Trump administration

Of Counsel

Jeff serves as Of Counsel to PEER, where he specializes in civil service, scientific integrity, and whistleblower protection issues. Jeff was PEER’s Executive Director from 1997 to 2019 and its Pacific Director from 2019 to 2025. Previously, he was the Policy Director and a staff attorney at the Government Accountability Project, representing whistleblowers from both the public and private sectors. 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 hundreds of laws on topics ranging from energy conservation to the rights of employed inventors. Jeff served stints as a deputy district attorney and an appellate court clerk. He is a graduate of the California Correctional Officers Academy.

PEERMail | Help Save our National Parks

by PEER | May 28, 2025
Our country’s National Park System is under attack the likes of which this country has never witnessed before. In this edition of PEERMail, we are sharing with you some of our work from the past few weeks and how you can work together to help save our national parks ...

Over One Thousand National Park Sites Open for Mining

by PEER | May 15, 2025
Approval of Mojave Mine May Signal More Mineral Developments in Western Parks ...

No Cutbacks in Expensive Trump Vanity Projects

by PEER | May 13, 2025
Half-Billion Dollars in Pavilion, Pageant, Parade, Gold Plating, and Golf ...

TELL CONGRESS | Stop Trump’s Efforts to Destroy our National Parks and Public Lands

by PEER | April 30, 2025
Sign the letter telling Congress to stop the Trump administration from turning public lands over to private commercial interests and environmental polluters ...

COMMENTARY | Rebalancing Checks and Balances: How to Curb Executive Abuse

by Jeff Ruch | April 25, 2025
President Trump has conclusively demonstrated that the executive branch cannot be trusted to police itself in following the law ...
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