Dec. 20 — It turns on a questionnaire the transition team for the Energy Department sent to that agency seeking out the names of staffers who participated in international climate change meetings — names the agency refused to provide. Scientific organizations and labor unions representing government employees have denounced the request as intrusive and potentially an attempt to inappropriately target career staff — and last week the Trump transition itself backed away from it, saying the questionnaire was “not authorized.”
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