PEER, Author at PEER.org - Page 95 of 1042

PEERMail | Meeting the Trump Challenge in the Trenches

by PEER | November 12, 2024
We know these times are tough. But at PEER we don’t shy away from a hard job or an important fight. The stakes are too high ...

EPA staff fear Trump will destroy how it protects Americans from pollution

by PEER | November 11, 2024
The EPA currently has more than 16,000 employees, adding more than 6,000 during Joe Biden’s administration as the agency sought to rebuild. During Biden’s term, the agency stepped up enforcement of pollution rules, banned toxic pesticides, bolstered chemical safety protections, and ...

Trump seeks to relocate 100K federal employees, doubling down on first-term playbook

by PEER | November 7, 2024
PEER Executive Director Tim Whitehouse, a former senior attorney at the Environmental Protection Agency, said agencies have more freedom to relocate members of the career Senior Executive Service, compared to rank-and-file federal employees. “They can move SES employees and their ...

Beyond Schedule F, Trump has ‘arsenal’ of ways to target federal employees

by PEER | November 6, 2024
Congress passed the Administrative Leave Act to put tighter restrictions on how long agencies can put their employees on paid administrative or investigative leave. But OPM is more than seven years late in providing guidance to agencies on how to implement the legislation. Public Employees ...