climate change

Could we soon see a federal Department of Water?

In today’s Federal Newscast, presidential advisors are calling for the creation of a “Department of Water” to confront what they say are rapidly evolving…

Federal Newscast

Customs and Border Protection ponders how worldwide trade affects the climate

Agency Oversight

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Accelerating Government with ACT-IAC – Episode 25: Climate Change

Accelerating Government

Canadian Space Agency joining in partnership to observe effects of climate change

The Space Hour

IG: Climate change to add to Treasury Department’s workload as well

Federal Newscast

United States Military Academy graduating cadets celebrate at the end of their graduation ceremony of the U.S. Military Academy class of 2022 at Michie Stadium on Saturday, May 21, 2022, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

The Army and West Point creating a climate change curriculum to focus on national security implications

Federal Newscast

An old hotel is submerged by rising water levels in Lake Baringo in Kampi ya Samaki, Kenya on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. From drought to cyclones and sea level rise, the cost of damage caused by climate change in Africa will only get higher as the world warms, stirring concerns from activists and officials about how to pay for it. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

A discussion about climate change with an earth scientist at PNNL

Science News

The military is facing a new global threat: extreme heat

Defense

Iraqi army units are deployed during military operations of the Iraqi Army's Seventh Brigade in Anbar, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019. An Iraqi general said Sunday that security has been beefed up around the Ain al-Asad air base, a sprawling complex in the western Anbar desert that hosts U.S. forces, following a series of attacks. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Pentagon says military needs to adapt to increasingly hotter world

Federal Newscast

Can government go green without overhauling procurement rules?

Green Buildings

FILE - A sign is displayed outside the Internal Revenue Service building on May 4, 2021, in Washington. Conservative politicians and candidates are distorting how a major economic bill passed over the weekend by the Senate would reform the IRS and affect taxes for the middle class. The Inflation Reduction Act, which awaits a House vote after passing in the Senate on Sunday, would increase the ranks of the IRS — but it wouldn’t create a mob of armed auditors looking to harass middle class taxpayers, as some Republicans are claiming. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

IRS could have trouble spending billions of Inflation Reduction Act dollars on new employees

Federal Newscast

FILE - Border Patrol agents hold a news conference prior to a media tour of a new U.S. Customs and Border Protection temporary facility near the Donna International Bridge in Donna, Texas, May 2, 2019. A special Customs and Border Protection unit used sensitive government databases intended to track terrorists to investigate as many as 20 U.S.-based journalists, including a Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press reporter, according to a federal watchdog. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Even Customs and Border Protection is getting into the green movement

U.S. Customs and Border Protection seeks to strengthen enforcement against what it calls environmental bad actors and to foster a greener worldwide supply…

Workforce

FILE - Framed by the Manhattan skyline, electricians with IBEW Local 3 install solar panels on top of the Terminal B garage at LaGuardia Airport, Nov. 9, 2021, in the Queens borough of New York. President Joe Biden is promising “strong executive action” to combat climate change, despite dual setbacks that have restricted his ability to regulate carbon emissions and boost clean energy such as wind and solar power. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Environmental spending bill tees up multi-year federal hiring, training investments

The Inflation Reduction Act would give the Postal Service $1.29 billion to purchase electric vehicles, and $975 million to GSA to support emerging sustainable…

Hiring/Retention

FILE - Two of the offshore wind turbines which have been constructed off the coast of Virginia Beach, Va. are seen on June 29, 2020. The White House is launching a formal partnership with 12 East Coast governors to boost the growing offshore wind industry. It's a key element of President Joe Biden's plan for climate change. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Biden administration’s climate science focus and what it means for the public sector

Commentary

The Biden administration has placed a greater focus on the impact of climate change than any administration to come before it. From climate research projects at the Energy Department and the Environmental Protection Agency to new sustainability requirements in General Services Administration contracts, climate change’s impact on federal procurement has only been increasing.

climate change

Could we soon see a federal Department of Water?

Customs and Border Protection ponders how worldwide trade affects the climate

Accelerating Government with ACT-IAC – Episode 25: Climate Change

Canadian Space Agency joining in partnership to observe effects of climate change

IG: Climate change to add to Treasury Department’s workload as well

The Army and West Point creating a climate change curriculum to focus on national security implications

A discussion about climate change with an earth scientist at PNNL

The military is facing a new global threat: extreme heat

Pentagon says military needs to adapt to increasingly hotter world

Can government go green without overhauling procurement rules?

IRS could have trouble spending billions of Inflation Reduction Act dollars on new employees

Even Customs and Border Protection is getting into the green movement

Environmental spending bill tees up multi-year federal hiring, training investments

Biden administration’s climate science focus and what it means for the public sector

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