"A House Oversight and Reform Committee review found the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) let political appointees take months to sign required ethics pledges and compile recusal lists, allowing leaders to work on issues where they had substantial conflicts of interest, the panel argued.
An executive order signed during President Trump’s second week in office requires federal employees to avoid working with former clients for their first two years.
“These documents indicate that EPA allowed senior agency officials to avoid or delay completing required ethics forms and that EPA was missing forms entirely for some officials,” committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and subcommittee Chairman Harley Rouda (D-Calif.) wrote in a letter to the agency. "
Rebecca Beitsch reports for The Hill January 17, 2020.
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"Democrats Slam EPA Over Conflict of Interest Filings" (Bloomberg)
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