PEER’s Action in Maintaining Good Governance
Public servants are under attack and government is failing in many of its basic functions. That is why PEER insists on high ethical standards, professionalism, accountability, and public participation in decisions that affect public health, the environment and natural resources. We fight for the strengthening of laws affecting open records, whistleblower protections, data quality, and government oversight. We are fierce litigators of freedom of information laws and often call on Inspectors General to investigate government malfeasance.
We use all the tools available to us to help public employees right environmental wrongs and to build the foundation for lasting, positive change.
Freedom of Information Act
Open access to public records is a critical part of ensuring government is held accountable.
Administrative Rule-Making
Administrative Procedure Act is the foundational statute for the modern administrative state.
Scientific Integrity Policies by Agency
These policies were mandated to protect the scientific community.
Public Record Laws by State
FOIA records include information on exemptions to disclosure, access rights, and destruction of public records.
NEWS FROM PEER
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PEERMail: David Bernhardt and the Banality of Evil
As disturbing Trump appointees go, Scott Pruitt at EPA is hard to top. Well, somebody else who has that potential is awaiting confirmation – David Bernhardt as Secretary of Interior.
EPA Press Office Distributes Trump Campaign Promo
U.S. Special Counsel Asked to Look at EPA Press Office Hatch Act Violations
Bernhardt Brags of Interior Ethics Turnaround
Claims Progress in Stemming “Avalanche of Ethical Misconduct” across All Bureaus
BLM Cuts Engineering Oversight of Aging Trans-Alaska Pipeline
BLM Alaska Downsizing Reduces Both Staff and Oil Company Reimbursements
Alternative Facts on the Rise in Federal Decision Records
Trump Agencies Purging Dissenting Information from the Administrative Record
Is EPA Truly Transparent Now That Pruitt Is Gone?
Lawsuit Induced Wheeler to Make a New Records Policy and Transparency Vow
Interior Department Gaming the Shutdown
Staff Ordered to Perform Nonemergency Work to Serve Special Interests
PEERMail: The Shutdown’s Long-Term Costs
Not only is this the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, it is also the dumbest. Incredibly, it is already the third shutdown during the relatively short but seemingly interminable Trump tenure. With the first round of missed paychecks, hardship is visited on...
Criminal Enforcement Collapse at EPA
Lowest Number of New Anti-Pollution Cases in 30 Years
Federal Shutdown Becoming a Polluters Holiday
Humans and Wildlife at Risk by End of Critical Monitoring and Pollution Testing
Alaska Demands Feds Cede All Wildlife Management
Wish List to Axe Conservation, Wilderness, and Endangered Species Protections
NHTSA Inaction on Carbon Monoxide Draws a Lawsuit
Documents on Keyless Ignitions and Lack of CO Safety Features Sought
Interior to Deny More FOIA Requests – Especially from Media
Proposed Rules Facilitate Request, Fee Waiver, and Expedited Processing Rejections
Lawsuit on Why Employee Rating of Trump Appointees Ended
2018 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey Altered to Restrict “Leadership” Definition
Suit to Penetrate Political Screening of Interior Grants
Inspector General Decries “Weak or Non-Existent Controls” on Grants and Aid
EPA Has Done Little to Prevent Future Flint Crises
Agency Still Lacks Early Warning System to Avert Lead Drinking Water Tragedies
EPA Comes Up Empty In Search For Climate Denial Science
Agency Admits Lack of Evidence Supporting Alternative Climate Explanations
Vacuum in Vacancies Act Policing
GAO Is Lackadaisical in Detecting and Reporting Illegal Acting Appointments
Zinke Orders Broad Rollback of Wildlife Protections
Agencies Ordered to Defer to State Hunting and Fishing Practices Whenever Possible
Trump’s Disappointing Parks Director Pick
Nominee Has Anti-Wilderness, Non-Transparent, and Planning-Phobic Record
