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D.C. DIGEST: INHOFE TRAVELS TO TAIWAN, SOUTH KOREA; PRUITT'S LEGAL PRESSURE CONTINUES

From: Tulsa World

“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, known as CREW, say that Pruitt and other EPA…

ANTI-SECRECY LAWSUITS SOARING AGAINST PRUITT'S EPA

From: Politico

“...two groups — Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility — filed a suit last week alleging that Pruitt…

ENVIRONMENTALISTS SAY TOO MUCH SECRECY IN EPA

From: Courthouse News Service

“Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), and the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) filed the joint complaint…

EPA AND NATIONAL ARCHIVES SUED OVER SCOTT PRUITT’S RECORD-KEEPING HABITS

From: Government Executive

“The plaintiffs quoted the Federal Records Act’s provision to ensure the “accurate and complete documentation of the policies and transactions of the federal…

LAWSUIT CLAIMS AGENCY BYPASSED WRITTEN RECORDS REQUIREMENTS

From: Greenwire

“The groups, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, say EPA has violated the Federal Records Act."


News Releases

LABOR PONDERS BREAKING UP TROUBLED WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM

Splitting Whistleblower Duties between Agencies Likely Does More Harm than Good

NEW JERSEY GUTS NEW PRIVATIZED TOXIC CLEAN-UP RULES

“Safety Cushion” Extended to Polluters at Expense of Public Health

OSHA JOB SAFETY RECORD INITIATIVE IMPLODES

Agency Quietly Pulls Plug on Touted Recordkeeping National Emphasis Program

INSPECTOR GENERAL RIPS OSHA WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM

80% of Investigations Found Inadequate; Whistleblowers Win Only 2% of Cases

INTERIOR MAKES BIG STRIDE ON SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY

Secretary Salazar’s Order Could Be Transformative