is touching on a political issue... I'd be willing to bet that a similar review of private industry would find comparable conclusions....)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:20:44 -0500 From: Pete Weiss <[email protected]> Reply-To: Computer-assisted Reporting & Research <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [CARR-L] fwd: Are "Bad News Fridays" just a myth for federal agencies? -- Federal Computer Week Abstracted from the Federal Computer Week ... http://fcw.com/articles/2011/11/17/epa-more-likely-to-release-regulatory-actions -on-fridays-study-shows.aspx A new statistical report shows that "Bad News Fridays" is not just a myth for the Environmental Protection Agency. While there have been many anecdotal reports that federal agencies tend to announce major enforcement and regulatory actions on Fridays-thus minimizing news coverage and financial market reactions-a study of 15 years' worth of press releases from the EPA shows that the idea is backed by evidence. ... -- Pete http://bit.ly/repeter Home of the recursive curation -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en.
