Publication Items

USDA Raises Barriers to Disclosure of Predator Control Info [1]

The Department of Agriculture has stopped reporting publicly how many animals it kills for farmers and ranchers in its predator control program.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Government [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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EPA, Union Ink Pact To Restore Closed Libraries — Even Chemical Risk Info [8]

EPA and an employees union have signed an agreement on procedures for reopening agency libraries closed by the Bush administration.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about EPA, Union Ink Pact To Restore Closed Libraries — Even Chemical Risk Info [8]
Midnight Regs: Many Environmental Items on Final Bush Agenda [9]

The rush to deregulate whatever can be deregulated before President Bush leaves the White House is on. Part 2.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [11]
Government [4]
Environmental Politics [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Midnight Regs: Many Environmental Items on Final Bush Agenda [9]
Press Releases Could Get Security Stamp From White House [13]

Here's an embargo that a federal employee could face charges for breaking.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Press Releases Could Get Security Stamp From White House [13]
House Passes Bill To Open Up Federal Advisory Committees [14]

The House passed a bill that would do more to ensure open records and meetings of federal advisory committees.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [11]
Government [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about House Passes Bill To Open Up Federal Advisory Committees [14]
Justice Settles Hatfill Case, Locy Jail Threat Still Pends [15]

With the Hatfil anthrax case settled, why is a court still threatening reporter Toni Locy with jail and fines for refusing to reveal the identity of confidential sources?
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Justice Settles Hatfill Case, Locy Jail Threat Still Pends [15]
Corps Withholds Dam Inventory Data [16]

The Army Corps of Engineers has stopped giving the public access to a database that shows how well federal agencies are doing at dam safety.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [17]
Government [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Corps Withholds Dam Inventory Data [16]
Study: FOIA Reforms Haven't Brought Better Performance -- Yet [18]

Despite a Bush Executive Order ostensibly aimed at improving agency FOIA performance, most agencies have little to show two years later.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Study: FOIA Reforms Haven't Brought Better Performance -- Yet [18]
Center For Public Integrity Gets SPJ Prize For Superfund Probe [19]

The Center for Public Integrity gets an award most journalists would envy -- for its Superfund expose.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Waste [20]
Government [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Center For Public Integrity Gets SPJ Prize For Superfund Probe [19]
States Shift Work Schedules to Save Energy [21]

Utah governor Jon Huntsman announced that state agencies will move to a four-day workweek (10 hours/day, with mandatory three-day weekends) in order to save energy, reduce vehicle miles traveled in the state, and address climate change and air pollution.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [22]
Government [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about States Shift Work Schedules to Save Energy [21]

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