Results for keyword: Federal Employees
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Outside the agency, it’s a cold, cruel world
Displaced federal employees may find it difficult to adapt to work in the private sector.
by Mark Matthews, Dec 09, 2002 -
Homeland security drafts rangers
Western public-land rangers are being pulled from their regular jobs and reassigned back East, guarding federal buildings in Washington, D.C., and serving as temporary sky marshals.
by Michael Milstein, Nov 19, 2001 -
Interior view
In an interview with HCN's publisher, Bruce Babbitt looks back on eight challenging and productive years as Secretary of Interior.
by Ed Marston, Feb 12, 2001 -
Mr. Babbitt's wild ride
In eight years as Interior Secretary, Bruce Babbitt has known some failures but more successes: reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone, halting the New World gold mine, and creating many national monuments, starting with the Grand Staircase-Escalante.
by Paul Larmer, Feb 12, 2001 -
Risks multiply for land managers
A report by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility titled "Attacks on Federal Employees" documents a rising tide of violence against Forest Service and BLM staffers.
by Karen Mockler, Nov 22, 1999 -
Battered borderlands
As the number of illegal immigrants crossing the Sonoran Desert into Arizona rises, the Border Patrol is faced with the need to protect a fragile environment at the same time that it polices the border.
by Rebecca Clarren, Sep 27, 1999 -
Babbitt brings in new brass
President Clinton and Interior Secretary Babbitt remake the Interior Dept., appointing Patrick Shea to head BLM; Jamie Rappaport Clark to head Fish & Wildlife; Kathy Karpan to the Office of Surface Mining, and Robert Stanton to direct the Park Service.
by Greg Hanscom, Aug 18, 1997 -
Jobs open up in Washington
Sylvia Baca becomes temporary head of the BLM as Mike Dombeck moves to the Forest Service, and the National Park Service seeks a replacement for Roger Kennedy.
by Sarah Dry, Feb 17, 1997 -
A progressive bureaucrat signs off
Ed Marston interviews HCN reader Daniel Beard, who resigns as Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Sept. 1.
by Ed Marston, Jul 24, 1995 -
BLM: The Next Generation
Listed officials of the BLM
by Staff, Dec 12, 1994
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