Florida Center for Investigative Reporting
Founded2010 (2010)
Registration no.27-1187698 (EIN)
Location
Area served
Florida
Websitefcir.org
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.[7]

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]

References

  1. ^ "About FCIR". FCIR.
  2. ^ "FCIR Hands Off Its Mission to Inside Climate News – Florida Center for Investigative Reporting". Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  3. ^ Mazzei, Patricia (March 9, 2015). "Florida governor denies environmental agency banned term 'climate change'". Miami Herald. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  4. ^ Bosquet, Steve (March 20, 2015). "More 'climate change' silence from Florida Gov. Rick Scott's administration". Bradenton Herald. Archived from the original on July 6, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  5. ^ Rohrer, Gray (March 19, 2015). "Scott official avoids 'climate change' in Senate hearing". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  6. ^ LaCasse, Alexander S. "Did Florida Prohibit Environmental Workers from Saying 'Climate Change'?". The Christian Science Monitor. HighBeam Research. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  7. ^ a b Korten, Tristram. "New public records bill filed to protect private companies working with state agencies Archived 2015-05-01 at the Wayback Machine", 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. ^ "I-Team: Flunking A High School Equivalency", WFOR-TV (February 21, 2011).
  10. ^ FCIR: Investigations.

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