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SEJ Urges Prompt, Full EPA Release of Ash Spill Testing Data [1]

SEJ urged EPA Region 4 to release promptly and fully any environmental monitoring data it collects related to the December 2008 spill of coal ash from an east Tennessee impoundment.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Government [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
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National (U.S.) [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [6]
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Public [7]

SEJ Urges Energy Department To Drop New Secrecy Rule [8]

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 [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Laws & Regulations [9]
Journalism & Media [4]
Government [3]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility: 
Public [7]

SEJ Speaks on FOI Issues [10]

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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 voicing concern over NPS limits on info sharing, urging FCC to protect cellphone privacy and anonymous communications, opposing federal worker nondisclosure agreements, urging congress to reject the Pentagon proposal to exempt unclassified records from FOIA and condemning the arrests and harassment of journalists at Newark's Delaney Hall. 

Topics on the Beat: 
Government [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Initiatives: 
Freedom of Information [11]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [5]

2002 Archives: SEJ Speaks on FOI Issues [12]

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 [13] 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 [9]
Journalism & Media [4]
Government [3]
Initiatives: 
Freedom of Information [11]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [5]

Federal Shield Law Awaits Senate Action-Blocked by Sen. Kyl [14]

Judiciary Committee leaders urged Senate leaders March 6, 2008, to schedule a floor vote on a bill to create a federal "shield law" for journalists.
SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility: 
Public [7]

TOOLBOX: Wilileaks Offers Offshore Protection for Disclosure of Wrongdoing [15]

Virtually unknown until the Swiss bank Julius Baer tried to censor it for publishing allegations of financial hanky-panky, a website called Wikileaks has catapulted to fame as a potential tool for journalists... and those who leak to them.
SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility: 
Public [7]

It's Sunshine Week-Do you Know Where Your City's Secrets Are? [16]

"News is what people want to keep hidden - and everything else is publicity." Bill Moyers made famous that maxim he gleaned from a Texas mentor.
SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility: 
Public [7]

Use It or Lose It: EPA Releases Toxics Data Feb. 24 [17]

EPA made public the latest year's data from the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) February 21, 2008, catching a few journalists by surprise, as usual.
SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Pollution [18]
Journalism & Media [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility: 
Public [7]

CRS PUBLISHES BACKGROUNDER ON JOURNALISTS' PRIVILEGE [19]

The Oct. 18, 2007 issue of Congressional Research Service has published a useful backgrounder on the current lack of a "shield law" protecting reporters from legal penalties, including jail, when they refuse prosecutors' requests to disclose the identities of confidential sources.
SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility: 
Public [7]

National Response Center Changes Leak Report Policy [20]

The National Response Center has changed its policy on releasing chemical accident reports, making it much harder for journalists to gather crucial information about hazardous materials spills on deadline.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [4]
Chemicals [21]
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National (U.S.) [5]
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Public [7]

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