Trump admin tightens media access for federal scientists: report

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The Trump administration is directing federal scientists in the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to get approval from the Department of the Interior, its parent agency, before speaking to reporters, according to the Los Angeles Times.

USGS employees interviewed by the L.A. Times said the policy is a departure from decades of past media practices that allowed scientists to quickly respond to media requests. The employees said that the new policy will significantly undermine this.

A spokesperson for Interior disputed this description of the policy to the L.A. Times, saying that “the characterization that there is any new policy or that it for some reason targets scientists is completely false.”

Deputy press secretary for the Department of the Interior, Faith Vander Voort, told the outlet that Interior had only asked the USGS public affairs office to follow 2012 media guidelines established under former President Obama.

http://thehill.com/policy/technology/393568-trump-administration-tightens-media-access-to-federal-scientists-report

Just like separting parents and children was an Obama policy? The scientists are pubic servants dotard. They're not your personal lackeys.

[drray23]

1. I am working for the DOE

And we had this rule forever. If asked by the media to give an interview, we have to refer it to the PR department. Most of the times, we just get the go ahead but you have to clear it first.