Publication Items

EPA, OSHA Flunk Science Openness Rating from UCS [1]

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 [1]
Covering Congress: House Committee Phone Numbers [6]

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 [6]
DOJ Guidance Offers Hook for Your FOIA Requests [7]

Journalists' Freedom of Information Act requests will have more clout if they demand specific justification for each redaction. A new Justice Department guidance document makes clear this is mandatory for most agencies.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about DOJ Guidance Offers Hook for Your FOIA Requests [7]
Coalition of Groups Readies Openness Agenda for Next Administration [9]

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 [9]
AREVA Bans Pens, Cameras, Recorders at SEJ's Lynchburg Nuclear Tour [10]

AREVA, the world's largest builder of nuclear reactors, banned pens, recorders and cameras during a field trip to the company's Lynchburg facilities organized by SEJ during its 2008 annual meeting held in Roanoke, VA.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Nuclear Power & Radiation [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about AREVA Bans Pens, Cameras, Recorders at SEJ's Lynchburg Nuclear Tour [10]
Groups, Media Pitch Open-Government Proposals To New Administration [12]

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 [12]
TOOLBOX: Contractor Misconduct Database Offers Gumshoes Leads [13]

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 [13]
Smithsonian Adopts FOIA-Like Policies [14]

The Smithsonian Institution's Board of Regents held its first public meeting in 162 years November 17, 2008. This marks a move away from existing policies that have made the institution's meetings and records less open to public scrutiny than other federal entities.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Policy [15]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [16]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Smithsonian Adopts FOIA-Like Policies [14]
Investors Demand Climate-Risk Disclosure [17]

Weary of undisclosed corporate financial risk, battered stock investors are pressuring companies to disclose the economic risks they face from climate change.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Investors Demand Climate-Risk Disclosure [17]
Wide Range of Environmental Issues Before Supreme Court [19]

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 [20]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Forests [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Waste [24]
Government [3]
Military [25]
Policy [15]
Environmental Politics [26]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Wide Range of Environmental Issues Before Supreme Court [19]

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