United House Panel Slams EPA Response To Sexual Harassment, Pornography Episodes

Senior management at the Environmental Protection Agency failed to take sufficient and rapid enough action in responding to sexual harassment and pornography allegations at the agency, a united House Oversight and Government Reform Committee said during a hearing April 30.

Of particular concern were new details of “serial” sexual harassment perpetrated by a former acting associate administrator, Peter Jutro, against 17 women over a 10-year period, according to the EPA’s Office of Inspector General. Senior management knew of allegations against him but did not sufficiently investigate them before shifting Jutro to the acting associate administrator role in February 2014, according ...