74-point questionnaire<\/a> has raised fears among civil rights lawyers specializing in federal worker whistleblower protections, who say the incoming administration is at a minimum trying to influence or limit the research at the Department of Energy. And at worst, attempting to target employees with views that run counter to the president-elect.<\/p>\nThe questionnaire also asks employees for a listing of when the climate change meetings took place, and to provide any materials distributed to them “or materials created by Department employees or contractors in anticipation of or as a result of those meetings.”<\/p>\n
“This is a very scary indication of what might happen under a Trump administration,” says Jason Zuckerman, a former legal adviser to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, an agency which protects federal workers, particularly on matters of retaliation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Once the questionnaire became public, the transition team claimed to \u201cdisavow\u201d it and withdrew it. But the intent remains, and passage of the Holman rule confirms that.<\/p>\n
My experience with Wagner\u2019s office was positive. I spoke with a polite young man at her Washington DC office, who was not interested in my name, only my zip code.\u00a0 I followed with a call to Wagner\u2019s local office here in St. Louis, and was greeted by a friendly young woman who looked me up in her database to be sure that I was receiving Wagner’s propaganda regularly, and, when asked,<\/p>\n
said that I was just the second person to call on this issue. I hope I am not the last.<\/p>\n
To call Congresswoman Wagner:<\/p>\n
Washington DC office\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>202-225-1621\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 M-F 9-5:00pm<\/p>\nMissouri 2nd<\/sup> District Office\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>(636) 779-5449\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 M-F 9-5:00pm<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
For everyone else, you can find your Congressional representative’s contact information here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Republicans in Congress are binge-ing and purging–but their disorder isn’t of the eating variety. They are binge-ing on power and setting the stage–via passage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":35637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2119,255,29,661],"tags":[2678,2485,2494],"yoast_head":"\n
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