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Gumshoe Tools: Sunlight Foundation's Party Time Database [1]

Those U.S. representatives and senators really know how to party. Especially the ones running for re-election or under indictment. Now journalists who want to follow the money have a new "Access Washington" snooper-tool to use in their investigative projects.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Gumshoe Tools: Sunlight Foundation's Party Time Database [1]
EPA, OSHA Flunk Science Openness Rating from UCS [6]

EPA, FWS and OSHA are among the least open of 15 different federal agencies covered most frequently by environmental reporters, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about EPA, OSHA Flunk Science Openness Rating from UCS [6]
Covering Congress: House Committee Phone Numbers [7]

Committee staff are crucial to covering environmental issues. Here are some current House committee phone contacts relevant to the environment beat.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Covering Congress: House Committee Phone Numbers [7]
Coalition of Groups Readies Openness Agenda for Next Administration [8]

A broad coalition of open-government groups is finalizing an ambitious agenda to improve public access to information in the next administration.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Coalition of Groups Readies Openness Agenda for Next Administration [8]
Groups, Media Pitch Open-Government Proposals To New Administration [9]

In an effort to increase government accountability and transparency, media groups put forward a new "21st Century Right-to-Know Agenda."
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Groups, Media Pitch Open-Government Proposals To New Administration [9]
TOOLBOX: Contractor Misconduct Database Offers Gumshoes Leads [10]

The Project on Government Oversight (POGO) has a new tool for investigative journalists. Reporters can now snoop around the Federal Contractor Misconduct Database to find misdeeds by federal contractors.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about TOOLBOX: Contractor Misconduct Database Offers Gumshoes Leads [10]
Wide Range of Environmental Issues Before Supreme Court [11]

US Supreme Court to hear six cases with important environmental implications. Issues involved are: use of sonar in Naval training; logging in California; power plant operation; disposal of mining wastes; royalties paid to the Navajo Nation on coal leases; and liability under Superfund law.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Forests [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Waste [17]
Government [3]
Military [18]
Policy [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Wide Range of Environmental Issues Before Supreme Court [11]
Special Issue: Year 2007 Environmental News Look-Ahead Calendar [21]

A split-party government is likely to bring more controversy, more conflict, and more news.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Special Issue: Year 2007 Environmental News Look-Ahead Calendar [21]
EPA Libraries Open Doors [22]

EPA reopened five libraries September 30, 2008, after fighting its own scientists, enforcement lawyers, open-information groups, and eventually Congress for two years in an unsuccessful effort to keep them closed.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [3]
Journalism & Media [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about EPA Libraries Open Doors [22]
EPA Doesn't Bother to Collect Chemical Safety Data From Companies [24]

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.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [25]
Consumer [26]
Government [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about EPA Doesn't Bother to Collect Chemical Safety Data From Companies [24]

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