Critics are blasting a revised Trump administration plan to give the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) broad power to ignore research results when setting public health rules if officials decide the underlying data are not adequately accessible to the public.
The draft document, a version of which was leaked to The New York Times this week, supplements a 2018 data transparency proposal from EPA that was harshly criticized by scientific, environmental, and patient groups, prompting the agency to say it would issue a revision. Although EPA said in a 12 November statement that the leaked document is not the final version it sent earlier this month to the White House for review, the agency did not dispute its core substance.
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Deepwater Gets Secret Hearing - The Independent
Friday's meeting at East Hampton Town Hall was so secretive that "it was like El Chapo was applying for a wetland variance," as one observer put it.
Well, no. It was Ørsted/Eversource Energy, formerly Deepwater Wind, amid a legal maneuver only concerned parties were privy to, which means, given town hall's propensity for keeping a secret, that even the janitors knew more about what was going on than most of the participants at the November 8 affair.
Kate Middleton & Meghan Markle's Secret Visits to the Shout Crisis Text Line
Nancy Lublin, the Founder of Crisis Text Line in the U.S., told T&C that she was “so grateful” for how the royals have highlighted the service publicly and shared how they have also engaged in under-the-radar visits.
“They have been into our offices, I think, four times, at this point in time, quietly without anyone knowing,” Lublin said about the four young royals.
She added, “They’ve been to this event without anyone knowing last year. They are really here for the work.”
Whistleblowers 101: Why keep their identifies secret? - ABC News
A whistleblower complaint started the story that led to the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine -- and it's still a main focus of the debate.
While lawmakers from both parties have called to protect the original whistleblower from retaliation by keeping his or her identify secret, staunch Republican supporters of the president have demanded the person to be publicly identified, arguing that would help determine if the whistleblower had political motivations. (It could also distract from the substance of the investigation.)
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FDA still allowing secret reports on medical devices - StarTribune.com
Earlier this year, the FDA ended a little-noticed but long-running system known as "alternative summary reporting" (ASR), which previously had let device companies avoid publicly filing full narrative reports about specific devices that the agency felt were well-understood.
The ASR program was ended after then-FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb tweeted last March that it was "imperative that all safety information be available to the public." (Gottlieb left the agency the following month.)
Army's 504th MI Brigade app at risk of exposing secrets, soldiers say - The Washington Post
But the soldiers — many of whom have jobs in interrogation, human intelligence and counterintelligence — soon noticed that the app's terms of service said it could collect substantial amounts of personal data and that the developer has a presence overseas.
That caused widespread concern that a hack could put individuals and missions worldwide at risk, soldiers in the unit said.
"We do top-secret work," said one noncommissioned officer, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retribution by their chain of command. "If our personal information is being put out there to a foreign power, what can they get from our brigade?"
Secret complaints are not so secret in bare-knuckled Louisiana Supreme Court race | Elections |
In a state Supreme Court race in which transparency over judicial misconduct has become a major issue, multiple secret complaints alleging ethics violations have found their way into the public square.
The latest formal allegation is a complaint over the appearance of candidate Will Crain, a 1st Circuit Court of Appeal judge, in a photo of state GOP leaders who are gathered around gubernatorial candidate Eddie Rispone in front of a Rispone banner.
The complaint, obtained by The Times-Picayune and The Advocate, alleges that by allowing himself to be photographed in such a lineup — which was then used to promote Rispone's candidacy — Crain violated rules barring judges from making political endorsements.
Appeals Court Temporarily Blocks Order Barring Fullerton Blog From Publishing Secret City Hall
The Fourth District Court of Appeals has temporarily blocked an OC Superior Court's publishing gag order, which barred Fullerton resident Joshua Ferguson, and the blog he writes for, from publishing secret Fullerton city hall documents.
Orange County Superior Court Judge Thomas Delaney issued an Oct. 25 order barring the blog from publication.
The order, which was sought by Fullerton's City Council and city attorneys, raises critical First Amendment concerns, which spurred state and national free speech advocacy groups to wade into the fight.
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