Big Tech Critic, Former Gaetz Attorney Join Federal HR Office

Attorneys who, separately, once accused Alphabet Inc.‘s Google of censoring Republican voices and represented former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz now hold key positions at the federal government’s HR office.

Noah Peters, formerly a solicitor for the Federal Labor Relations Authority during the first Trump administration, joined the Office of Personnel Management, the federal government’s HR department, an OPM spokesperson said. The FLRA handles relations between labor and management for more than 2 million civilian federal employees.

Andrew Kloster is now OPM’s general counsel, the office’s spokesperson said. Kloster was counsel for Gaetz, according to payroll records. He served ...