SEJ Grant Program Has Real Impact on Reporting
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Secrecy Envelops Kiski Valley Nuclear Waste Site
"PARKS, Armstrong County -- From the road, it looks like any fenced-in patch of trees and overgrown grass. Passersby have to look closely to notice the signs warning of radiation, or to see the Homeland Security guards patrolling with rifles slung over their backs."
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 08/13/2012
Washington Post Faults Obama on Living Up To Openness Pledge
An analysis of records and statistics by Post reporter James Ball concluded: "Three years later, new evidence suggests that administration officials have struggled to overturn the long-standing culture of secrecy in Washington. Some of these high-profile transparency measures have stalled, and by some measures the government is keeping more secrets than before."
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Reporters Committee Gets New Director
Bruce D. Brown, a former reporter and media lawyer, will be the new executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press — a key advocate for press freedom and freedom of information in the United States.
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Pennsylvania Doctor Sues Over Disclosure Bans in New Fracking Law
"A Luzerne County physician claims in a federal lawsuit that Pennsylvania's new oil and natural gas drilling law will force him to violate ethical rules in treating his patients."
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, 08/02/2012
"EPA Can't Regulate Livestock Farms It Can't Find"
A recent EPA shutdown of its effort to gather basic information on livestock feeding operations may make it impossible for the agency to regulate water and air pollution from the manure they generate.
Source: AP, 08/02/2012
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