Jeff Ruch
Of Counsel

Jeff Ruch

Jeff serves as Of Counsel to PEER, where he specializes in civil service, scientific integrity, and whistleblower protection issues. Jeff was PEER’s Executive Director from 1997 to 2019 and its Pacific Director from 2019 to 2025. Previously, he was the Policy Director and a staff attorney at the Government Accountability Project, representing whistleblowers from both the public and private sectors. Before coming to DC, Jeff worked in California state government for 17 years, mostly in the State Legislature as counsel to various committees where he drafted hundreds of laws on topics ranging from energy conservation to the rights of employed inventors. Jeff served stints as a deputy district attorney and an appellate court clerk. He is a graduate of the California Correctional Officers Academy.

COMMENTARY | Rebalancing Checks and Balances: How to Curb Executive Abuse

by | April 25, 2025
President Trump has conclusively demonstrated that the executive branch cannot be trusted to police itself in following the law ...

COMMENTARY | National Parks or Jurassic Parks? Conservation Trump Style

by | April 22, 2025
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum suggests that technology can replace the role of habitat and intact ecosystems in the survival of wildlife ...

COMMENTARY | Trump and the IGs – From Watchdogs to Lapdogs

by | March 25, 2025
The role of the Inspector General requires political independence to function properly. That independence is now irretrievably lost ...

COMMENTARY | Administration of “Alternative Facts” – No Fact Checkers Welcome

by | February 13, 2025
It is often said that everyone is entitled to their own opinion but not to their own set of facts. That cannot be said of Donald Trump ...

COMMENTARY | Musk and Ramaswamy: The Smartest Most Clueless Guys in the Room

by | November 23, 2024
An op-ed by the co-directors of the non-existent Department of Government Efficiency stands out for its sweeping scope and sheer cluelessness ...
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