EPA officials want toxics information open to the public

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EPA officials are charged with collecting information on chemicals used by American industry, and the agency would like this information to be open to the public. EPA proposed regulations to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) would accomplish this goal. Opposition to this goal is coming from oil and chemical companies, who claim their competitors are the only ones interested in such information. An EPA-commissioned study of this issue claims, however, that confidential business data claims are made excessively under TSCA.

United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Confidential communications, Right to know (Hazardous substances), Government information

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Corporate contrarians seek to keep regulations: Contract with America calls for radical deregulation, but some big businesses prefer a more selective pruning

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Many businesses and industries want to keep at least some of the existing and new regulations that the House of Representatives has voted to repeal or ban. Pressure from corporations may encourage the Senate to pass a less sweeping measure for regulatory reform. Ultimately, however, many observers think industry will support a wholesale pullback of regulations affecting those that some like as well as those they dislike, in the interest of overall savings and increased competitiveness.

United States, Political aspects, Deregulation, Industry regulations, Government regulation of business, Trade regulation

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Republican appointees digging in; facing the ax, officials seek permanent jobs

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There are suspicions that the 1993 change from a Republican to a Democratic administration has spawned a flurry of political appointees trying to ensure their job security by getting career federal government jobs. Republicans able to get career jobs might also influence policy once the Democratic administration is in place. According to civil service rules, political appointees may not switch to career jobs, but it is difficult to prove this has taken place.

Analysis, Civil service, Patronage, Political, Political patronage

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