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.
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Federal Vacancies Reform Act
All political appointees must be properly vetted and approved.
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.
Information Quality Act
All materials relied upon or distributed by federal agencies must be of the highest quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity.
NEWS FROM PEER
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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
America Losing the War for Clean Water
More Than Half of U.S. Rivers and Two-Thirds of Lakes and Reservoirs Impaired
Pruitt Holdover Cost-Benefit Plan Is Regulatory Land Mine
Crude Attempt to Put Corporate Thumb on Scales for Health and Eco-Protection
Pruitt Had No Climate Data, EPA Admits
EPA Asking Its Climate Experts if They Know of Any Alternative Science
Autopsy of Toxic EPA Press Office
Documents Depict Tax-Supported War Room Engaged in Character Assassination
Wheeler Needs to Un-Gag the EPA
Transparency Should Extend Beyond Calendars to Include Science
Indiana Dunes Pavilion Revisions Trigger New Federal Review
Reduced Public Access and Outdoor Recreation Tie Prompt Park Service “Concern”
Wheeler Should Relax Pruitt Chokeholds on EPA Operation
Administrator Consolidated Decision-Making Marginalized Regional Offices
A FOIA Delayed Is a FOIA Denied
Even When Sued Agencies Deploy Stalling Tactics That Consume Years
EPA Still Cannot Find Pruitt’s Alternate Climate Science
Agency Asks Court for More Time to Develop “an Appropriate Search Methodology”
Outgoing Chemical Safety Chair Fires Managing Director
Civil Servant Punished for Doing His Job Amidst Shifting Politics and Leadership
How Park Ban on Plastic Bottles Got Throttled
Misstatements Masked Lack of Current Data or Consultation Except with Industry
National Bison Range a Ghost Town This Summer
Visitor Center and Restrooms Closed Two Days a Week at Big Tourist Destination
Court Orders Pruitt to Produce His Alternate Climate Science
EPA Must Look for Any Scientific Study Supporting Pruitt’s Doubts on Human Role
Pruitt Legal Defense Fund Unethical and Possibly Criminal
Attorney General Asked to Review Pruitt’s Fundraising to Fend Off Official Inquiries
Academic Freedom Settlement for Washington Wolf Scientist
Washington State University Pays Researcher Targeted by Industry to Leave Campus
Federal Employees No Longer Asked to Assess Trump Appointees
2018 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey Changes Definition of “Senior Leadership”
EPA’s New Scientific Transparency Exempts Pesticides
Industry Pesticide Registration Data Hidden from Public and Outside Pruitt Plan