Publication Items

New CRS Reports Background FOIA Amendments, Classified Info [1]

The nonpartisan Congressional Research Service has completed two reports useful to journalists.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Environmental Politics [3]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
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Report Card Shows No Slackening of Secrecy Trend [6]

The fifth annual report card produced by OpenTheGovernment.org offers hard numbers from a range of indicators that Bush Administration secrecy continues.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Government [7]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
- Read more about Report Card Shows No Slackening of Secrecy Trend [6]
EPA Hides Data on Pesticide Link to Bee Die-Off [8]

The Environmental Protection Agency looks determined to keep the public from knowing whether a pesticide on which it has waived safety rules may be a factor in the worldwide bee die-off known as "colony collapse disorder."
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Agriculture [9]
Chemicals [10]
Biodiversity [11]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
- Read more about EPA Hides Data on Pesticide Link to Bee Die-Off [8]
Secret Study on Water Infrastructure Risks Now Available [12]

A Congressional Research Service report on terrorism and security issues facing sewage treatment and drinking water plants, dams and reservoirs, and other water infrastructure is full of ideas that reporters could turn into local stories — if only they were allowed to see it.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Water & Oceans [13]
Government [7]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
- Read more about Secret Study on Water Infrastructure Risks Now Available [12]
TOOLBOX: Foreign Agents Database and More [14]

This database is useful for environmental and energy reporters looking for mischief perpetrated by government officials and the industries who influence them with money.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Energy & Fuel [15]
Government [7]
Policy [16]
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International [17]
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Public [5]
- Read more about TOOLBOX: Foreign Agents Database and More [14]
Coal Ash Stories Untold in Many Communities [18]

The December 2008 coal-ash spill at a Tennessee power plant has been making headlines for two weeks — but few journalists realize there are coal-ash stories to be unearthed in many communities. Here are some clues for finding them.
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TipSheet [19]
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Chemicals [10]
Disasters [20]
Energy & Fuel [15]
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National (U.S.) [4]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
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Public [5]
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Comments Sought On Formaldehyde In Wood Products [22]

Concerns over emissions from formaldehyde in pressed-wood products have been building for many years. California's new rules addressing the problem went into effect Jan. 1, 2009. Now EPA is looking at following suit.
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TipSheet [19]
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Chemicals [10]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Government [7]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
- Read more about Comments Sought On Formaldehyde In Wood Products [22]
USGS Announces Free Access To Satellite Image Archive [24]

If you need information on land use changes over time, or on current land uses and character, you may want to check out decades-worth of globe-spanning satellite images that USGS has made freely available to the public.
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TipSheet [19]
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Government [7]
Technology [25]
Other or All [26]
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International [17]
National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
- Read more about USGS Announces Free Access To Satellite Image Archive [24]
Digital Drop-Dead Date May Create Recycling Nightmare [27]

On February 17, 2009, all full-power broadcast US television stations will stop broadcasting on analog airwaves and begin broadcasting only in digital. So, many old TVs are now creating e-waste challenges as they're relegated to landfills and recycling centers.
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TipSheet [19]
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Economy & Business [28]
Waste [29]
Technology [25]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
- Read more about Digital Drop-Dead Date May Create Recycling Nightmare [27]
NIEHS Follow-Up: Assurances of a Robust, Independent Journal? [30]

Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), the embattled flagship journal of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has a new editor-in-chief - Hugh A. Tilson. But will he have the editorial independence NIEHS leaders have promised him?
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Government [7]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
- Read more about NIEHS Follow-Up: Assurances of a Robust, Independent Journal? [30]

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