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Dept of Energy Refuses to Tell Trump Team Who's Working on Climate Change
2016-12-15
[PJ] The president-elect has signaled that he may be interested in reeling in some of the current president's climate change obsession, which is expressing itself in a variety of federal arenas. A recent questionnaire sent to the Department of Energy by Trump's transition team was designed to ascertain exactly which employees were wasting everybody's time and money working on climate change-related projects. Apparently unaware of the chain of command, the DoE is refusing to cooperate:

The Department of Energy is refusing the Trump transition team's request to name those who have worked on climate change within the department, because of concerns about what the incoming administration will do with the names. President-elect Donald Trump has denied climate change is real.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden tells our Newscast unit the request of such names was included in a 74-question document distributed to the agency's workforce. Jennifer says, "The Trump team wants the names of career employees and contractors who have attended U.N. climate talks over the past five years. It also wants emails about those meetings."
Posted by:Besoeker

#9  Take out an Organization Chart and directly contact the top two tiers of permanent, not political appointed, government officials. Require signed receipt of this warning letter, warn not to destroy any documents and have the information requested ready January 20 on penalty of termination January 21. See who blinks first.
Posted by: magpie   2016-12-15 22:36  

#8  #5 - That will already happen when Rick Perry takes over
Posted by: Frank G   2016-12-15 20:56  

#7  Real easy: refuse the cheif executive's request to know who is doing what in an executive branch office? You're Fired. On the spot. For cause: insubordination.
Posted by: Injun Bucket8891   2016-12-15 20:40  

#6  I'm all for just eliminating the department completely.
Posted by: DarthVader   2016-12-15 19:56  

#5  Start with Terminating Mr. Big and work down; shouldn't take too long.
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2016-12-15 19:36  

#4  It can't be overly difficult to flip one person there and at least get a few names. If not, repeat the process on January 21 and take a blowtorch (metaphorically speaking, of course) to the place if they again refuse to cooperate.
Posted by: Raj   2016-12-15 16:37  

#3  Simple solution here is to stop by "Accts Payable" and run a list of expense reports reimbursing employees for travel to these conferences...You think these folks paid for the airport shuttle to the conference hotel out of their own pockets?
Posted by: Capsu78   2016-12-15 15:03  

#2  "Mr. Perry, Mr. Rick Perry to the white courtesy phone. You have a call."
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-12-15 07:07  

#1  Zero out their budget except for essential work, hand out sporks and let them resolve who survives
Posted by: Frank G   2016-12-15 06:54  

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