PEERMail: We Need More Than Oversight
by
Susan Sargent | November 16, 2018
We Need More Than Oversight Don’t get me wrong. For the past two years, congressional oversight has been synonymous with congressional overlook. Scrutiny enforced by subpoena would be a welcome change. If the past two years show anything, it’s that inside the Trump-sphere of ...
PEERMail: EPA Issues a Death Sentence
by
Susan Sargent | November 1, 2018
Last week’s bizarre disappearing act involving a new acting Interior Inspector General was no anomaly – it is part of an emerging pattern ...
PEERMail: The Demise of Advise and Consent
by
Susan Sargent | October 22, 2018
Last week’s bizarre disappearing act involving a new acting Interior Inspector General was no anomaly – it is part of an emerging pattern ...
PEERMail: Shuffling the Deck Chairs
by
Susan Sargent | October 4, 2018
The best way to disrupt a public agency is to reorganize it. Thus, it not surprising that the Trump administration is in a reorganization lather ...
PEERMail: Honor and Duty in Today’s Federal Service
by
Susan Sargent | September 14, 2018
When Trump was first elected, I asked one federal manager what was going to happen to his environmental program. He replied, “I have no idea – we’re in the clown car to crazy town ...
PEERMail: Why Does Ryan Zinke Have to be Such a Putz?
by
Susan Sargent | August 31, 2018
We thought Ryan Zinke was supposed to be the sane Trump cabinet member but perhaps that has become a contradiction in terms ...