Abstract
To keep readers informed of policy initiatives at the national level, the editor will provide information that is pertinent as it becomes available. Press releases from the White House Office of the Press Secretary dated July 13 and 24, 2000 report that President Clinton appointed members to the White House Commission on Complemen tary and Alternative Medicine Policy. The Commission was created by executive order on March 8, 2000. According to the White House, the four major issues to be discussed by the Commission are: