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On the recordJuly 17, 2017
By contrast, as the courts are beginning to remind this Administration, the current trend toward increased secrecy and one-sided decision making is a recipe for agency over-reach and for natural resource management agencies to go astray.
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Jared Huffman
Democratic · California

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Warning against the negative consequences of secrecy in decision-making.

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