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Paranoia, corporate interests reign at Pruitt led EPA

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The Environmental Protection Agency is spending nearly $25,000 to construct a secure, soundproof communications booth in the office of Administrator Scott Pruitt, according to government contracting records.

The agency signed a $24,570 contract earlier this summer with Acoustical Solutions, a Richmond-based company, for a “privacy booth for the administrator.” The company sells and installs an array of sound-damping and privacy products, from ceiling baffles to full-scale enclosures like the one purchased by the EPA. The project’s scheduled completion date is Oct. 9, according to the contract.

Typically, such soundproof booths are used to conduct hearing tests. But the EPA sought a customized version — one that eventually would cost almost several times more than a typical model — that Pruitt can use to communicate without fear of being monitored.
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In recent months, Pruitt and his top deputies have taken other steps aimed at heightening security. Some EPA employees have been asked to surrender their cellphones and other digital devices before meetings in the administrator’s office, in much the same way visitors do when visiting the president in the Oval Office. A senior administration official, who asked not to be identified to discuss internal procedures, said the agency’s policy was instituted to ensure that employees are focused on the discussion during meetings.
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In addition, Pruitt has largely avoided the agency’s decades-long practice of publicly posting the administrator’s appointment calendars. Only last week were details on months worth of meetings released after media outlets filed repeated Freedom of Information Act requests for that information; they showed he has met regularly with corporate executives from the automobile, mining and fossil fuel industries — in several instances shortly before making decisions favorable to those interest groups.
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Pruitt, who has become a polarizing and high-profile figure as he seeks to roll back Obama-era policies and shrink the EPA’s footprint, has essentially tripled the personal security detail that served past administrators. The detail now includes about 18 people to cover round-the-clock needs and his frequent travel schedule. Such 24/7 coverage has prompted officials to rotate in special agents from around the country who otherwise would be investigating environmental crimes.
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Color me naive but I don't think this is how things are supposed to work.
 
Remind to go long on Proctor and Gamble shares when this administration is flushed down the drain. The amount of Febreeze it's going to take to cover up the lingering stench is going to be unfathomable.
 
zinfamous said:
this is what republicans mean when they say responsible government spending, transparency, and competence--all in one guy!
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Dude if you come out and say what you're going to do in advance the evil liberals just bring up things like facts and reasons why it is a bad idea. Its funny the inforwars crowd shits bricks about secret cabals and then votes for a guy who literally enables secret cabals to run the government and set policy.
 
Given that Pruitt is deeply at odds with the core mission of the EPA, and the careerists there are probably on the opposite end of the political spectrum from him, he likely fears that employees will leak private communications to the press, like what's happened at the White House. This measure seems extreme but it's pretty clear that's what's motivating it.
 
woolfe9998 said:
Given that Pruitt is deeply at odds with the core mission of the EPA, and the careerists there are probably on the opposite end of the political spectrum from him, he likely fears that employees will leak private communications to the press, like what's happened at the White House. This measure seems extreme but it's pretty clear that's what's motivating it.
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Just do what Zinke will do. "Zinke says a third of Interior’s staff is disloyal to Trump and promises ‘huge’ changes." Big changes, fire them?
 
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