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Corps Withholds Dam Inventory Data [1]

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.

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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Water & Oceans [3]
Government [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [5]
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Public [6]

Study: FOIA Reforms Haven't Brought Better Performance -- Yet [7]

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.) [5]
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Public [6]

Center For Public Integrity Gets SPJ Prize For Superfund Probe [8]

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 [9]
Government [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility: 
Public [6]

States Shift Work Schedules to Save Energy [10]

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.

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TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [12]
Government [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [5]
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Public [6]

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