Contest Seeks Videos Promoting Government Regulations
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson announces on Monday, Dec. 7, 2009 that her agency has decided that greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, threaten public health and the environment. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)President Obama's Environmental Protection Agency is encouraging the public to create video advertisements that explain why federal regulations are "important to everyone."
The contest, which ends May 17, will award $2,500 to the makers of the video that best explains why federal regulations are good and how ordinary citizens can become more involved in making regulations. The videos must be posted on YouTube and can be no more than 60-90 seconds in length.
In the current contest, each video must include the slogan “Let your voice be heard,” and it must direct viewers to the government’s regulatory website www.Regulations.gov. The winning video will then be used by the entire federal government to promote the regulatory process and enhance the public’s participation in it.
The EPA is managing the contest, part of the government’s eRulemaking program, on behalf of the entire government.
As explained in the EPA press release announcing the contest, the purpose of the videos will be to remind the public that federal regulation touches “almost every aspect” of their lives and to promote how important those regulations are.
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ReplyDeleteSome more Bueaucratic B.S. Just like the EPA Video of Iron Mountain Mine. The material being dredged at Spring Creek amd pumped back up the camyon for recirculation is a HUGE RIPOFF of the American public. This material has been in place since 1890's and copletely leached out. I would like to see some tests made on the water in Keswick Lake by EPA to substantiate their claim that if was toxic to fish as a result of the debris in the Lake
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