PEER’s Action in Maintaining Good Governance
Public servants are under attack and government is failing in many of its basic functions. That is why PEER insists on high ethical standards, professionalism, accountability, and public participation in decisions that affect public health, the environment and natural resources. 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 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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Restoring Science, Protecting the Public: 43 Steps for the Next Presidential Term
The selfless and talented scientists working for the federal government do arguably the most important research in the world, collecting and analyzing information about public health threats, environmental harms, climate change, and innumerable other subjects. They should be free to pursue their research where it leads and communicate their results without political manipulation or fear of reprisal. Their results are the people’s work and should be available for the benefit of the people… Read More»
NEWS FROM PEER
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Temporary Interior Department Directors Illegal
All Decisions by Acting Park Service, BLM, and Fish & Wildlife Heads Legally Void
SCOTT PRUITT IS SLOWLY STRANGLING THE EPA
From: Vox ““The problem at EPA right now is there is a chilling effect on enforcement,” Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, told E&E News." Read more . . . Read the PEER story
Lawsuit Settlement Charts New Course for Bison Range
To Resolve Peer Suit, Feds Pledge Transparent Planning Open to All Parties
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DIRECTOR APPOINTED DESPITE SCANDAL
From: Courthouse News “Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke on Wednesday appointed as new National Park Service director the man who allowed the billionaire owner of the Washington Redskins to clear native trees on Park Service land." Read more . . . Read the PEER...
SENATE DEMS STRATEGIZE AHEAD OF PRUITT HEARING
From: E&E Daily ““With the continuing enforcement abdication by EPA, citizens, states, and localities will have to take public health protection into their own hands,” said Jeff Ruch, Director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility." Read more . . ....
SENATOR MARKEY HOSTS DISCUSSION WITH FORMER EPA OFFICIALS WHO DECRY ATTACKS ON SCIENCE, SYSTEMIC DEFUNDING, WILLFUL NEGLECT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AT EPA UNDER SCOTT PRUITT
From: Office of Senator Ed Markey “Led by Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, chairman of the Senate Climate Action Task Force, the panel questioned three former EPA employees about what the lawmakers see as willful neglect, staff intimidation and a lack of regulatory...
Flying Blind – Our National Risk Assessment Still Under Wraps
Unseen 2015 Analytic All-Hazard Assessment Designed to Inform Planners & Public
HOW STRONG IS THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT’S ETHICAL POLICY?
From: National Parks Traveler “Not long after he took office, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke reminded his employees of their ethical obligations, and said "I intend to make holding one another accountable to the highest ethical standards a top priority." Has he?" Read...
Government Reorganization in the Dark
From: Government Information Watch “Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility is suing the Office of Management and Budget for the submissions made by the public in response to an executive order signed by President Trump in March and ensuing guidance from...
WHITE HOUSE SUED OVER ‘CLOAKED’ AGENCY REORGANIZATION PROPOSALS
From: Government Executive “Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility is suing the Office of Management and Budget for the submissions made by the public in response to an executive order signed by President Trump in March and ensuing guidance from OMB." Read...
Scientific Collections in Jeopardy at Geological Survey
Complaint Faults USGS for Shirking Duty to Preserve Invaluable Biological Heritage
The Public’s Reform Suggestions to OMB Remain Cloaked
OMB Claimed “100,000+” Submissions but Won’t Say What They Recommend
Pruitt Superfund Plan Leaves No Fingerprints
Task Force Viewed No Material, Produced No Notes or Draft Recommendations
Coyote Control Based on Scientific House of Cards
Complaint Seeks to End Federal Reliance on Flawed 42-Year-Old Study
Scott’s Pledge to Restore Florida Springs Was a Scam
Petroleum Cleanup $ Misdirected Outside Spring-Sheds or to Low Priority Projects
EPA Urged to Close Dirty Water Public Notice Loopholes
Schools, Day-Care, Nursing Homes Lack Warning on Unsafe Drinking Water
Zinke Clueless on Interior’s Harassment Culture
Survey Shows Widespread Reports of Reprisal and Complaint Suppression
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to Lapse at Month’s End
No Reauthorization Bill Introduced to Extend Oil Excise Tax for Cleanup Funds
Pruitt Refuses to Reveal His Climate Science
His Lawyers Call Lawsuit for Studies Discounting Human Role “a Trap”
Trump Monkey-Wrenches Whistleblower Protections
Collapse of Civil Service Court Risks Potential Personnel and Judicial Meltdowns
