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.
Restoring Science, Protecting the Public: 43 Steps for the Next Presidential Term
To successfully emerge from the pandemic, we must rebuild not only the government’s scientific capacity but also the public’s trust in the government’s ability to provide reliable information and make decisions that protect our health and well-being. This series of memos provides concrete steps the next administration can take—without significant costs—to make government more effective, efficient, transparent, and accountable. These are principles of good government. Read More>>
Read Restoring Science, Protecting the Public: 43 Steps for the Next Presidential Term
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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
OMB Ditches the Public’s Government Reform Suggestions
OMB Admits It Did Not Review Massive Public Input on How to “Fix” Government
Musical Chairs Shuffle National Park Service Leadership
Multiple Involuntary Moves Appear Designed to Force Targeted Managers to Retire
Lawsuit to Penetrate Alaska Petroleum Controversy
Premature Disclosure of New NPRA Estimates Led to Resignation in Ethics Protest
Lawsuit Probes EPA’s Weaponized Press Office
Disinformation Campaign against Outspoken Departing Employee Targeted
Bay State South Coast Rail Plan Tethered to a Lead Balloon
Retaining Controversial Stoughton Alternative Dooms the Entire Plan to Failure
Grand Teton Stealth Plan for 11 New Cell Towers
Lawsuit Seeks Records Detailing Nation’s Largest Park Cellular Expansion
Legal Cloud Looms over Interior Department Actions
Legitimacy of Acting Directors of Parks, BLM, and Fish & Wildlife Remains in Doubt
Crew and Peer Sue Pruitt and EPA over Federal Records Law Violations
For Immediate Release: Feb 22, 2018 Contact: Kirsten Stade (202) 265-7337 Crew and Peer Sue Pruitt and EPA over Federal Records Law Violations Washington, DC —Scott Pruitt and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) appear to be violating federal records laws by...
Temporary Interior Department Directors Illegal
All Decisions by Acting Park Service, BLM, and Fish & Wildlife Heads Legally Void
SCOTT PRUITT IS SLOWLY STRANGLING THE EPA
From: Vox ““The problem at EPA right now is there is a chilling effect on enforcement,” Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, told E&E News." Read more . . . Read the PEER story
Lawsuit Settlement Charts New Course for Bison Range
To Resolve Peer Suit, Feds Pledge Transparent Planning Open to All Parties
