Biden Administration

Jeff Ruch

Jeff Ruch was the Executive Director of PEER from 1997-2019 and now serves as Director of Pacific PEER, headquartered in California. Prior to that Jeff was the Policy Director and a staff attorney at the Government Accountability Project representing whistleblowers from both the public and private sector. Before coming to DC, Jeff worked in California state government for 17 years, mostly in the State Legislature as counsel to various committees where he drafted literally hundreds of laws on topics ranging from energy conservation to the rights of employed inventors. Jeff served stints as a deputy district attorney, an appellate court clerk and is a graduate of the California Correctional Officers Academy.

Science Integrity Plan Throws Scientists Under the Bus

by | February 6, 2023
OSTP Encourages Dissent but Offers No Legal Protection Against Backlash ...

OSTP Slips Gag Rule into Model Scientific Integrity Policy

by | January 30, 2023
Scientists Prohibited from Policy Recommendations in Presenting Research ...

Biden New Science Integrity Plan: Buzzwords and Evasions

by | January 23, 2023
Guidance Unlikely to Strengthen Agency Policies Over Next 12 Months ...

COMMENTARY | Biden Strengthens Clean Water Rules

by | January 5, 2023
The new regulations repeal a Trump-era rule, called the “Dirty Water Rule” by many, that left millions of acres of waterways unprotected from pollution ...

COMMENTARY | Park Service’s Inhumane Inertia

by | December 9, 2022
The Biden administration has left several disastrous Trump policies in place - from allowing inhumane hunting practices to not taking action on park crowding ...
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