Members of Trump’s Infrastructure Panel Resign in Protest

The following article by John M. Donnelly was posted on the Roll Call website August 23, 2017:

Administration not responsive to sound advice, letter says

The departing panelists cited President Donald Trump’s recent comments on the racial unrest in Charlottesville, Va., earlier this month. Credit:  Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo

More than a quarter of a blue-ribbon panel of experts that advises President Donald Trump on infrastructure security submitted a joint resignation letter to him Monday because, they wrote, his actions jeopardize U.S. security and “undermine” America’s “moral infrastructure.”

Seven members of the 27-person National Infrastructure Advisory Council, mostly Democrats, are stepping down, said Cristin Dorgelo, one of the resigning members, in an email to CQ Roll Call. Dorgelo, a senior counselor at Mission Partners LLC, was formerly chief of staff for President Barack Obama’s Office of Science and Technology Policy.

The council, created in 2001, advises the president through the Homeland Security secretary on critical U.S. infrastructure and information systems. Its members are drawn from the private sector, government and academia. Continue reading “Members of Trump’s Infrastructure Panel Resign in Protest”