Environmental Protection Agency
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Michael Peckham, the former CFO of the Program Support Office at HHS, is one of several executives retiring after more than 30 years in government.
January 12, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, auditors for the Department of Veterans Affairs say the data Veterans Affairs is using to measure its capacity to provide specialty health care might not be accurate.
December 21, 2021 -
Of the agency reentry plans that Federal News Network recently reviewed, it's mostly managers and supervisors who appear primed to return to the office, at least for a day or two a week, in early January.
December 20, 2021 -
A total of 23 agencies have detailed new climate change strategies, part of their response to a January executive order from President Joe Biden.
October 07, 2021 -
Everybody talks about using data to inform decision making about meeting the mandates of the Evidence Act, but fewer actually do it.
October 06, 2021 -
You may or may not know that the Environmental Protection Agency is in the business of scoring and certifying the efficiency of huge data centers, along with common home appliances.
October 01, 2021 -
Congress is considering different approaches to remediate PFAS, including one which passed the House and uses the Environmental Protection Agency's existing Superfund program to regulate the contaminants and order cleanups.
September 30, 2021 -
A forthcoming Federal Sustainability Plan will examine disclosures of greenhouse gas emissions from federal suppliers and policies to mitigate climate-related financial risks.
September 10, 2021 -
EPA senior officials failed to follow standard operating procedures in 2018, when they signed off on permit renewals for certain pesticides. Including leaving scientific documents out of the decision.
June 18, 2021 -
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency says he has fully reinstated one of two key advisory boards he dismantled earlier this year in a push for “scientific integrity” at the agency
June 18, 2021 -
Civilian agencies that saw their workforces decline or, in some cases, relocate, could experience hiring sprees if the Biden administration gets its way with its 2022 budget request.
June 02, 2021 -
The Biden administration is asking for a 2.4% increase and a 14% increase in federal IT and cybersecurity spending, respectively, in fiscal 2022.
June 01, 2021 -
Cleaning up hazardous chemicals, unexploded munitions from military bases not likely to wrap up soonLast March a DoD task force report found that the number of installations where the department is investigating PFAS exposure rose from 401 to 651 as of the end of fiscal 2019.
May 27, 2021 -
Several years ago, EPA CIO Vaughn Noga and his team established a set of “wildly important goals” which he said have strengthened since the pandemic.
April 28, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a new council at the Environmental Protection Agency will be tasked with researching how to protect communities facing issues with PFAS chemicals.
April 28, 2021