"Employees have been told they’ll have less choice in where they land due to a tightened timeline after court fights over layoffs and restructuring." 

"EPA has resumed its efforts to reorganize the agency after the Supreme Court earlier this month lifted a lower court’s injunction that stalled the Trump administration’s restructuring efforts.

But EPA employees will have less say in where they end up under the restructuring because of the time lost while the injunction was in place, an EPA official told colleagues in an internal email obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News.

The apparent move to limit employees’ options about where they land in the agency signals that EPA is hustling to comply with the administration’s directive to restructure the federal bureaucracy. It’s also frustrating staffers who expected to have more of a say in where they landed after the reshuffle, according to EPA employees granted anonymity because they fear reprisal."

Robin Bravender and Kevin Bogardus report for E&E News July 16, 2025. [2]

SEE ALSO:

"EPA Nudges Out More Staff, Announces ‘Next Phase’ Of Reorg" (E&E News) [3]

"EPA Extends Leave for Staffers Who Criticized Leadership" (Bloomberg Environment) [4]