The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expediting a review of its policy concerning links from the agency’s website to external sites. EPA had originally scheduled the review for January 2005, but moved it up in response to a letter from Reps. Cubin (R-WY) and Gibbons (R-NV). The letter accused EPA of inappropriately linking to extremist groups. OMB Watch and Environmental Defense are among the specific groups the congressmen were referring to. OMB Watch operates www.rtknet.org, the Right-To-Know network, which provides free public access to various EPA databases. Environmental Defense's www.scorecard.org also provides the public with programs that enable the public to search and understand EPA data such as the Toxic Release Inventory. Currently, EPA links to both sites from its Program Fact Sheet. Both links have a disclaimer explaining that you are leaving EPA's website. The EPA’s current policy for external links lauds the use of links as an efficient way to use other resources and foster an electronic environmental community. It is unclear if the letter from Cubin and Gibbons will influence how EPA views links to such pages as RTK NET or Scorecard. OMB Watch encourages EPA to make this policy review an open process complete with a comment period for the public. Please visit OMB Watch’s Take Action page to send an Action Alert to EPA.