Heather Wylie: Kayaking to Save the L.A. River
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PEER | March 8, 2018
Heather took part in a demonstration to protect the L.A. River, and footage of her kayaking to prove its navigability ended up on YouTube, leading her superiors to propose a career-crippling suspension. PEER mounted a First Amendment defense (the kayaking protest as symbolic Free Speech) ...
FEDERAL WORKERS WARNING: ONLINE ACTIVITY POSES NEW DANGER TO YOUR JOBS
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PEER | March 7, 2018
From: KUER ““The fact that we have a president who is sort of the Twitterer-in-Chief in a position to basically shut down social media competition is another one of the ironies here,” said Jeff Ruch, who works for the advocacy group, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility ...
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES COULD GET FIRED FOR LIKING THE WRONG TWEET
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PEER | March 6, 2018
From: Motherboard ““Federal employees who get into Twitter spats with Donald Trump face career risks that the Tweeter-in-Chief does not” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...
Zinke Shows No Sign of Empowering the Field
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Interior Secretary Routinely Preempts Local Decision-Making ...
ZINKE SIGNED ORDER IN JANUARY MAKING ‘ACTING’ DIRECTORS OFFICIAL
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PEER | March 5, 2018
From: The Hill “Signed under the radar, Zinke’s Jan. 12 order gave the acting directors for such bureaus as the Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service “temporary re-delegation of authority,” according to the order obtained by watchdog group Public Employees for ...
