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Ethics Experts Explain How to Protect Taxpayers From Pruitt-Like Scandals

From: Think Progress

"Among its more than a dozen recommendations, the OIG says the EPA should recover these funds from the “responsible official or officials.” Ten of the 14 recommendations…

Wallace Could Fill Extended Interior Vacancy

From: Jackson Hole News & Guide

"If confirmed, in fact, Wallace would oversee two agencies that have lacked Senate-confirmed leadership dating to when Trump took office. Dan Smith,…

Parents, Schools Await Results of Federal Health Study into Synthetic Turf with Tire Crumbs

From: The Oregonian

"This delay was entirely predictable based on the history of this issue particularly and of the current administration’s languid stance on health and safety,” he…

Toothless Law Lets White House Keep Jobs Vacant

From: E&E News

"More than halfway through President Trump's first term, the Interior Department remains rife with key vacancies despite a federal law that suggests the agency should…

PEER Challenges Legality of NPS Operations Deputy Appointment

From: Federal News Network

"PEER said David Vela can’t legally serve as the National Park Service’s acting deputy director for operations because he was appointed by another deputy…


News Releases

OLD FAITHFUL CELL TOWER MAKEOVER IS A BUST

Revamped Tower Will Still Be an Eyesore

RULE DELAYS DOOM RIGHT WHALE TO EXTINCTION, TOP ADVISOR SAYS

Marine Mammal Commission Call for Emergency Ship Strike Safeguards Ignored

EPA DROPS VOLUNTARY PROGRAM FOR LEAD POISON PREVENTION

Agency Had Touted Its Voluntary Approach As Alternative to Regulation

FEDERAL PRISON SAFETY CHIEF ABRUPTLY RESIGNS

Toxic Contamination Worries in Computer Recycling Shops Widen to Other Prisons

BIOLOGISTS ORDERED TO IGNORE GENETICS OF ENDANGERED SPECIES

New Fish & Wildlife Service Edict Sparks Internal Protests Over Censoring Science