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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

GOP report cites ‘culture of secrecy and evasion’ at EPA under Jackson

By Ben Goad 09/09/1

Republican lawmakers on Monday issued a scathing report accusing the Environmental Protection Agency of flouting transparency regulations in pursuit of its policy goals.
“The Obama Administration has advanced the most aggressive, far-left environmental agenda ever and developed the most secretive, behind-closed-doors way of doing it. And that's not by accident,” said Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), the top Republican on the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
The30-page report, prepared by Republican members of the panel, primarily focuses on EPA activities under former Administrator Lisa Jackson, who left the agency in February.
It accuses agency officials of establishing an alias identity to hide Jackson’s actions — a nod tothe “Richard Windsor” scandal — and taking an unresponsive posture with regard to requests made of the agency under the Freedom of Information Act. .....To Read More......

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