Publication Items

Committee staff are crucial to covering environmental issues. Here are some current House committee phone contacts relevant to the environment beat.

A broad coalition of open-government groups is finalizing an ambitious agenda to improve public access to information in the next administration.

In an effort to increase government accountability and transparency, media groups put forward a new "21st Century Right-to-Know Agenda."

The Smithsonian Institution's Board of Regents held its first public meeting in 162 years November 17, 2008. This marks a move away from existing policies that have made the institution's meetings and records less open to public scrutiny than other federal entities.