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For our report Grading Government Transparency, we assessed the media and social media policies of 17 federal agencies, evaluating their current status and their progress since our 2008 media policy scorecard.
For those who want a closer look at the policy documents that the report's assessments were based on, we have provided links below. Most policies are available on agency websites, but some were obtained through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
Bureau of Land Management (Department of the Interior)
Census Bureau (Department of Commerce)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Department of Health and Human Services)
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Department of Energy
Environmental Protection Agency
Food and Drug Administration (Department of Health and Human Services)
United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Department of the Interior)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Institutes of Health (Department of Health and Human Services)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (Department of Commerce)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Department of Commerce)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- NRC Interim Guidance on the Use of Social Media
- NRC Legal and Ethical Guidelines: Reporting Suspected Wrongdoing
- NRC Management Directive 2.7: Personal Use of Information Technology
- NRC Management Directive 3.4: Release of Information to the Public
- NRC Management Directive 5.5: Public Affairs Program
- NRC Management Directive 7.3: Participation in Professional Organizations
National Science Foundation
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Department of Labor)
United States Geological Survey (Department of the Interior)
- USGS Manual, section 500.25: Scientific Integrity
- USGS Manual, section 500.5: News Release and Media Relations Policy
- USGS Information Quality Guidelines
- USGS Manual, section 502.3 Fundamental Science Practices: Peer Review
- USGS Manual, section 502.4: Fundamental Science Practices: Review, Approval, and Release of Information Products
- USGS Easy Guidelines for Employee Use of Social Media
- DOI Social Media Policy
United States Department of Agriculture
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