Energy Department officials plan two public hearings over policies designed to levy civil fines on nuclear weapons sites for secrets divulged by their employees. An amendment to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, approved in 1999 as part of a defense bill, created civil penalties of up to $100,000 per violation for the unauthorized release of "restricted data" or "formerly restricted data." An April 1 announcement in the Federal Register, a daily publication for federal government rules and notices, states that hearings will be held May 22 and 29 on the proposed rules governing the civil penalties. As proposed,...