Following are recent press clips from national publications that relate to PEER issues, campaigns and news releases.
From: Washington Post
"“At PEER, we are reviewing reduction-in-force and other rules governing the fate of employees squeezed out by tightened purse strings,” Jeff Ruch, PEER’s executive…
From: Arizona Sun
"“This does not appear to be a leadership that is going to be concerned about either sexual harassment or employee discrimination or even workplace morale,” Jeff Ruch,…
From: Oregon Live
"Politico quoted Jeff Ruch, executive director of the watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: "From what we can tell, the cloud of Mordor…
From: Motherboard
"The third party could be a journalist, but it doesn’t have to be. It could be the Electronic Frontier Foundation, or the American Civil Liberties Union. It could…
From: Bloomberg
"The Trump administration approach is very similar to actions under the George W. Bush administration to suppress or rewrite documents deemed contrary to the administration’s…
From: Dallas News
""There appears to be a level of disruption of agency operations that we haven't seen" since at least the Reagan administration, Ruch told The Dallas Morning News.…
From: The Cordova Times
"Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility says that President Trump’s decision to impose a federal hiring freeze will impede increasing energy production…
From: The Daily Sentinel
"In a news release, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility criticized the hiring freeze for the uncertainty it has created when it comes to seasonal…
From: Philadelphia Tribune
"The executive director for the advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, Jeff Ruch, said the Trump orders go beyond what has occurred…
From: The Hill
"“We asked some environmental employees and one said, 'We're in the clown car to crazy town,'" said Jeff Ruch, the executive director of the group Public Employees for…