[Infowarrior] - USG gag order extended

[Richard Forno]

> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk at gsp.org>
> Subject: Re: 2,000 USDA scientists gagged by Trump administration
> Date: January 24, 2017 at 14:14:24 EST
> To: Dave Farber <dave at farber.net>, Richard Forno <rforno at infowarrior.org>, Lauren Weinstein <lauren at vortex.com>
> 
> Update: the scientific gag order now extends to the NIH and the EPA:
> 
> 	Federal Workers Told To Halt External Communication In First Week Under Trump
> 	http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-communication-freeze_us_58878b3ae4b0441a8f7114e2?6e7he6b3zdgrv0a4i
> 
> Excerpt:
> 
> 	Officials at sub-agencies of the Department of Health and
> 	Human Services, for example, have been told not to send "any
> 	correspondence to public officials" according to a memo shared
> 	with HuffPost. Instead, they have been asked to refer questions
> 	to agency leadership until the leadership has had time to meet
> 	with incoming White House staff about the new administration's
> 	policies and objectives, according to a congressional official
> 	who was also informed of the communications freeze.
> 
> 	[...]
> 
> 	That said, there also appears to be a lockdown on external
> 	communication at the Environmental Protection Agency. As HuffPost
> 	reported Monday, a memo went out within the agency following a
> 	briefing for communication directors. The memo said there would
> 	be no press releases, social media posts or blog messages until
> 	further notice.
> 
> ---rsk
> 
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