website monitoring Archives – Environmental Data and Governance Initiative

July 22, 2022July 22, 2022Blog

EDGI’s Response to the EPA’s Announcement it Will Retain its Online Archive

Tuesday July 19, 2022, after recently announcing the planned sunsetting of portions of its online archive, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency updated their Web Archive website with an announcement that the archive in its entirety will remain online until at least July 2023. The EPA stated that they extended the timeline “to assess the use of archive content and to continue to analyze, inventory, and transition key content to our main website.” This comes after EDGI and other environmental groups sent an open letter to the agency, urging them to keep this critical public resource online.

January 20, 2022September 14, 2022Blog

EDGI’s Website Monitoring Team Releases Report on Federal Web Governance in Biden’s First Year

January 20, 2022 – Today, the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI)’s Website Monitoring Team releases Work in Progress: Governance of Digital […]

December 21, 2021December 21, 2021Blog

EDGI’s Website Monitoring Team Analyzes Extreme Politicization of EPA News Releases Under Trump

Today, the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI)’s Website Monitoring Team releases Crossing the Line: Analyzing EPA news releases under Trump and ensuring trust in federal information in the future. This report examines the politicization of EPA’s news releases under the Trump administration and recommends guidelines for protection of the integrity of information coming from the EPA’s press office.

November 19, 2021March 1, 2024Blog

EDGI’s Public Comment on EPA’s Strategic Plan for 2022-2026

On Friday, November 12, 2021, the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative’s (EDGI’s) Website Monitoring Team submitted a public comment to the Environmental Protection Agency on their 2022-2026 strategic plan, which sets the agency’s priorities for the next four years.

October 1, 2021November 12, 2021Blog

EPA Changes Up Its Climate Change Website

The Environmental Protection Agency’s “Climate Change” website homepage. The green box highlights a paragraph added in August 2021 about the agency’s commitment […]

July 29, 2021January 22, 2024Blog

EDGI Urges White House Scientific Integrity Task Force to Improve Public Information Policies

Image shows the call for information posted on EPA’s website. EDGI Urges White House Scientific Integrity Task Force to Improve Public Information […]

March 29, 2021November 12, 2021Blog

How the Biden Administration Can Protect Public Environmental Information

Just one week into Biden’s presidency, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced its intent to review the effectiveness of scientific integrity policies across federal agencies, stating that, “scientific findings should never be distorted or influenced by political considerations.” The OSTP review provides an opportunity to address the policy gaps in the governance of public information found on the websites of federal agencies, an issue that the website monitoring team of the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative has been tracking since the beginning of the Trump presidency.

March 22, 2021November 12, 2021Blog

Say Goodbye to the Obama Era “All of the Above” Energy Approach

The BLM has removed the phrase “all of the above energy approach.” The image on the left shows BLM’s “Energy and Minerals” […]

March 16, 2021November 12, 2021Blog

In Advance of Haaland Confirmation, DOI Overhauls Its Priorities

Between January 20 and February 28, 2021, the Department of the Interior (DOI) overhauled its stated priorities. The DOI’s priorities, as listed on its “Our Priorities” webpage, had been altered dramatically under the Trump administration.

February 25, 2021November 12, 2021Blog

New Report Shows Pattern Under Trump of Federal Agencies Removing Public Information Prior to Environmental Proceedings

Today, the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative (EDGI) releases Access Denied: Federal Web Governance Under the Trump Administration. The report examines the Trump administration’s management of federal websites related to environmental regulation and makes recommendations for the Biden administration moving forward. Currently, there are few policies governing website content.