<font color='black' size='2' face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'>I think so. It usually doesn't receive as much press. It is customary in private and public business for all actions and jobs to be in 'limbo' as things change. I my career I have needed to resign my job and reapply at the same time more than once <g>... Get over it...<br>
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From: Judy Bendix <jbendix@mosaicassociates.net><br>
To: Tom Stokely <tstokely@att.net>; env-trinity <env-trinity@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us><br>
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Subject: Re: [env-trinity] Leaked Memo Silences Department of Interior<br>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Tom Stokely<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 25, 2017 9:07 AM<br>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:17.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#080000">Leaked Memo Silences Department of Interior</span></b><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black"></span></div>
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today orders all of the bureaus of the Department of Interior, which includes the Bureau of Land Management, US Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Bureau of Indian Affairs, and others, to clear nearly
every decision or correspondence with the Office of the Executive Secretariat and Regulatory Affairs (OES). Other departments such as the EPA have instituted similar gag orders. This sweeping gag order stops the bureaus from corresponding with entities ranging
from tribal leaders, governors, and even Congress.</span></div>
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From: Julie Lillie, Director, Office of Executive Secretariat and Regulatory Affairs<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485363904497_3499">
Subject: Federal Register Documents and Correspondence Clearance Procedures</span></i></div>
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and in addition to your internal clearance processes, <strong id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485363904497_3501"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">all</span></strong> Federal Register documents, including all notices, and <strong id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485363904497_3502"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">all</span></strong> correspondence
to or from the Secretary must be forwarded to the Office of the Executive Secretariat and Regulatory Affairs (OES) for review 5 days prior to any deadline for Departmental clearance, regardless of signature level. For Federal Register notices this includes,
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• all notices related to NEPA documents<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485363904497_3506">
• information collection notices,<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485363904497_3507">
• FWS notices of low effect applications for permits,<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485363904497_3508">
• BLM notices of plat surveys, and<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485363904497_3509">
• BOEM quarterly notices of environmental documents prepared for the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf.</span></i></div>
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congressional and gubernatorial correspondence as well as correspondence from Indian or Alaska tribal leaders and leaders from national level environment/recreational and industry organizations must be forwarded to DES prior to responding, regardless of addressee
or signature level. No correspondence should be cleared to go to Congress or to any Governor until it has been reviewed by the Acting Chief of Staff and/or Senior White House Advisor. The OES will be responsible for tasking these letters for response . The
incoming leadership team will decide whether to continue or modify these instructions.</span></i></div>
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