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Looking Ahead at Bush Appointees

President Bush is still drafting the team that will shape the country's policy over the next 3+ years.
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Defense Cleanup Claims Exaggerated, Says GAO

The US Army Corps of Engineers has been exaggerating its cleanup claims for formerly used defense sites.
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Perchlorates Offer Early Test of EPA Openness

Incoming EPA administrator Lisa Jackson faces an immediate test on perchlorate secrecy, as the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rejects EPA's argument for FOIA exemption. Will EPA and the Justice Department appeal, even though Obama urges agency openness?
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Are You Ready for Sunshine Week? — March 15-21

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

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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FDA Knew About Mercury in Corn Syrup — And Kept Silent

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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Chemicals
Food
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National (U.S.)
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Whistleblower Bill Awaits Congressional Action

An amendment adding whistleblower protection to the economic stimulus bill before the House will be voted on soon.
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Cropdusters Grounded

Cropduster flights resumed Sept. 25, 2001. The FBI had ordered cropdusters grounded nationwide temporarily in late Sept. 2001.
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EPA Gag Order Brings Call For Johnson Resignation (Part 2)

Some of "The Rules" laid down by the EPA press office, as experienced by SEJ members, include the following:
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McClellan Misled on Climate Science Censorship: Watchdog

Need another reason not to go through the "press office?" Try reading the transcript from the White House briefing of June 8, 2005.
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Climate Change
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National (U.S.)
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