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The Trump administration has frozen grants and contracts by the Environmental Protection Agency, according to ProPublica, and blocked employees from providing updates on this change via social media. This could have big effects on the agency's budget and severely undercut its efforts.
In an email obtained by ProPublica, one EPA contractor writes that: "The new EPA administration has asked that all contract and grant awards be temporarily suspended, effective immediately. Until we receive further clarification, this includes task orders and work assignments."
Also, employees have been banned from providing updates to reporters or on social media. The internal memo specifies that no press releases will go out to external audiences, there will be "no blog messages" and media requests will be carefully screened. (Interestingly, the Department of Energy, a fellow federal agency, recently released new guidelines that specifically protects contractors and ensures that they can state their personal opinions.)
Source: The Verge
takyon: Here are some related stories happening at the same time:
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USDA disavows gag-order emailed to scientific research unit
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CDC postpones climate conference ahead of Trump takeover
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(Score: 2) by Pslytely Psycho on Wednesday January 25 2017, @10:21AM
You know, your reply to him got me wondering as I had heard that rumor (or is it now an alternative fact?) before. Seems NASA is actually doing the opposite. And trying to preserve as much of the research as possible.
https://www.sti.nasa.gov/ [nasa.gov]
We've all heard the stories of misplaced samples and tapes. Something that isn't unusual in any large business, much less a government institution. But happily, I could find nothing suggesting they were destroying old research.
We can all sleep a little better tonight....
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday January 25 2017, @10:55AM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11_missing_tapes [wikipedia.org]
Moon landing tapes got erased, NASA admits [reuters.com]
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(Score: 2) by Pslytely Psycho on Thursday January 26 2017, @01:21AM
Yeah, I remember those.
At least they're not actually destroying old research intentionally like the original poster suggested. As I recall they lost some Moon rocks during that era as well.
I remember being 10 years old, watching the first Moon landing. Sigh, such greatness seems beyond the world in this era.
Back to Kerbal Space Program for a tiny taste of those distant memories......
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