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Post-Shutdown, An Ocean of Outrage Greets Interior’s Proposed FOIA Changes

From: Think Progress

“More than 130 groups and organizations have submitted public comments opposing the Interior Department’s efforts to crack down on public information requests —…

Proposed FOIA Rule Provokes Response

From: Coastal Review

“Information provided on the Federal Register states that the Department published a final rule in 2012 that updated and replaced the Department’s previous Freedom…

Interior Dept. Plan to Streamline FOIA Responses Alarms Transparency Groups

From: Government Executive

“An Interior Department proposed rule published late last month to ease the workload of its Freedom of Information Office staff has drawn fire from at least…

Environmentalists and Feds Reach Settlement Over Bison Mgmt

From: Courthouse News

“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) said “a new era may be dawning” over management of the National Bison Range in Moiese, Montana. Management…

Trump’s EPA Just Handed Another Gift to Big Polluters: Letter to the Editor

From: Cleveland

“With new rules imposing the greatest restrictions on the Clean Water Act since its passage in 1972, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency has handed yet another…


News Releases

Leading Whistleblower Organizations Launch Update to Survival Guide For Whistleblowers on 30th Anniversary of Whistleblower Protection Act

WASHINGTON – Today, on the 30th Anniversary of the Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA), Project On Government Oversight (POGO), Government Accountability Project and Public Employees for Environmental…

GRAND TETON CELL MEGA-EXPANSION VIOLATES LAW AND POLICY

Inspector General Asked to Include 13-Tower Grand Teton Plan in Ongoing Review

CDC PUNTS ON STUDYING PFAS CANCER RISKS

Study to look at relationship between PFAS exposure and select health outcomes

THE WOMAN FROM MONSANTO INSIDE INTERIOR

Former Executive Had Hand in Lifting GMO and Pesticide Bans in Refuges

TREASURE ISLAND CLEANUP BATHED IN FOG

Navy Won’t Reveal Radiation Standards for “Free Release” of Contaminated Tracts