While many federal employees and unions are not happy with seeing Donald Trump in the White House, one union representing federal employees recently had nothing but nice things to say about the president’s actions taken to date.
According to a former Trump administration team staffer, the president has plans to significantly reduce the size and scope of the EPA.
The Associated Press has reported that the Trump administration has ordered a temporary “media blackout” at the Environmental Protection Agency. The White House has denied these claims.
Three House Committee Chairmen sent a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch asking why the Justice Department was declining to press criminal charges against the EPA for its role in the Gold King Mine spill in Colorado.
A bill recently introduced in the House of Representatives would limit the amount of time federal employees have to appeal adverse actions. Ironically however, another House bill introduced at the same time would help strengthen protections for whistleblowers.
Congressman Walter Jones (R-NC) recently sent a letter to the House Appropriations Committee Chairman requesting that language be added to all future appropriations bills to ensure federal agencies block their employees from viewing or downloading pornography on agency computers.
One Congressman wants to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from using taxpayer money on agency public relations campaigns which he says are “used to advertise poorly crafted rules and regulations to the American public.”
A resolution has been introduced in the House to impeach Environmental Protection Agency head Gina McCarthy for “high crimes and misdemeanors.”
A recent report from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Inspector General says that a “culture of complacency” among agency management has led to ongoing employee problems such as employees watching pornography on government computers and engaging in private activities during official work time.
In another controversy involving a federal agency and Congress, a committee chairman in the House is asking questions about email from EPA’s administrator that have apparently been deleted.
