Environmental Protection Agency

Maria Vargas, director of the Better Buildings Challenge at the Energy Department, joined Women of Washington to promote energy efficiency across organizations and government, and share her advice on seizing opportunities in life that push you to be stronger, better in your career.

Cheryl Coleman from EPA’s Office of Emergency Management, and Delores Rodgers-Smith from the agency’s Region 4 Resource Conservation and Restoration Division joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for more.

Many civilian agencies, with the exception of the Departments of Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs, would see double-digit spending cuts under the President’s 2020 budget proposal.

In today’s Federal Newscast, federal courts will be able to continue operating until Jan. 18 with their limited funds during the partial government shutdown.

Both the reporting entities at the state level and the agency itself are taking in more measurements of the environment using devices that sense and then send in what they sniff.

The EPA exempted more than 98 percent of its workforce for a partial government shutdown. But due to a funding lapse the agency closed most of its operations in late December.

In today’s Federal Newscast, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said it avoided handing out more than $4.5 billion in improper payments under one of its signature programs in fiscal 2018.

President Donald Trump says he will name EPA’s acting head, Andrew Wheeler, to the permanent post at the agency

EPA IG just released a strategic plan for 2019 through 2023. Kellie Walker, from the Office of Management, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss the highlights.

The Environmental Protection Agency is considering an internal reorganization that it says would better align its scientific mission, but workforce groups say the reshuffling would devalue the work of federal scientists.