High case numbers could snarl federal employees who appeal their removals
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Cornershop Creative | July 8, 2025
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a nonprofit group that defends governmental whistleblowers, warned that the case number could surge if a court order blocking widespread agency layoffs is lifted. “MSPB may be heading for the biggest legal trainwreck in history,” said ...
Interior implements Trump’s essay requirement in federal hiring
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Cornershop Creative |
OPM quickly backpedaled on the essay requirement in the wake of a formal complaint by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, saying it would retain the essay questions in the new hiring process but downgrade their importance. Read the PEER Story… ...
Roughly 140 EPA staffers who signed ‘dissent’ letter are put on leave
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PEER | July 3, 2025
Tim Whitehouse, the executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which has previously represented EPA and other federal employees, said that federal employees have First Amendment rights, which should protect speech that doesn’t harm the agencies they work for ...
E.P.A. Suspends 144 Employees After They Signed a Letter Criticizing Trump
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PEER |
Tim Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a nonprofit group that defends the rights of civil servants, said the Constitution generally protects the speech of federal workers. “We believe strongly that these federal employees have First ...
EPA to launch program that lets people adopt its lab animals amid Trump cuts
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PEER |
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Peer) nonprofit obtained and revealed an EPA document announcing the adoption program. The document announced adoptions for zebrafish and rats from an EPA lab in North Carolina. It states: “Adopt love. Save a life. Our adoption program ...
OPM backs off pro-Trump essay requirement for job applicants
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PEER | July 2, 2025
In a quick turnaround following complaints by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, the Office of Personnel Management has softened a requirement imposed in late May that federal job-seekers write four short essays, including an explanation of how they would “help implement ...