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1. EPA Library House Letter 11-06

(File; Tue Jul 15 13:12:00 CDT 2008)

Description: A letter from Reps. Waxman, Gordon, Dingell, and Oberstar to the EPA on the closures of libraries.

2. Letter to Government Accountability Office (GAO) on EPA Library Closings

(File; Tue Jul 15 13:04:00 CDT 2008)

Description: A letter from Reps. Waxman, Gordon, and Dingell to the GAO to investigate EPA library closures.

3. Written Testimony on EPA Library Closures

(File; Tue Aug 12 16:13:00 CDT 2008)

Description: On Thursday, March 13, 2008 UCS Senior Scientist Francesca Grifo testified at a Congressional hearing on the closures of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) libraries. The Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee of the House Committee on Science and Technology held the hearing to review a newly released General Accountability Office (GAO) report on the library closures.

4. EPA Library Closings Limit Researchers’ Access to Information

(Web Page; Fri Aug 01 12:52:00 CDT 2008)

Update: After a public outcry from UCS activists, EPA unions, Congress, and others, EPA stopped and began to reassess its library plan. Read more about the fight to reopen the libraries. In summer 2006, the Environmental Protection Agenc...

5. Congress Allocates Millions to Reopen EPA Libraries

(Web Page; Mon Aug 04 09:25:00 CDT 2008)

In late 2006, UCS sounded the alarm that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had begun hastily closing its network of scientific libraries, effectively preventing EPA scientists and the public from accessing vast amounts of data an...

Description: Congress has allocated $3 million in the Environmental Protection Agency's 2008 budget to reopen the libraries that they closed over the course of the previous two years. The EPA must report its progress to Congress within three months.

6. GAO Report Finds EPA Library Closures Undercut Agency’s Mission; UCS Research Concludes Closures Impede Fed Scientists’ Work

(Web Page; Tue Aug 26 13:08:00 CDT 2008)

WASHINGTON (March 13, 2008) – A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released today criticizes the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to close five of its libraries around the country in 2006. The report conclude...

Description: According to a GAO report and UCS research, the EPA's closure of several agency libraries in 2006 both undercuts the EPA's mission, and impedes the ability of its scientists to effectively carry out research.

7. Investigations into EPA Library Closures

(Web Page; Fri Aug 01 13:49:00 CDT 2008)

On March 13, 2008, UCS Senior Scientist Francesca Grifo testified before the House Science and Technology Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee on the impact of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2006 decision to close or r...

Description: On Thursday, March 13, 2008 UCS Senior Scientist Francesca Grifo testified at a Congressional hearing on the closures of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) libraries. The Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee of the House Committee on Science and Technology held the hearing to review a newly released General Accountability Office (GAO) report on the library closures.

8. SSI Report back March 2007

(Web Page; Thu Dec 18 15:16:00 CST 2008)

Over the last few months, SSI members have lent their voices and expertise to a wide variety of topics, including funding to combat invasive species, EPA library closures, polar bear threatened species status, and joined a campaign to am...

Description: Report back on SSI Accomplishments, March 2007

9. Scientific Integrity Legislative Information Page

(Web Page; Thu Jan 29 15:10:00 CST 2009)

UPDATE 1/28/09: House approves whistleblower protections for federal workersThe House today passed an bill that includes language to strengthen protections for federal employees that expose waste, fraud, and abuse. T...

Description: Updates on legislative action relating to scientific integrity and political interference in government science.

10. Scientific Integrity News Archives

(Web Page; Mon Jan 26 09:36:00 CST 2009)

This archive has a sampling of the media coverage of political interference in science since UCS released its first scientific integrity report in 2004. The coverage is organized into issues; articles that address the misuse of science i...

Description: Scientific Integrity news archives, 2004-2007.