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2006 Archives: SEJ Speaks on FOI Issues [1]

November 29, 2006
SEJ urges NIEHS not to privatize environmental health magazine

SEJ wrote the director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences today, asking him to abandon plans to downgrade and privatize its flagship, open-access journal, Environmental Health Perspectives. The magazine is renowned for publishing free online cutting-edge research on relevant and timely topics — in non-technical terms and in multiple languages.

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Government [2]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
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Freedom of Information [5]
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Public [6]
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National (U.S.) [7]

2007 Archives: SEJ Speaks on FOI Issues [8]

December 12, 2007
SEJ president testifies at Interior photo-fee hearing

The Society of Environmental Journalists told the House Natural Resources Committee Dec. 12 that the Interior Department could unduly restrict news media access to parks and refuges with its proposed rule requiring fees and permits for "commercial filming."

Topics on the Beat: 
Laws & Regulations [4]
Journalism & Media [3]
Government [2]
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Freedom of Information [5]
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Public [6]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]

2008 Archives: SEJ Speaks on FOI Issues [9]

December 19, 2008
SEJ voices concern over axing of CNN enviro-science units

The Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) joined several national and international science journalism organizations in writing a strong letter to CNN regarding its "shortsighted decision to cut its science, technology and environment unit in one fell swoop.... at a time when science coverage could not be more important in our national and international discourse." 

Topics on the Beat: 
Laws & Regulations [4]
Journalism & Media [3]
Government [2]
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Freedom of Information [5]
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Public [6]
Region: 
Canada [10]
International [11]
National (U.S.) [7]

SEJ Urges Energy Department To Drop New Secrecy Rule [12]

The Society of Environmental Journalists has urged the Energy Department to abandon a new rule making it easier for the agency to deny or resist Freedom of Information Act requests.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat: 
Laws & Regulations [4]
Journalism & Media [3]
Government [2]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility: 
Public [6]

SEJ Speaks on FOI Issues [14]

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See the latest actions taken by SEJ advocating access to environmental information, press freedom and supporting the media's right to know on behalf of the public, including urging the Veterans Administration to stop investigating its employees for speaking to the press, condemning the ICE arrest of a Nashville journalist Estefany Rodriguez, urging strengthening of New York's FOIL and condemning the arrests of journalists Don Lemon, Georgia Fort. 

Topics on the Beat: 
Government [2]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Initiatives: 
Freedom of Information [5]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]

2002 Archives: SEJ Speaks on FOI Issues [15]

November 18, 2002
SEJ Task Force voices concern over FOIA exemptions in Homeland Security Act to key U.S. senators

On Monday, November 18, 2002, the SEJ Task Force [16] again voiced its concern over the FOIA exemptions contained in the Homeland Security Act. SEJ President Dan Fagin, board liaison Jim Bruggers and SEJ Freedom of Information Task Force chair Ken Ward, Jr. signed a letter sent to several key senators, urging them to support compromise language that had previously been agreed to.

Topics on the Beat: 
Laws & Regulations [4]
Journalism & Media [3]
Government [2]
Initiatives: 
Freedom of Information [5]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]

FERC Slightly Eases Some Secrecy Requirements [17]

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has slightly relaxed some requirements for secrecy on decisions it makes on "critical energy infrastructure."

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat: 
Laws & Regulations [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility: 
Public [6]

PENNSYLVANIA FORBIDS LABELING OF MILK PRODUCED WITHOUT ARTIFICIAL HORMONES [18]

Consumers who want to choose milk produced without the use of artificial hormones are out of luck - if they live in Pennsylvania. That is not a choice the state will allow them.
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Laws & Regulations [4]
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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [19]
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Public [6]

Artist Sues Local Cops Over Right To Photograph Power Lines [20]

Shirley E. Scheier, a University of Washington fine-arts professor, was handcuffed, frisked, and detained for 44 minutes when she took some art photos of powerlines against the sky in Snohomish County, Washington.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat: 
Laws & Regulations [4]
Region: 
Northwest (OR WA) [21]
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Public [6]

New Smithsonian Head Pleads To Keep FOIA Exemption [22]

The Smithsonian Institution, a federal agency with many environment-related research and public education activities, opposes a Congressional move that would subject it to the same open-records law that applies to other executive branch agencies.
SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat: 
Laws & Regulations [4]
Government [2]
Region: 
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [19]
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Public [6]

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