Environmental Protection Agency
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With the deadline to avert a government shutdown coming down to the wire, several major agencies have announced their plans to stay open, even if Congress fails to pass to a stopgap spending bill.
January 19, 2018 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says Defense has been offering $40,000 buyouts since last year, but finding anybody who actually got the bigger bucks is tough.
January 18, 2018 -
The Environmental Protection Agency may offer more buyouts and early retirements to its workforce later this year, once Congress approves a federal spending plan.
January 16, 2018 -
A new president kept the federal workforce on its toes this year. Bureauchat hosts Meredith Somers and Nicole Ogrysko discuss the most important stories they covered in 2017.
December 19, 2017 -
Federal agencies exceeded expectations of President Donald Trump’s administration in 2017, eliminating 22 regulatory actions for every one that was introduced and cancelling or delaying more than 1,500 planned regulatory actions.
December 18, 2017 -
Several agencies sit low on the 2017 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government rankings, but they improved employee engagement significantly over the previous year.
December 06, 2017 -
A new bill from Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) would make agencies' task forces and de-regulatory efforts permanent.
November 29, 2017 -
This report highlights $474 billion in wasteful and inefficient spending.
November 27, 2017 -
October was the unofficial start of the federal buyout system. The catch, this year, is that there are no buyouts, or at least very few.
November 01, 2017 -
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer wants the Office of Personnel Management to describe how it will manage and oversee agency buyouts and early retirement offers.
September 22, 2017 -
Some civilian agencies were spared from deep cuts included in the president's budget request, but the IRS and EPA would see significant reductions.
September 14, 2017 -
EPA advocates say recovery efforts for Hurricanes Harvey and Irma are proof of how important it is to have a fully-funded public health agency.
September 13, 2017 -
The buyouts the Trump administration offered to many EPA employees are starting to take effect.
September 07, 2017 -
The Environmental Protection Agency's inspector general is looking into EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's many trips back and forth to Oklahoma.
August 29, 2017 -
In today's Federal Newscast, two senators are questioning how the Trump administration hired non-confirmed political appointees at the EPA and the Council on Environmental Quality.
August 21, 2017