Environmental Protection Agency
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In today's Federal Newscast, a final rule from the Environmental Protection Agency gives the public a platform to request changes or removal of agency guidance documents.
September 15, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Pentagon has picked five of its health care facilities to help coordinate stage three clinical trials for a potential coronavirus vaccine.
September 04, 2020 -
Homeland Security, Veterans Affairs, EPA and GSA procurement leaders shared how they're making frictionless acquisition a reality.
August 26, 2020 -
Under a new collective bargaining agreement, eligible employees at the EPA can telework up to two days a week. But the agency suggested employees could have had a more generous policy if its union had made its own concessions.
August 14, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, federal contractors and contracting officers apparently have some relief from the Section 889 rule that has the federal IT world in an uproar.
August 14, 2020 -
The Environmental Protection Agency is running a program to test chemicals that can clean surfaces and keep them clean.
August 07, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, 30 years after the passage of the CFO Act, the Government Accountability Office tells Congress it has some work to do.
August 07, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to pay the state of Utah to resolve claims stemming form the Gold King Mine spill back in 2015.
August 06, 2020 -
Employee unions say the Environmental Protection Agency has entered the next phase of its reopening plan without regard to its own metrics and criteria, which show rising coronavirus cases and positivity rates in the Washington, D.C. region. EPA down
August 05, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a new executive order from the White House calls on agencies to examine contractors' use of foreign workers.
August 04, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, COVID-19 has forced the cancellation of yet another government conference – this time, the largest in the country.
July 23, 2020 -
In preparation for "phase three" of its reopening plans, regional leaders at the Environmental Protection Agency are developing social distancing and "cohort" schedules for employees who work in cubicle farms or other shared spaces.
July 22, 2020 -
Maryland and Virginia senators are calling on the Trump administration to issue new guidance allowing federal employees to continue maximum telework. Existing guidance encourages agencies to end those flexibilities too soon, senators said.
July 09, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the EPA has teamed up with the New York and Los Angeles mass transit systems to learn more about how to disinfect them.
July 08, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told the House Oversight and Reform Committee the law allows inspectors general on the committee to review spending under the Paycheck Protection Program, and other funds previously in question.
July 07, 2020