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Morning News for Friday, March 01, 2013

From the Washington Examiner: Solyndra was indicative, not exceptional. Just this week, Cause of Action, an activist watchdog nonprofit, said it found a .95 percent correlation between companies that got Energy Department loans and those that...

 

Morning News for Thursday, February 28, 2013

From the Courthouse News Service: The 9th Circuit blocked the shutdown of a California oyster farm that is fighting a permit denial from the U.S. government. When Kevin Lunny bought the 1.5-acre oyster farm from its previous owner in December...

 

Morning News for Tuesday, February 26, 2013

From the San Francisco Chronicle: A federal appeals court granted a reprieve Monday to an oyster farm that challenged the federal government’s refusal to renew its lease at Point Reyes National Seashore, site of a proposed marine wilderness. Drakes...

 

Morning News for Monday, February 25, 2013

From the Washington Examiner: By any fair estimate, the NLRB, which is funded with taxpayer dollars, has operated as a vehicle for Big Labor to achieve bureaucratic victories it could not otherwise see enacted in the legislature. From Huffington...

 

Morning News for Friday, February 22, 2013

Coverage of Drake’s Bay Oyster Company continues. More from Point Reyes Light: An Interior Department watchdog report released earlier this month that was intended to quiet allegations of scientific misconduct in evaluating the noise impacts...

 

Morning News for Thursday, February 21, 2013

From The Daily Caller: Another EPA administrator caught using a private email account.   Emails released by the Environmental Protection Agency show that acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe used a private email account to conduct official...

 

Morning News for Wednesday, February 20, 2013

From NBC Bay Area: Dollar oysters, already a happy hour rarity, could be a thing of the past once the supply of ocean-bound bivalves shortens following the closure of Drakes Bay Oysters Co., according to reports. From the Washington Examiner: Sen....

 

Most Transparent Administration in History?

While taking questions during a Google hangout last week, President Obama stated that his administration was the “most transparent administration in history,” and that he could “document that this is the case.” He pointed to the fact...

 

CoA signs letters to President Obama, Oversight Committee re: FOIA

Today Cause of Action joined OpenTheGovernment.org and a coalition of watchdog/accountability groups in signing a letter addressed to President Obama to urge him to bring renewed attention to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). We strongly...

 

Morning News for Tuesday, February 19, 2013

From The Washington Times: Four hundred U.S. Postal Service executives are heading to San Francisco next month for workshops, meetings — and a dance party. And a golf tournament. And a dinner event. From the LA Times: The Anaheim company behind...

 
 
 
 

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