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Are You Ready for Sunshine Week? — March 15-21 [1]

News media across the country will again be undertaking open-government projects in 2009. The Sunshine Week website offers you ideas on stories you could dig out of hard-to-see public records.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Laws & Regulations [3]
Government [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
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National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]

CJR: "What We Didn't Know Has Hurt Us" [8]

A Jan/Feb 2009 Columbia Journalism Review article enumerates many kinds of information the Bush administration veiled with secrecy; argues that disclosure is essential for democracy, yet the harm will not be easily undone.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Government [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
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National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]

FDA Knew About Mercury in Corn Syrup — And Kept Silent [9]

In spite of one of its own scientists co-authoring a 2005 study finding toxic mercury in high fructose corn syrup, the Food and Drug Administration gave a green light to the corn industry's campaign advertising corn syrup as "natural."
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [10]
Food [11]
Government [4]
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National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]

Whistleblower Bill Awaits Congressional Action [12]

An amendment adding whistleblower protection to the economic stimulus bill before the House will be voted on soon.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Laws & Regulations [3]
Government [4]
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National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]

SPECIAL ISSUE: Terror and Environment-Introduction [13]

A few lessons were buried in the rubble of the World Trade Center. Humans change the environment -- and build environments -- in ways that make them vulnerable to catastrophe.
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TipSheet [14]
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Disasters [15]
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National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]

Drinking Water Systems [16]

Drinking water sources, purification, and distribution systems are essential to public health, and failures could be catastrophic.
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TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat: 
Disasters [15]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]

Nuclear Plants and Materials [18]

Security of nuclear power plants was definitely on people's minds as the WTC burned and nobody knew where the next plane would hit.
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TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat: 
Disasters [15]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Region: 
International [20]
National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]

Dam Safety [21]

The Bureau of Reclamation announced laconically Sept. 12 that it had stepped up security at Hoover, Glen Canyon, and Grand Coulee dams.
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TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat: 
Disasters [15]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]

Climate Change Guide [22]

Reporting on climate change? See SEJ's Climate Change Guide for help, resources, and sources.

Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [23]
Journalism & Media [5]
Science [24]
Initiatives: 
Climate Change Guide [25]
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Public [7]

Oil and Gas Pipelines [26]

Because of their length, ubiquity, and remoteness, pipelines can be nearly impossible to defend.
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TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat: 
Disasters [15]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]

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