Trump’s Federal Employee Buyout Offer is an Illusion
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PEER | January 30, 2025
OPM “Fork in the Road” Deferred Resignation Offer May be Illegal ...
EPA employees told to pause most external communications and cancel meetings with outside parties
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PEER | January 29, 2025
Tim Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility said the communications pause and other Trump administration actions affecting the federal workforce writ large would benefit corporations and individuals who oppose environmental enforcement. “ ...
Maryland’s Renewable Energy Program: More Smoke and Mirrors Than Wind and Solar, New Report Alleges
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Instead, it has stalled the growth of Maryland’s renewable energy sector, undermined the transition to fossil-free electricity and funneled billions in public subsidies to out-of-state energy producers with significant consequences for the environment and ratepayers, according to the ...
‘Paranoia and distrust’: How Trump’s mass firing of government watchdogs will affect climate policy
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“All of the checks and balances have been stripped,” said Kyla Bennett, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic director for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a group that offers pro bono assistance to whistleblowers within federal agencies. Federal employees, she added, “can’t ...
LAWSUIT: Trump’s executive order to fire government workers is illegal
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PEER | January 28, 2025
Trump’s order, nearly identical to his previous Schedule F executive order in 2020, would lay the groundwork to convert a huge percentage of the federal civil service from employees who can only be fired for cause to at-will employees who can be fired for any reason at all ...