GovExec reports on the latest in the Environmental Protection Agency’s move to get two of its lawyers to change or remove a YouTube video of theirs discussing climate protection. The issue, according to EPA, is not the content of the video but whenever agency employees use their profession “to accent the credibility of your personal […]
Category: Executive Branch
Government employees’ online activity draws agency fire
The Environmental Protection Agency has threatened two of its lawyers regarding their online activity, including posting a video on YouTube. The online material is allegedly critical of the administration’s approach to climate change. The agency, citing federal policies, told the two lawyers, Laurie Williams and Allan Zabel, who are married and based in San Francisco, […]
Special counsel to the President for ethics and government reform Norm Eisen blogs on boards
Norm Eisen’s post on the White House Blog discusses the administration’s position on the ban on lobbyist service on agency boards and commissions. We explained to the ITAC chairs that this issue is not about the few corrupt lobbyists or specific abuses by the profession, but rather concerns the system as a whole. For too […]