EPA’S $160 MILLION SPIN MACHINE: OPEN THE BOOKS
EPA’S $160 MILLION SPIN MACHINE
Last night, Special Report with Bret Baier showcased our OpenTheBooks Oversight Report – U.S. Environmental Agency. Why does a major federal agency have nearly 200 PR staff employees?
Recently, the New York Times exposed the EPA for PR excess which was covered last night on Special Report…
Using a Thunderclap social media product to generate nearly one million online “grassroots comments” on new regulations regarding the Clean Water Act. 90% of the comments were positive. But, the Anti-Lobbying Act prohibits the use of tax dollars to advocate for a public position.
Our story first broke on Monday at Washington Free Beacon by reporter Elizabeth Harrington – click here to read the article.
“The EPA wasting $160 million on public relations dwarfs our recent exposure of their high-end furniture purchases ($92 million), Nothing is emblematic of government excess like an army of highly compensated PR agents sitting in their easy chairs. It’s simply waste.” OpenTheBooks
Watch Stuart Varney & Co interview Elizabeth Harrington yesterday at FOX Business regarding our report.
Among Our Findings:
$143 million in salary plus bonus was spent on EPA PR staff plus $15.1 million on outside PR consulting firms since 2007 – that’s nearly $20 million in many years.
In most years, over 70% of EPA ‘Public Affairs Officers’ received a bonus – as high as $7,900.
In 2014, ‘Public Affairs Officer’ salaries were as high as $157,500 plus bonus.
Over 118 EPA PR staffers made over $100,000 last year.
Last week, Stephen Moore at Investor’s Business Daily kicked off the editorial coverage on our report, Why Does EPA need Guns, Ammo and Armor to Protect the Environment? Over the weekend, Kellan Howell at Washington Times followed-up with a piece on the EPA spending millions of dollars on military-style weapons. The Drudge Report linked to the story and trended #1 all weekend at Washington Times.
Please stay tuned – the EPA has refused production on our Freedom of Information Act requests since July.
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