| As CARRA serves the National Cancer Institute and relates to other programs at the National Institutes of Health, it is also important to recognize the context of important work being done in other organizations - both inside and outside of government - to increase the value-added contributions of public input to research. Here are two other Federal Government agencies where advocates have direct involvement in research-related activities: Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs U.S. Food and Drug Administration At the National Institutes of Health, there are also two all-consumer advisory panels: | 
