Initiative Items

2004 Archives: SEJ Speaks on FOI Issues [1]

September 10, 2004
SEJ opposes rider with new FOIA exemption for satellite data and studies on Earth resources

The Society of Environmental Journalists joined other journalism groups September 10, 2004, urging Congressional leaders to strip a new FOIA exemption for certain satellite data on the Earth's resources from the 2005 Defense Authorization Bill (S 2400).

Topics on the Beat:
Government [2]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Military [5]
Initiatives:
Freedom of Information [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
- Read more about 2004 Archives: SEJ Speaks on FOI Issues [1]
2006 Archives: SEJ Speaks on FOI Issues [9]

November 29, 2006
SEJ urges NIEHS not to privatize environmental health magazine

SEJ wrote the director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences today, asking him to abandon plans to downgrade and privatize its flagship, open-access journal, Environmental Health Perspectives. The magazine is renowned for publishing free online cutting-edge research on relevant and timely topics — in non-technical terms and in multiple languages.

Topics on the Beat:
Government [2]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Initiatives:
Freedom of Information [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
- Read more about 2006 Archives: SEJ Speaks on FOI Issues [9]
2002 Archives: SEJ Speaks on FOI Issues [10]

November 18, 2002
SEJ Task Force voices concern over FOIA exemptions in Homeland Security Act to key U.S. senators

On Monday, November 18, 2002, the SEJ Task Force [11] again voiced its concern over the FOIA exemptions contained in the Homeland Security Act. SEJ President Dan Fagin, board liaison Jim Bruggers and SEJ Freedom of Information Task Force chair Ken Ward, Jr. signed a letter sent to several key senators, urging them to support compromise language that had previously been agreed to.
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [4]
Journalism & Media [3]
Government [2]
Initiatives:
Freedom of Information [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
- Read more about 2002 Archives: SEJ Speaks on FOI Issues [10]

September 10, 2004 SEJ opposes rider with new FOIA exemption for satellite data and studies on Earth resources

November 29, 2006 SEJ urges NIEHS not to privatize environmental health magazine

November 18, 2002 SEJ Task Force voices concern over FOIA exemptions in Homeland Security Act to key U.S. senators

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September 10, 2004
SEJ opposes rider with new FOIA exemption for satellite data and studies on Earth resources

November 29, 2006
SEJ urges NIEHS not to privatize environmental health magazine

November 18, 2002
SEJ Task Force voices concern over FOIA exemptions in Homeland Security Act to key U.S. senators