Trump Orders Mass Federal Layoffs, Targeting Probationary Workers in Sweeping Workforce Overhaul

by PEER | February 14, 2025
The Trump administration initiated a large-scale reduction of the federal workforce on Thursday, ordering agencies to dismiss probationary employees who have yet to attain civil service protections. Federal safety agencies are also affected. Public Employees for Environmental ...

National Park Service Can’t Say How Many Superintendent Vacancies It Has

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Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility also has no idea how many vacancies there are. “We are still in [a lawsuit] with NPS about its 2003 staffing, rescues, and assaults. Have just filed similar requests covering 2024,” said Jeff Ruch, the organization’s Pacific director ...

Trump administration begins sweeping layoffs with probationary workers, warns of larger cuts to come

by PEER | February 13, 2025
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a group that defends government workers, said the Agriculture Department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service would be hit especially hard by laying off probationary employees because it has trouble recruiting inspectors required to be ...

DOGE lands at EPA

by PEER | February 12, 2025
EPA has been pressed to reveal what access Musk’s team has at the agency. In a letter last week to Administrator Lee Zeldin, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a watchdog group, called on him to publicly disclose what agency databases are open to DOGE. EPA holds sensitive ...
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