Secret GSA Contractor Database Could Reveal Waste, Fraud, Abuse
Jim Morris of the Sunlight Foundation reports on the Project on Government Oversight's (POGO) so-far unsuccessful efforts to FOIA the data.
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FCC Broadband Plan May Promote Open Gov
John Wonderlich of the Sunlight Foundation has been tracking the Federal Communications Commission plan.
Comments on Fed Agencies' Open Government Plans Due March 19
Various trackers are sorting through and compiling ideas, comments, and agencies' progress towards meeting the deadline.
OSHA Sampling Data Still Unavailable
A former Occupational Safety and Health Administration official requested the data under the Freedom of Information Act in 2005, but was denied. He sued, won in 2007, and now has the data, but OSHA has still not released the data to the public.
Forest Service Issues Gag Order to Employees on Talking to Reporters
Monongahela National Forest's public affairs officer recently directed employees there that, if contacted by national reporters on any issue or local reporters regarding national issues, they "cannot talk to the reporter"and suggested that the instructions came from "our Washington office."
"U.N. Says Emissions Vows Not Enough To Avoid Rise Of 2 Degrees C"
"Emission cuts pledges made by 60 countries will not be enough to keep the average global temperature rise at 2 degrees Celsius or less, modeling released on Tuesday by the United Nations says."
Source: Reuters, 02/24/2010
"Deep-Ocean Low-Oxygen Zones Spreading to Shallower Coastal Waters"
"A plague of oxygen-deprived waters from the deep ocean is creeping up over the continental shelves off the Pacific Northwest and forcing marine species there to relocate or die."
Source: Scientific American, 02/24/2010
OR Senate OKs Bill To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Cars, Trucks
"Despite unanimous opposition from Republicans, Oregon's Senate passed a bill this afternoon aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions from cars, SUVs and pickup trucks in metropolitan areas even as the state's population grows."
Source: Portland Oregonian, 02/24/2010
"Md. Among States Seeking To Limit BPA"
"As scientific evidence mounts against bisphenol-A, a chemical used in plastic baby bottles, soup cans and other containers, many states -- including Maryland -- are starting to take action to limit the chemical ahead of any federal regulation."
Source: Baltimore Sun, 02/24/2010
Enviros Return Oil/Gas Industry Fire on Access to Public Lands
"Oil and gas drillers haven't been pushed off federal lands by the Obama administration, an environmental group contends, so much as they have jumped at other opportunities."
Source: Greenwire, 02/24/2010
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