Environmental Protection Agency
What is the EPA's Safer Choice program? Find out this week on Fed Access when host Derrick Dortch speaks with Clive Davies, chief of Design for the Environment Program at the EPA. December 9, 2016
December 08, 2016-
Lisa Schlosser, the federal deputy chief information officer, called it a career on Nov. 9 after more than 30 years in government.
November 10, 2016 -
Both candidates say they want to build new infrastructure and improve the roads and grids we've already got.
November 07, 2016 -
Veronica Blette's passion for water conservation has spurred her to action that's saved an estimated 1.5 trillion gallons of water. Blette, who is the chief of the EPA's WaterSense program and recipient of industry's Water Star Award, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about water conservation.
October 31, 2016 -
The Environmental Protection Agency is using predictive technology and positive word-of-mouth to promote its big data projects — in the hope of encouraging other agencies to do the same.
October 18, 2016 -
Flint, Michigan showed what can happen with water systems in a worst case. Local and state officials asked, where was the EPA? Katie Butler, director of water evaluations at the EPA's Office of Inspector General, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with some answers.
October 11, 2016 -
Few American cities are blanketed in smog any more. But just because New York isn't Beijing doesn't mean there's no room to improve air quality. That's why the EPA is launching a challenge to cities and towns across the country to develop plans for using air quality sensors in a big data sort of way. Robin Thottungal, the EPA's chief data scientist and director of analytics, joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.
September 21, 2016 -
A new report from HUD's Inspector General says the agency's inconsistent management and indecision is causing it to fall behind on DATA Act implementation.
September 02, 2016 -
Mark Schwartz, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services chief information officer, said he’s implementing something called impact mapping to better manage how his agency uses dev/ops to move off legacy systems.
August 19, 2016 -
DHS, EPA, 18F and others are developing separate contracts for dev/ops services, creating both a much needed culture change, but possibly also another area where contract proliferation and duplication reign.
August 08, 2016 -
The Environmental Protection Agency's forthcoming agile blanket purchasing agreement could be worth up to $200 million. Last week, the EPA technology shop hosted a standing-room-only vendor day for agile software companies. EPA Chief Information Officer Ann Dunkin joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on the day and the strategy.
August 03, 2016 -
A new report from GAO found that the top three benefits of telework reported by agencies were improved recruitment and retention, improved work-life balance and increased productivity.
August 02, 2016 -
Following two years of work, the EPA has put out final rules for methane gas emanating from municipal landfills. Joining Federal Drive with Tom Temin with what went into this rule-making, David Cozzie, group leader for fuels and incineration at the EPA.
July 29, 2016 -
The Environmental Protection Agency has a policy of making sure its regulatory actions take into account what the agency calls environmental justice. It's proving its analysis with detailed technical guidance to make sure work is consistent across the agency. Kelly Maguire, an economist EPA's Office of Policy and Charles Lee, EPA's deputy associate assistant administrator for environmental justice, tell Federal Drive with Tom Temin what this all means.
July 22, 2016 -
Burdened by student debt, the youngest federal employees are entering the workforce later than their predecessors. As part of a Federal News Radio special report, What Millennials Really Want from Federal Service, most young employees said they'd prefer to stay in government, as long as they have opportunities to develop their skills, careers and benefits.
June 27, 2016