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RFK Jr. ends transparency policy, cancels public meeting after openness vow

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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revoked a transparency rule adopted by the Department of Health and Human Services in 1971 .

The rule required public notice-and-comment periods for proposed rules and policies regarding certain matters, namely public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts.

Revoking the policy could have sweeping effects.

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85

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84

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formal

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English

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74

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