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 ...
EPA employees told to pause most external communications and cancel meetings with outside parties
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PEER | January 29, 2025
Tim Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility said the communications pause and other Trump administration actions affecting the federal workforce writ large would benefit corporations and individuals who oppose environmental enforcement. “ ...
OPM finally issues regulations implementing 2016 administrative leave reforms
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PEER | December 16, 2024
Though OPM proposed regulations to implement all of the law’s provisions in 2017, only the provisions governing weather and safety leave actually made it across the finish line. But earlier this year, the environmental advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility sued ...
House panels review ‘startling’ allegations at Bureau of Indian Education university
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Elizabeth Duan | July 25, 2024
Members of two U.S. House panels examined allegations of sexual assault, bullying and retaliation at the U.S. Bureau of Indian Education-operated Haskell Indian Nations University during a hearing this week. Haskell, a Lawrence, Kansas, school that is the only four-year college operated by ...