EPA: Ethics Recusal Memos, Ethics Pledge Waivers, and Communications of Political Appointees

October 12, 2021

Request for:

All memoranda or documents produced by or received by the EPA’s Designated Agency Ethics Official or an employee in their office relating to the following political appointees of the Biden Administration. This request includes, but is not limited to, any final memoranda developed for a political appointee for the purpose of outlining recusal obligations, potential conflicts of interest that might involve former employers, their clients or members, and any particular matters that have been identified. This request also includes any and all communications, including written analysis in any form, by and to officials in the ethics office regarding meeting requests with non-governmental entities involving any of the following political appointees. If any requested records were produced prior to the official start date of any individual those should also be included: