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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.

COMMENTARY | U.S. Geological Survey Labs Must Cure Culture of Reprisal

by | October 5, 2022
Third party review will help prevent future scientific scandals at the U.S. Geological Survey by providing a safe channel for USGS scientists to report problems without fear of reprisal ...

USGS Inches Toward Accreditation of Wildlife Disease Lab

by | September 14, 2022
Independent Review to Prevent Biosafety and Animal Welfare Breakdowns ...

USGS Nominee Carries Heavy Bio-Safety Baggage

by | May 5, 2022
Whistleblowers Decry Inaction & Reprisal on Wildlife Disease Lab Breaches ...

Foreign Research Vessels Free to Wreak Eco-Havoc

by | April 14, 2022
No Notice, Permits, or Monitoring; Mass Beaching of Rare Whales Probed ...

PEERMail | Something Extraordinary – A Whistleblower Wins

by | April 15, 2021
After years of legal wrangling with the USGS and the Merit Systems Protection Board, a career microbiologist turned whislteblower is reinstated ...
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