Doug Burgum is charging Interior Department agencies a premium to subsume their employees
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PEER | November 19, 2025
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility has issued a Freedom of Information Act request to solicit information on Interior’s reorganization and what the fee structure looks like and recently filed a lawsuit after failing to get a timely response. Jeff Ruch, PEER’s senior ...
Trump’s promised shutdown layoffs lead to at least 4,200 cuts at seven agencies
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PEER | October 10, 2025
Tim Whitehouse, executive director at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, called the EPA layoffs “illegal and morally corrupt” and said they would inflict trauma on both the federal workforce and the American people who rely on the agency’s services. Read ...
High case numbers could snarl federal employees who appeal their removals
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PEER | 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 ...
Employee groups challenge ‘favorite EO’ question as agencies begin rollout
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PEER | June 11, 2025
But Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an employee association made up of federal, state and local government workers, on Wednesday called on acting U.S. Special Counsel Jamieson Greer to take action against the questionnaire. The group argued that the executive order ...
Federal workforce advocates flood opposition to renewed Schedule F
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PEER | June 6, 2025
And groups representing employees in jobs related to environmental issues warned that OPM’s plan would shatter employees’ ability to pursue science in government. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility warned the rules could have a chilling effect on employees whose job is ...