Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s office will absorb nearly 5,700 employees from various agencies under a reorganization plan, according to an internal document detailing the shift.
The National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) obtained the list of the employees who are being reassigned to the secretary’s office from their individual agencies overseen by the Interior Department, which the group shared with POLITICO’s E&E News. The employees work in specific specialties, such as communications and information technology.
The document — which provides the employees’ emails, duty locations, job areas and other information — shows Interior moving staffers from the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior Business Center, National Park Service, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Geological Survey, and Office of the Solicitor.
Interior spokesperson Alyse Sharpe declined to respond to questions about the reorganization effort, citing the department’s policy on not commenting on personnel issues.
