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Annoying Orange bans EPA and USDA from updating the public via the press or social media
Poliwhirl:
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/315876-Annoying Orange-bans-epa-employees-from-giving-social-media-updates
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/01/24/Annoying Orange-bans-epa-employees-from-updating-public-via-press-social-media/Anr90pkwhavC2kzK8pwsyK/story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/Annoying Orange-bans-epa-employees-from-providing-updates-on-social-media-or-to-reporters-bars-awarding-new-contracts-or-grants/2017/01/24/c002cf5a-e25c-11e6-a419-eefe8eff0835_story.html?utm_term=.3aa0833082ec
This also bars the EPA from "awarding new contracts or grants."
Mega-Bear:
They're expecting the ban to be lifted soon, so it shouldn't be a huge inconvenience hopefully.
Poliwhirl:
--- Quote from: Mega-Bear on January 24, 2017, 07:03:54 PM ---They're expecting the ban to be lifted soon, so it shouldn't be a huge inconvenience hopefully.
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but why implement it in the first place
SeventhSandwich:
"Lol, he was joking when he called climate-change a Chinese conspiracy! You oversensitive liberals are all so doom-and-gloom"
Mega-Bear:
--- Quote from: Poliwhirl on January 24, 2017, 07:05:00 PM ---but why implement it in the first place
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The articles say he did it to get a better handle on the EPA, basically to understand what information is entering and leaving the agency. I'm gonna take that at face value for now. Time will show what other reasons he has, if any.