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Journo Groups File Brief in Corporate Privacy Case [1]

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 22 other news media groups intervened in a case where AT&T had challenged the Federal Communications Commission's ruling that exemption 7c of the Freedom of Information Act did not apply to AT&T.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
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Public [4]
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More Cool Data Tools from EPA [5]

TRI-CHIP assembles a great deal of toxicity and hazard information from many sources and makes it easy to search. TRI.NET allows you to construct complex queries into the Toxics Release Inventory database, and to map the results in ways that can be used for publishable graphics or layered on maps with other environmental and demographic information.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Technology [6]
Government [7]
Chemicals [8]
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Public [4]
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Cool Tool: Labor Department Database Shows Promise [9]

The website offers access to several kinds of data sometimes sought by reporters doing environmental stories. Searches can be narrowed down by state and by industry.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Public [4]
- Read more about Cool Tool: Labor Department Database Shows Promise [9]
Obama Announces Revamp of 'Controlled Unclassified' Info Stamp [10]

The order gives agencies 120 days to review their existing secrecy designations and to come up with standardized ones "in a timely manner." When there is doubt, Obama's order states, agencies are to err on the side of disclosure.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Policy [11]
Government [7]
Disasters [12]
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Public [4]
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White House Under the Gun on Science Integrity, Openness [13]

The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility is suing the administration under the Freedom of Information Act for documents that would explain the delay in issuing a long overdue, government-wide integrity policy.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Policy [11]
Government [7]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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EPA Proposes Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy Trucks, Buses [14]

The standards, now in a 60-day comment period, cover three types of heavy trucks but would not apply to vehicles built before the 2014 model year.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Transportation [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Government [7]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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3/4 of Public Transportation Measures Approved in 2010 [18]

Some involved new fees, taxes, or bonds, while others didn't dip into voters' wallets. Get a thumbnail sketch of each measure, and its fate at the hands of voters
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TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Transportation [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Visibility:
Public [4]
- Read more about 3/4 of Public Transportation Measures Approved in 2010 [18]
Disease-Tracking Tool May Help Both People and Wildlife [19]

This growing database may help you identify emerging problems and patterns, and supplement what government and university personnel can track.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Wildlife [20]
People & Population [21]
Health [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Create Custom Environmental Maps with National Atlas [24]

Dial up just one layer of data, or add layer after layer (from scores of topics) to create your own concoction of interlinked factors. The zoom function allows you to narrow or enlarge your geographic coverage as you see fit.
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TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Technology [6]
People & Population [21]
Visibility:
Public [4]
- Read more about Create Custom Environmental Maps with National Atlas [24]
Pavement Sealcoat Contaminates Lakes and Streams [25]

A soon-to-be-published study has found elevated levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, probable human carcinogens toxic to fish and other aquatic life, in waterways are originating from coal tar-based pavement sealcoats.
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TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [26]
Pollution [27]
Health [22]
Chemicals [8]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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