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Democrats say they’re waiting for nearly 50 requests for Trump info on science, environment

November 2, 2019December 27, 2020Miranda Green

Read the full story in The Hill» Nearly 50 different Democratic requests for documents have been unanswered by departments and agencies that oversee President Trump’s science and environment policies, lawmakers say, underscoring the brick wall the administration has put up against congressional oversight. Democratic lawmakers are expressing anger and frustration with the administration over what they […]

EPA blames advisory board for controversial changes to FOIA policy

October 31, 2019December 27, 2020Miranda Green

Read the full story in The Hill» The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is blaming a component of its controversial new public records policy on recommendations made by an advisory board, according to an email shared with The Hill. In June the agency made a change to its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) policy requiring that all record […]

CHEDDAR: Republicans Fight Back Against Impeachment Inquiry

October 24, 2019November 10, 2020Miranda Green

Trump officials eliminate board that advised on smart grid innovation

October 9, 2019December 27, 2020Miranda Green

Read the full story in The Hill» An advisory committee that provided input on bettering smart grids in the U.S. is the latest casualty of President Trump’s executive order to cut federal advisory boards by a third. The Smart Grid Advisory Committee that operated under the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) was terminated Sept. […]

Trump appoints Social Security Administration watchdog to also oversee Interior

October 6, 2019December 27, 2020Miranda Green

Read the full story in The Hill» President Trump has quietly appointed his Social Security Administration (SSA) inspector general to also oversee a much different agency: the Interior Department. On May 28, Gail Ennis began her second job overseeing the Interior Department’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), a role she will keep for the foreseeable […]

Trump administration ends five-year oil and gas drilling moratorium in California

October 4, 2019December 27, 2020Miranda Green

Read the full story in The Hill» The Trump administration Friday announced it would make 725,000 acres of land in California’s central coast open to oil and gas lease sales, ending a five-year moratorium. The decision by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) made the federal land available for fossil fuel production across Fresno, Monterey, […]

White House eliminates advisory boards for marine life, invasive species

October 1, 2019December 27, 2020Miranda Green

Read the full story in The Hill» The Trump administration is disbanding two federal advisory boards focused on protecting marine life and battling invasive species. As of Tuesday, the government will no longer fund the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) or the Interior Department’s Invasive […]

CNN: Election Comments Won’t do Much Harm

September 29, 2019December 12, 2020Miranda Green

Trump administration spent more than $10 million in collected fees to keep parks open during shutdown

September 27, 2019December 27, 2020Miranda Green

Read the full story in The Hill» The Trump administration used nearly $10.3 million in reserved park entrance revenues to keep several national parks open during the 35-day government shutdown earlier this year. The figure, released by the National Park Service (NPS) to The Hill days before the end of this fiscal year, shows how […]

CSPAN: Newsmakers with Rep. Rob Bishop

September 20, 2019November 10, 2020Miranda Green