Environmental Protection Agency

DoD prioritizes sustainability projects to mitigate climate change impact

The Defense Department is seeing the Biden administration’s green-government goals as an opportunity to improve resilience around critical resources…

Defense

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The new DHS headquarters, which GSA is managing, includes green roofs, and other green buildings features.
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Federal Sustainability Plan ‘rebuilding’ momentum on green government goals

Facilities/Construction

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‘We don’t always have the right answer:’ Why agency leaders should be more transparent

Federal Report

Media set up before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its second public hearing to reveal the findings of a year-long investigation, on Capitol Hill, Monday, June 13, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Some arguments against the move for unionization on Capitol Hill

Unions

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2021 file photo, Fulton County Georgia elections workers process absentee ballots for the Senate runoff election in Atlanta. When voters in Florida and Georgia request mailed ballots next year, they will have to make sure they do one more thing before sending it in: provide proof of identification. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)

Postal Service agrees to provide more transparency during election season

Federal Newscast

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FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2017, file photo, a sign on a door of the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington. Long-running research projects credited with pivotal discoveries about the harm that pesticides, air pollution and other hazards pose to children are in jeopardy or shutting down because the Environmental Protection Agency will not commit to their continued funding, researchers say. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

EPA delays plans to close Houston lab, relocate employees amid nationwide consolidation

Workforce

Two agencies are teaming up in the name of environmental justice

Federal Newscast

EPA changing onboarding process due to pandemic’s effect on the workplace

Federal Newscast

Expect more shifts in IT procurement language to reflect sustainability goals

Contracting

The infrastructure bill includes money for reducing infrastructure

Facilities/Construction

FILE - Passenger flights land and take off at Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., across the Potomac River from Washington, Wed., Jan. 19, 2022. A congressional committee is looking into the controversy over the launch of new high-speed wireless service and whether it poses any threat to airline safety. A House committee on Thursday, Feb. 3, heard testimony from the head of the Federal Aviation Administration, airline groups and a trade group for telecommunications companies. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Congress wants regular updates from FAA on any issues that arise from 5G growth

Federal Newscast

EPA adopts ‘hybrid workplace’ model in office reentry plans set for May

The Environmental Protection Agency is the latest agency planning on bringing its workforce back to the office on a phased basis starting in May.

Workforce

EPA wants digitization and enterprise solutions for a hybrid workforce post-pandemic

EPA Chief Information Officer Vaughn Noga expects the agency to move toward a hybrid model, and how well his office can serve both office workers and remote…

Technology

Ukrainian Army soldiers prepare to tow a damaged military truck in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Russia is pressing its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three sides. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Biden picks agency to lead federal response during Russia-Ukraine crisis

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, President Biden designated the Department of Homeland Security as the lead agency for the federal response to the Russia-Ukraine crisis.