Environmental Protection Agency
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A plan for rebuilding the nation's infrastructure would cut across several agencies — Transportation, EPA, Interior and maybe Commerce. And that might be part of the difficulty of getting it done. Roll Call Senior Editor David Hawkings shares his take on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
February 14, 2017 -
Legislation proposed by a House Republican would eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency by the end of 2018. Some say it's political grandstanding, while others suggest maybe it's time for an update to EPA. But what would it take to dismantle a large federal agency?
February 13, 2017 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says feds should brace for a reorganization, and offers some tips to survive it.
February 13, 2017 -
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) introduced one-sentence bill that would terminate the Education Department by Dec. 31, 2018.
February 08, 2017 -
Environmental Protection Agency ethics officials are reminding employees of the ethical guidelines they must follow if they're speaking or acting in their capacity as an EPA employee. These ethics rules haven't changed in the new administration, the EPA Office of General Counsel said.
February 08, 2017 -
Renee Wynn tells Women of Washington hosts Aileen Black and Gigi Schumm about her experience as NASA's chief information officer.
February 07, 2017 -
While the Trump administration mulls over potential changes at the Environmental Protection agency, one Florida congressman wants to abolish it entirely.
February 06, 2017 -
Elements of it might have been controversial, but the Trump administration in its second week launched a slew of new initiatives.
February 02, 2017 -
Regulation and deregulation have been a ceaseless process at least since the Carter administration.
February 01, 2017 -
Freedom of information advocates say the recent uptick in FOIA requests is due to a combination of current events and interest in the presidential transition. But the growing interest does mean an additional burden on already short-staffed FOIA offices.
January 30, 2017 -
Sources confirmed CIOs from State, DHS, EPA and OPM and the CTO from VA talked a variety of issues with the Trump transition team toward the end of Obama administration.
January 30, 2017 -
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) said recent agency communications memos violate the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, (WPEA) because they do not include a mandatory statement explaining that federal employee communications with inspectors general or members of Congress are protected.
January 26, 2017 -
Initial shock and online backlash after a handful of federal agencies were handed down communication directives has given way to backtracking and also encouragement for federal employees to stand up for open government and whistleblowing.
January 25, 2017 -
The government's top ethics official says President Trump still hasn't provided sufficient documentation of his plan to divest his business holdings.
January 24, 2017 -
Ann Dunkin, the Environmental Protection Agency chief information officer, said changes to the governmentwide capital planning and investment control process is one way that will help agencies better understand their spending on legacy systems.
January 12, 2017