Watertown Daily Times | White House cuts down on public access to data

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Summary:

"The Trump administration has removed or tucked away a wide variety of information that until recently was provided to the public, limiting access, for instance, to disclosures about workplace violations, energy efficiency, and animal welfare abuses.

Some of the information relates to enforcement actions taken by federal agencies against companies and other employers. By lessening access, the administration is sheltering them from the kind of 'naming and shaming' that federal officials previously used to influence company behavior, according to digital experts, activists and former Obama administration officials."

Link:

http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20170515/NATIONAL/170518936

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Date tagged:

05/16/2017, 15:21

Date published:

05/16/2017, 11:21