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OPM backs off pro-Trump essay requirement for job applicants

by 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 ...

Who could be fired more easily? Interior is not saying.

by PEER | June 25, 2025
Jeff Ruch, who serves as senior counsel to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, warned that efforts to shed protections for career employees, or make them easier to fire, could result in a significant waste of federal resources, as well as talent. “If they get rid of a ...

‘Sitting duck’? Meet an EPA environmental justice staffer.

by PEER | June 4, 2025
“People thought I was going to come in like a hammer, basically, for EJ communities,” Rayasam said. “The first thing I would say to literally anybody is ‘You guys have a mountain of work, and I’m just here to try to figure out how to help you get it done. I&# ...

EPA aims to ease PFAS cleanup costs. Who will pay?

by PEER | May 22, 2025
Chemical companies and business groups with close ties to the administration have pushed back on the prospect of new PFAS regulations, which they say are contrary to the Trump administration’s deregulatory pledges. A slew of industry groups, for example, urged EPA last month to withdraw ...

Group claims EPA bars environmental justice staff from other jobs

by PEER | May 14, 2025
“Our understanding is that employees on administrative leave are denied access to email (where positions are often advertised internally) and hiring systems such as Talent Hub where open position descriptions are posted and through which candidates may apply,” Laura Dumais, staff ...
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