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Fed plan could send Wenk off

by Susan Sargent | May 4, 2018
From: Jackson Hole News & Guide “The watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility contends there’s reason to believe parts of the “stealth makeover” are political. One of the executives being reassigned, Alaska Regional Director Bert Frost, is the ...

Dunes Action applauds naming special prosecutor in pavilion complaint

by Susan Sargent | May 3, 2018
From: Chicago Tribune “special prosecutor has been appointed to review whether unauthorized construction activities have taken place at the pavilion at Indiana Dunes State Park, as suggested by Dunes Action, a local grassroots group that has raised concerns about plans there.” ...

White House Produces No Evidence It Considered Public Input on Reorganizing Government

From: Government Executive “How could they not locate 100,000 comments?” Ruch said. “The White House call for public involvement in reforming government seems to have been merely a cynical stunt.” An OMB official did not comment on why the agency could not produce documents. &# ...

Bayview Residents Seek a Whopping $27 Billion For Navy’s Mess

From: SF Weekly “Last month, a watchdog group in Washington D.C., Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, revealed that the EPA suspected the fraud was further-reaching than initially thought. The document dump unleashed a torrent of fury and desperate questions regarding ...

BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT RESIDENTS SUE U.S. NAVY CONTRACTOR OVER DATA FALSIFICATION

by Susan Sargent | May 2, 2018
From: San Francisco Examiner “For more than a decade, Bayview community activists have called on local and state leaders to address environmental and health concerns impacting a largely African American population living near the contaminated former naval base. The shipyard was the ...

RUMORED NPS PERSONNEL MOVES REMINISCENT OF PAST ATTEMPTS TO EXERT POLITICAL WILL ON AGENCY

by Susan Sargent | May 1, 2018
From: National Parks Traveler “President Trump reportedly favors chaos as a managerial tool, and proposed personnel changes at the National Park Service not only would insert that element into the agency’s upper echelon, but also be reminiscent of past efforts to gain political ...
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