No Longer With I.R.S., Novitzky Joins F.D.A.

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 No Longer With I.R.S., Novitzky Joins F.D.A.
The federal agent, who uncovered the illicit use of performance-enhancing drugs in professional sports, will continue to work closely with the U. S. attorney’s office. [link]

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NYT: No Longer With I.R.S., Novitzky Joins F.D.A.
Published 4/24/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
NYT: No Longer With I.R.S., Novitzky Joins F.D.A. So much for the Al Capone metaphors. Meet the new enforcer of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act. Jeff Novitzky, the federal agent whose investigation into performance-enhancing substances has exposed cheating in professional sports, left the Internal Revenue Service recently and joined the Food and Drug Administration to focus on the distribution of illegal drugs, according to an F.D.A. official and two lawyers who were briefed on the change. Novitzky has joined the F.D.A. Office of Criminal Investigations ...

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