Posted on 12/14/2016 9:46:56 AM PST by servo1969
Guest essay by Eric Worrall
According to Scientific American, The US Department of Energy has refused a request from President-elect Trump’s Energy Department Transition Team for information about what their people do on their work time.
Energy Department Refuses Trump’s Request for Names on Climate Change
Trump’s transition team asked for the names of people who have worked on climate change and the professional society memberships of lab workers.
By David Shepardson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Energy Department said on Tuesday it will not comply with a request from President-elect Donald Trump’s Energy Department transition team for the names of people who have worked on climate change and the professional society memberships of lab workers.
The response from the Energy Department could signal a rocky transition for the president-elect’s energy team and potential friction between the new leadership and the staffers who remain in place.
The memo sent to the Energy Department on Tuesday and reviewed by Reuters last week contains 74 questions including a request for a list of all department employees and contractors who attended the annual global climate talks hosted by the United Nations within the last five years.
Energy Department spokesman Eben Burnham-Snyder said Tuesday the department will not comply.
“Our career workforce, including our contractors and employees at our labs, comprise the backbone of (the Energy Department) and the important work our department does to benefit the American people,” Burnham-Snyder said.
“We are going to respect the professional and scientific integrity and independence of our employees at our labs and across our department,” he added. “We will be forthcoming with all publicly available information with the transition team. We will not be providing any individual names to the transition team.”
He added that the request “left many in our workforce unsettled.”
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In my opinion this outrageous response is the very epitome of a government department which is out of control. Refusing to provide information to the new administration about what staff do with their work time, to me suggests the US Department of Energy believes they are a law unto themselves – they think they are above politicians and political cycles, and intend to continue wasting money on climate programmes, regardless of what the new Trump administration wants.
I say defund the lot of them. The few important roles they perform, such as overseeing the handling of nuclear material and nuclear waste, can be transferred to other departments.
Okay...we’;ll wait a month. It’s not like we can’t get the names from “our side”
Then fire them all. Let God sort them out...............
YOU’RE FIRED!
It may just be a technicality but he hasn’t been sworn in yet. Give it a few weeks.
I’ll bet they could - and would - respond to a similar question regarding Tea Party members, conservatives, climate deniers, etc.
Somebody’s ass is going to be in a sling,just wait about 5 weeks.
When Trump takes Office, he can request a copy of all the paystubs from the employees. Get their names, SS #, address, etc. No big deal.
How many kilowatts of electricity?
How many million cubic feet of natural gas?
Zero, zero, and zero.
Shut it down. Close it up. Let the employees find honest work elsewhere.
Then fire them all. Let God sort them out...............
Yep. I am sick of all this agencies and government refusing to give information. Fire them all. Investigate the reasons why they are not cooperating. Anyway, they work for us and we want answers.
Take note of who refused the request. Make sure they resign next month.
Seriously, anyone involved in global warming needs to be booted or transferred to the Aleutian Islands.
“He added that the request “left many in our workforce unsettled.””
I surely hope so. And maybe those who would have been on the list had it been generated, should have their resumes out right now, and have an order for a U-Haul trailer in for 1/20/17.
Rick Perry’s job got easier. Fire everyone at the DoE, lock the doors, and then quit.
Exactly. Shut it down altogether.
Somebody’s ass is going to be in the unemployment office.................
I see an “air traffic controllers” scenario about to happen.
DITTO
I think so too. They can get the names of terrorists, they can get these.
Dear Eben,
Send me the information I asked for by close of business tomorrow or you may consider yourself terminated as of close of business on January 20, 2017.
Sincerely,
Donald Trump, PEOTUS
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