NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco has rescinded the decision to entrust Dale J. Jones, the deposed longtime chief of law enforcement, with management of a high-profile system allowing stakeholders access to the agency's databases and research into the oceans and atmosphere.
Lubchenco reportedly acted Friday after the Times broke the story of the decision to add management of the Enterprise Data Management Program to Jones' duties as a $155,000 fisheries analyst.
A bipartisan list of elected, federal, state and municipal officials — including both Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown and his main Democratic challenger, Elizabeth Warren — were all quoted as agreeing that the idea of giving Jones the project was ill-conceived and an affront to the public.
Brown described the idea as "outrageous"; Warren termed it "ridiculous."
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