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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:
USDA scrambles to ease concerns after researchers were ordered to stop publishing news releases, other documents
USDA disavows gag-order emailed to scientific research unit
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CDC postpones climate conference ahead of Trump takeover
Badlands National Park goes rogue with climate-change tweets
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Wednesday January 25 2017, @02:44PM
Personally, I don't call people on twitter "tweeters", I call them "twits" as in "all the twits on twitter twitting away at other twits." But more on topic, Trump is Liar in Chief, and his lackeys repeat his lies no matter how stupid those lies are.
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(Score: 3, Funny) by SrLnclt on Wednesday January 25 2017, @05:35PM
and his lackeys repeat his lies no matter how stupid those lies are.
We don't tell lies - only alternative facts.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 25 2017, @07:59PM
At this moment he couldn't care less about his lackeys. Because his lackeys will not speak until Trump tells them they can and then they will spew exactly what he is currently saying.
He cares enormously about all the civil service policy people who are in a position to point out the lies, hypocrisy, and stupidity. And dares not allow an unauthorized voice to speak. It will be interesting to see if he can control civil service employees who have a first amendment right. And I hope the first example and lawsuit comes quickly.
Message discipline is newspeak for, "get back in line, peasant."