FOI Report: federal security provisions could shield corporate info with new 'classified' label

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Corporations are placed on the honor system, it seems, and given discretion to do the right thing, as there are no penalties, not even for willful violations. Corporate information thus stamped would enjoy special protections from disclosure to the public under the Freedom of Information Act as once stamped with Critical Infrastructure Information (CII), the information essentially disappears from public view.

Corporations, Information Systems, Safety and security measures

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Knowledge of scientific results now endangered by OMB plan

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The White House Office of Management and Budget floated a proposal to centralize under OMB the peer review of science by almost all government agencies. This could limit the access of reporters and the public to scientific information about environmental health risks.

Strategy & planning, Management dynamics, Management, Planning, Company systems management, Information management, Company business management, Company business planning, Journalism, United States. Office of Management and Budget, Scientific development

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Physicians and greater access

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The medical errors and the haphazard regulation of bad doctors are investigated. Hartford Courant and the Associated Press are using public records to identify doctors with large numbers of malpractice payments or disciplinary actions.

Medical malpractice, Medical errors

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