EPA Asked to Stop Barring Employees From Sharing Scientific Findings With Each Other
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Susan Sargent | August 10, 2021
“Managers at EPA began instituting the policy in early 2020, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which wrote to the agency asking for its revocation. The ban affects the New Chemicals Division in EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, ...
EPA Directs Employees Not to Talk to the Press
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Elizabeth Duan | July 8, 2021
“The Environmental Protection Agency is reminding employees not to engage with members of the media, sending a memorandum this week instructing them to deflect any press inquiries. Tim Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which made the ...
Panel Meets to Unearth Meddling in Federal Scientists’ Work, Contemplate How to Avoid Future Interference
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Elizabeth Duan | May 14, 2021
“The White House on Friday held its first task force meeting to develop strategies for empowering career federal scientists, including through identifying incidents of interference in previous administrations. Tim Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental ...
Group Says Biden Administration Is Firing a Whistleblower Using Revoked Trump Rules
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Elizabeth Duan | March 16, 2021
“An employee advocacy group is accusing the Biden administration of failing to follow through on its promise to reverse a Trump-era initiative aimed at making it easier to fire federal workers, instead using the nullified policy to dismiss a whistleblower. Walter Loewen, a planning ...
Democrats Reintroduce Bill to Protect Employees Who Blow the Whistle on COVID Funds Misuse
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Elizabeth Duan | February 5, 2021
“House and Senate Democrats reintroduced legislation on Thursday to bolster whistleblower protections for employees of business and entities that received federal coronavirus relief funds. The American Civil Liberties Union, ACORN 8 (a watchdog organization), Government ...