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Interior Dept. FOIA Logs Published Online

The group Governmentattic.org has published on its Website the FOIA request logs for the Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining, U.S. Geological Survey, Bureau of Land Management, and Minerals Management Service through Oct. 2007.

SECRECY ON ANIMAL ID SYSTEM CHALLENGED, WRITTEN INTO FARM BILL

The Senate Agriculture Committee has written an exemption from the Freedom of Information Act for records in the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). The language, which is in the draft version of the Farm Bill and would prevent American meat eaters from knowing about any problems with their meat was introduced by farmers and members of the food industry.

SEJ, J-Groups Urge Interior To Loosen Limits on Filming

SEJ and 18 other journalism groups urged the Department of the Interior Oct. 19, 2007, to revise a proposed rule that would keep freelancers and documentarians from covering news in National Parks, Wildlife Refuges, and other DOI lands.

HOUSE PANEL TO HOLD HEARING ON PARK PHOTO FEES DEC. 12

The House Resources Committee will hold a hearing Dec. 12, 2007, to air concerns that proposed Interior Department rules requiring fees and permits for photography and sound recording on public lands could limit freedom of the press.

SEJournal Spring 2001, Vol. 11 No. 1

In this issue: The environment beat bounces back: Moyers: Did Ida Tarbell seek industry response? Controversial "Trade Secrets": just the first of more on the environment...for the complete hotlinked table of contents, click on the journal cover.

SEJournal Winter 2001-02, Vol. 11 No. 3

In this issue: Why pay a journalist to think?; Coping with 9/11-on the beat and at home; 'Poison in your backyard': Exposing the hidden dangers of treated lumber...for the complete hotlinked table of contents, click on the journal cover.

SEJournal Summer 2001, Vol. 11 No. 2

In this issue: Green rights cases return: Courts, EPA grapple with environmental justice; Becoming your own publisher; 'The secret history of lead'...for the complete hotlinked table of contents, click on the journal cover.

SEJournal Winter 2002-03, Vol. 12 No. 3

Rachel Carson: 'No peace for me if I kept silent'; It's best to prepare for the worst; New federal security act threatens FOI; Archives as a source of news; and more.

 

SEJournal Fall 2002, Vol.12 No. 2

In this issue: The birth of environmental journalism: An early history of environmental reporting and public relations; Mobile Register show U.S. fails to protect seafood eaters from mercury...for the complete hotlinked table of contents, click on the journal cover.

 

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