Fighting for Good Governance and Rule of Law
Good governance and the rule of law are essential to the success of all environmental and public health programs. That is why, at the core of all of PEER’s work is an effort to improve the ability of our government to address the most pressing environmental and public health issues of our time.
Today, around the country, the work of public servants and government agencies are under attack We fight for the strengthening of laws affecting open records, whistleblower protections, data quality, and government oversight. We are fierce litigators of freedom of information laws and often call on Inspectors General to investigate government malfeasance. We insist on high ethical standards, professionalism, accountability, and public participation in decisions that affect public health, the environment and natural resources.
We use all the tools available to us to help public employees right environmental wrongs and to build the foundation for lasting, positive change.
Scientific Integrity Policies by Agency
These policies were mandated to protect the scientific community.
Public Record Laws by State
FOIA records include information on exemptions to disclosure, access rights, and destruction of public records.
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NEWS FROM PEER
New Jersey Industry Environmental Task Force Punts
“Month Late and a Dollar Short” Report Ignores Problems It Finds
Racial Harassment Rife in EPA Enforcement Office
“Management Mafia” Condones Slurs and Adverse Acts While Resisting Remedies
Interior Ethics Scandals Involve More Than “a Few”
Widespread Industry Penetration of Interior Tatters Kempthorne Ethics Vows
Feds Proceed Quickly on Stalled New Jersey Toxic Clean-Ups
EPA Remediation Plan for Brick Township Landfill Ready for Public Review
Revolving Door Woes Mount at Federal Minerals Agency
Following Guilty Plea MMS Director Warns Workers to Expect More Shoes to Drop
EPA Library Restoration Pact Finalized
Agency Settles Unfair labor Complaint on Librarian Services, Collections and Space
EPA Staff Ordered to Stonewall Investigators and Media
Employees Told Not to Answer Questions or “Make Any Statements”
Fish & Wildlife Service Hiding Influence of Refuge Driller
Federal Court Asked to Force Government to Release Records
Army Knew Alaska Base Family Housing Site Was Toxic
Audit Found Civil and Criminal Liability at Taku Gardens But No Action Taken
Federal Wildlife Report Censored
Highly Redacted Inspector General Report Posted on Official Website
EPA Library on Effects of New Chemicals Will Remain Closed
Four Key Committee Chairs Ask GAO to Review EPA Library “Restoration” Plans
Army’s $100 Million Housing From Hell: Alaska’s Taku Gardens
Responsibility Evaded for Uninhabitable Base Family Housing Atop Weapons Dump
Closed EPA Libraries to Return in Lavatory-Sized Spaces
Political Appointee Asserts Control over All Libraries, Repeals 30-Year-Old Manual
New Jersey Chemical Plant Plan Has Only Voluntary Standards
Corzine Administration Caves on Governor’s Signature Environmental Issue
National Wildlife Refuges Severely Shortchanged
Acre-for-Acre, Refuges Get 17 Cents for Every Dollar Spent on National Parks
Florida Waives Water Pollution Reporting Rules
Industry Told Not to Bother Submitting Data Qualifiers on Pollution Reports
“Disinformation Syndrome” Afflicts Federal Government
Officials Routinely Rewarded for Lying and Punished for Telling the Truth
“Culture of Fear” at Interior
Agency-wide Survey Shows Wide Expectation of Retaliation & Unfairness
Unclear on the Concept
Arizona Historic Officer Defaces Historic Site
