"Agencies Paralyzed By Fiscal Cliff, Endless Succession of CRs"
"So far this year, U.S. EPA has frozen hiring, delayed contracts and sharply curtailed travel, all to deal with the uncertainty of its future budget."
Source: E&E Daily, 12/19/2012
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"NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco Stepping Down In February"
"NOAA’s leader, Jane Lubchenco, announced [Wednesday] morning she is leaving the agency at the end of February (2013)."
Source: Capital Weather Gang, 12/13/2012
SEJ Backs Member Threatened by Interior Secretary
The Society of Environmental Journalists wrote Interior Secretary Ken Salazar about the Election Day incident of attempted intimidation in Colorado, when the Secretary threatened to "punch out" SEJ member Dave Philipps, senior investigative reporter with the Colorado Springs Gazette.
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EPA’s ECHO Database: Your Two-faced Best Friend
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Open-Source Background on Federal BioWatch Program
Referenced from "DHS and CDC Refuse To Give House Panel Docs on Failed BioWatch Program," SEJ WatchDog TipSheet, November 28, 2012.
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GOPers Attack EPA's Jackson for Alias E-Mail Account
Critics say Jackson's use of an e-mail account using her dog's name is an effort to hide agency business. Agency officials maintain the practice is innocent.
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DHS and CDC Refuse To Give House Panel Docs on Failed BioWatch Program
After wasting billions of taxpayer dollars on a non-working program aimed at protecting the US public from biological attack, the Department of Homeland Security and Centers for Disease Control may be refusing to give documents on the program to House Energy Committee investigators.
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Obama Signs Whistleblower Bill
President Obama on November 27, 2012, signed into law a bill beefing up previously flimsy protections for federal employee whistleblowers who disclose waste, fraud, and abuse. The legislation was supported by good-government watchdog groups.
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