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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

AUDIT SHOWS WIDE VARIATION IN AGENCY OPEN GOVERNMENT PLANS

NASA, HUD, EPA Produce Strong Plans While Justice and OMB Plans Disappoint

WHISTLEBLOWER APPEAL TO TEST OBAMA POLICIES

Anti-Labor Firm Gobbles Taxpayer Dollars to Fight Border Agency Lawyer

BOTCHED BAT PROJECT BLOCKS VITAL RESEARCH

Amputations, Punctures, Abrasions and Infections Doom Captive Endangered Bats

RATIONALE FOR NEW JERSEY WATER QUALITY DELAY IS BOGUS

Commissioner Claim of Imminent EPA Perchlorate Action Contradicted by E-Mails

FOREST COPS CHAFE UNDER TIGHT MEDIA MUZZLE

Crime and Accident Information Must Be Filtered Through D.C. Prior to Release