The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) went through another major leadership change when its deputy director for administration and programs, Mike Nedd, was removed from his position. Nedd, who had worked at the Department of the Interior for almost thirty years, was reportedly escorted out of BLM headquarters after a disagreement with Stephanie Holmes, the department’s acting chief human capital officer and former DOGE employee.
According to Politco, Holmes, who previously worked at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, sent out a memo instructing employees who were temporarily filling empty positions to return to their original jobs. However, this order directly went against Nedd’s own evaluation of how it would hurt the BLM’s ability to function effectively.
