EPA is pausing its internal staff reshuffle, in line with a recent court order issuing a temporary restraining order on the agency’s reorganization plans.
“EPA is complying with the court’s Temporary Restraining Order,” agency spokesperson Mike Bastasch said in an email Friday morning.
That means “interviews must stop immediately” and program leads should not reach out to employees about reassignment offers, according to an internal memo from Gail Miller, lead human capital analyst at EPA, obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News.
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The pause comes less than two weeks after the agency announced its first phase of reorganization, which covered new positions and new organizational structures for the air, water, chemicals and administrator’s offices.
