Florida Center for Investigative Reporting explained

Florida Center for Investigative Reporting
Registration Id:27-1187698 (EIN)
Location:Florida
Area Served:Florida
Footnotes:2013 FY Tax Return

Florida Center for Investigative Reporting (FCIR) was a non-profit founded in 2010 having a stated mission to investigate "corruption, waste and miscarriages of justice".[1] In August 2021, FCIR ceased operations and was absorbed by Inside Climate News.[2]

Investigations

FCIR reported that state of Florida officials allegedly ordered employees of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection not to use the terms global warming, climate change, and sustainability in their communications.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Another investigation by FCIR alleged repeated records requests by private parties to obtain records of businesses that had been hired to work with state agencies, followed, in some cases, by lawsuits.[7] Legislation has since been introduced to modify Florida's sunshine law so as to protect those businesses.

FCIR has also been in the news for investigating a new trend in Florida toward establishment of toll lanes.[8] And, in 2011, FCIR helped uncover high school diploma mills.[9] A description of other investigations by FCIR is available at its website.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About FCIR . FCIR.
  2. Web site: FCIR Hands Off Its Mission to Inside Climate News – Florida Center for Investigative Reporting. 2021-09-23. en-US.
  3. News: Florida governor denies environmental agency banned term 'climate change'. Patricia. Mazzei. March 9, 2015. Miami Herald. March 21, 2015.
  4. Web site: More 'climate change' silence from Florida Gov. Rick Scott's administration. Bradenton Herald. March 20, 2015. March 21, 2015. Bosquet. Steve. https://web.archive.org/web/20150706171314/http://www.bradenton.com/2015/03/20/5701928/more-climate-change-silence-from.html. July 6, 2015. dead.
  5. Web site: Scott official avoids 'climate change' in Senate hearing. Orlando Sentinel. March 19, 2015. March 21, 2015. Rohrer, Gray.
  6. Web site: Did Florida Prohibit Environmental Workers from Saying 'Climate Change'? . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924155111/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-404575152.html . dead . September 24, 2015 . HighBeam Research . . March 21, 2015 . LaCasse, Alexander S..
  7. Korten, Tristram. "New public records bill filed to protect private companies working with state agencies ", Naples News (January 9, 2015): "Two bills filed this week would protect private companies hired by state agencies, steps taken after a story by the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting about a nonprofit and a law firm that filed numerous records requests with agencies and sued if they didn't comply."
  8. Barton, Eric. "Toll Lanes Becoming all the Rage in Florida", The Miami Herald (September 21, 2014).
  9. http://miami.cbslocal.com/2011/02/21/i-team-flunking-a-high-school-equivalency/ "I-Team: Flunking A High School Equivalency"
  10. http://fcir.org/special-reports/ FCIR: Investigations

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