Government
EPA, Union Ink Pact To Restore Closed Libraries — Even Chemical Risk Info
Midnight Regs: Many Environmental Items on Final Bush Agenda
The rush to deregulate whatever can be deregulated before President Bush leaves the White House is on. Part 2.
Press Releases Could Get Security Stamp From White House
Here's an embargo that a federal employee could face charges for breaking.
House Passes Bill To Open Up Federal Advisory Committees
The House passed a bill that would do more to ensure open records and meetings of federal advisory committees.
Justice Settles Hatfill Case, Locy Jail Threat Still Pends
With the Hatfil anthrax case settled, why is a court still threatening reporter Toni Locy with jail and fines for refusing to reveal the identity of confidential sources?
Corps Withholds Dam Inventory Data
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.
Study: FOIA Reforms Haven't Brought Better Performance -- Yet
Despite a Bush Executive Order ostensibly aimed at improving agency FOIA performance, most agencies have little to show two years later.
Center For Public Integrity Gets SPJ Prize For Superfund Probe
The Center for Public Integrity gets an award most journalists would envy -- for its Superfund expose.
States Shift Work Schedules to Save Energy
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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