White House Clamps Down on USGS Publishing
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Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "The White House has begun implementing a new policy toward the U.S. Geological Survey, in which all scientific papers and other public documents by USGS scientists must be screened for content. The USGS communications office must now be "alerted about information products containing high-visibility topics or topics of a policy-sensitive nature." Subjects fitting this description might include global warming, or research on the effects of oil drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Reserve."