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Data Quality Act

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-quantity dept.

The New York Times has a heads-up about a little-noticed add-on to a massive appropriations bill, signed into law by Clinton but taking effect in October. The amendment allows anyone to challenge data published by the Federal government and have it changed or deleted. The main proponents of the law are pro-business groups seeking to tie up environmental and similar regulations by challenging the government's data.

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  1. Ever since Spider-Man I've been confused by aztektum · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Is libel print or is that slander?

    :P

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