More transparency sought from White House’s OMB in regulation reviews

By Jim Morris

Under President Ronald Reagan in the early 1980s, the White House Office of Management and Budget became known as the place where promising

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"… paque was the OMB review process that a research and advocacy group called OMB Watch materialized in 1983 to “lift the veil of secrecy.”Ten years later, un …"

EPA and OMB slow toxic chemical risk studies

By The Center for Public Integrity

Changes to the risk assessment procedures have been delayed, and transparency has been swept away in the process

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"… y” and “limits . . . credibility.” An analyst at government watchdog OMB Watch summarized the approach as extending the OMB’s role from making decision …"

EPA releases toxics data early in spirit of transparency

By Elizabeth Lucas

In response to citizen requests, the Environmental Protection Agency posted its preliminary 2009 Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) data at the e

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"… to Brian Turnbaugh, a policy analyst at the open government advocacy group OMB Watch.“When the information is that old, it’s obviously not as useful to a c …"

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EPA not ready to name coal ash locations

By Kristen Lombardi

Senator Barbara Boxer, a California Dem, stirred excitement last Friday when she decried the “huge muzzle” the Obama administration placed o

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"… ness information, said Brian Turnbaugh, an environmental policy analyst at OMB Watch. “EPA should be able to release locations of these sites if not specific …"

EPA limits chemical accident data citing security concerns

By Chris Hamby

It has been 20 years since Congress included provisions in the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments to inform citizens of risks from factories usin

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"… allowed to make copies.Brian Turnbaugh, a policy analyst at advocacy group OMB Watch, said the current system doesn’t hide anything from terrorists and incon …"

"… getting this information engages the public to push for safer processes.”OMB Watch has compiled information from individual OCA reports into a database – a …"

Bush administration kills safety regulation opposed by donors

By Bill Dawson

WASHINGTON, April 11, 2002 — The Bush administration quietly shelved a proposal to tighten regulations on a group of hazardous chemicals des

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"… the White House Office of Management and Budget. The public interest group OMB Watch later publicly identified all 57 regulations, which included the PSM progr …"

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New gov’t contractor integrity database will be off-limits to public

Federal contractors behaving badly are nothing new. But a government database to track their misconduct is....

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"… e withheld from the public,” Gordon said in an email.Gary Therkildsen at OMB Watch, an advocacy group for transparency in government, said FAPIIS should be a …"

Project updates on recovery.gov lack clarity

A Texas company that received $14,675 in economic stimulus money submitted a mandatory progress report to the federal government using just

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"… tive fields are not very informative,” said Sam Rosen-Amy, an analyst at OMB Watch, a watchdog group. “They can range anywhere from a few words that don’ …"

A vacation from the rules

By Anupama Narayanswamy

Some disclosure filings sketchy on details, tardy despite ethics oversight

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"… completed," Gary Bass, executive director of the government watchdog group OMB Watch, said of such imprecise disclosure.Shaw's filing for an October 2003 visit …"

"… o determine whether a given traveler is in violation of the rules.Bass, of OMB Watch, advocates that all privately sponsored travel be noted on members' Web si …"

OSHA’s laissez-faire attitude

By The Center for Public Integrity

Since 2001, funding cuts at OSHA have been mirrored by a drop in the enforcement budget for the agency

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"… d for inflation, every year since FY 2001, according to the watchdog group OMB Watch; those budget cuts, in turn, have been mirrored by a drop in the enforceme …"

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