion\/Governor's%20Newsletter%204-15-2014.pdf\">Dean Dan Arp co-chaired Governor\u2019s Taskforce on Genetically Modified Organisms,<\/a> to identify the main challenges between growers of GE crops and other agricultural producers in Oregon, especially related to information for consumers<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/extension.oregonstate.edu\/bridges\/osu-research-zeroes-critical-factors-honey-bee-health\">Ramesh Sagili heads Taskforce on pollinator<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/extension.oregonstate.edu\/bridges\/osu-research-zeroes-critical-factors-honey-bee-health\"> health<\/a> that delivered a series of recommendations to the Oregon legislature on how to help the state\u2019s honey bees, native bees and other pollinators.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/oregonprogress.oregonstate.edu\/winter-2015\/examining-genetically-engineered-crops-many-angles\">Dean of AgSci commissions GMO white papers<\/a>\u00a0Dan Arp, Dean of the College, commissioned a series of white papers to explore issues surrounding genetically engineered (GE) organisms. The papers, drafted by AgSci faculty, provided valuable information to Oregon voters who faced ballot measures in 2014 and 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/oregonprogress.oregonstate.edu\/summer-2015\/ensuring-safety-fast-paced-fishery\">Seafood Laboratory mediates safety regulations<\/a>\u00a0Christina DeWitt, director of the OSU Seafood Lab, mediated a dispute between federal regulators and fishermen\u00a0over handling procedures of freshly caught tuna. DeWitt traveled to Washington, D.C. and met with the FDA\u2019s Office of Seafood Safety, ultimately drafting a set of handling guidelines that satisfied\u00a0safety concerns, without being economically burdensome on fishermen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/extension.oregonstate.edu\/bridges\/oregon-agricultural-experiment-station\">Bridges to Prosperity<\/a> webpage was expanded to include more that 80 success stories geared for use with legislators and decision-makers from around the state.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Dean Dan Arp co-chaired Governor\u2019s Taskforce on Genetically Modified Organisms, to identify the main challenges between growers of GE crops and other agricultural producers in Oregon, especially related to information for consumers Ramesh Sagili heads Taskforce on pollinator health that delivered a series of recommendations to the Oregon legislature on how to help the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5872,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[751193],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology-as-a-strategic-asset"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/casprovostreport2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/casprovostreport2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/casprovostreport2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/casprovostreport2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5872"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/casprovostreport2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/casprovostreport2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":437,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/casprovostreport2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436\/revisions\/437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/casprovostreport2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/casprovostreport2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/casprovostreport2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}