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September 10, 2008
New Smithsonian Head Pleads To Keep FOIA Exemption
September 10, 2008–The Smithsonian Institution, a federal agency with many environment-related research and public education activities, opposes a Congressional move that would subject it to the same open-records law that applies to other executive branch agencies.Report Card Shows No Slackening of Secrecy Trend
September 10, 2008–The fifth annual report card produced by OpenTheGovernment.org offers hard numbers from a range of indicators that Bush Administration secrecy continues.August 27, 2008
Administration Threatens Veto of Shield Law
August 27, 2008–Top Bush Administration officials are signaling they will recommend veto of a bill to shield reporters from being compelled to disclose their confidential sources.EPA Doesn't Bother to Collect Chemical Safety Data From Companies
August 27, 2008–Neither EPA nor the American public know very much about the possible health effects of tens of thousands of chemicals used in commerce and consumer products every day.Proposed Fisheries Rule Would Cut Public Input, Info
August 27, 2008–Reporters trying to cover fisheries issues may soon find decisions happening faster than they can cover them.USDA Stops Pesticide, Fertilizer Data
August 27, 2008–The Bush administration is killing a longstanding program that publishes free the information it gathers on the application of pesticides and fertilizer by U.S. farmers.August 13, 2008
Energy Attack Group Emerges From Shadows
August 13, 2008–Who are the "American Energy Alliance" — and what does Burson-Marsteller think they need to hide about funding from major oil, utility, and business lobbies?EPA, Union Ink Pact To Restore Closed Libraries — Even Chemical Risk Info
August 13, 2008–EPA and an employees union have signed an agreement on procedures for reopening agency libraries closed by the Bush administration.Judge Rules City Can't Keep Ties With Utility Secret
August 13, 2008–Great Falls, Montana, wouldn't let its citizens know details of its contracts with a utility. But a judge stopped that.Labor Dept. Uses OMB To Aid Secret OSHA Midnight Deregulation
August 13, 2008–The Bush White House is rushing through — secretly — a midnight regulation that would hobble the next administration's efforts to regulate workplace environmental risks.
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