The District Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) has initiated three green workforce development programs for District residents: the Green Zone Environmental Program, Solar Works DC, and River Corps. DOEE…
Agency Management & Budget
Texas Governor Selects TCEQ to Distribute $209 Million in Automakers’ Settlement Funding
Governor Greg Abbott has selected the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to be the lead agency for purposes of Texas’ participation in the Environmental Mitigation Trust. This trust was established…
Nebraska Launches Innovative Pay for Performance Plan
Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts announced this week that the state will implement a new pay for performance program for discretionary and classified rules positions at the start of 2018. Today’s…
ECOS Comments on Fast-41 Best Practices: Delegated State Permitting Programs
This document outlines ECOS’ comments on recommended best practices for environmental reviews and authorizations for infrastructure projects, in accordance with Section 41006 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST-41) and feedback…
Mississippi Announces New Restoration Projects and Related Proposals
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) this week announced 19 new restoration projects at the Mississippi Restoration Summit in Biloxi. When implemented, these projects will add more than $83…
Utah Using Visual Management to Track Successes
The Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is tracking its success through the use of intra-office dashboards prominently displayed in work spaces throughout its office. In the DEQ’s Division…
ECOS is Accepting Applications for the Second Round of Its Business Process Improvement Skills Exchange Program
The ECOS Innovation and Productivity Committee is now accepting applications for the second round of a skills exchange program to build state capacity for business process improvement (BPI) project implementation. The program will…
ECOS Letter to US EPA on FY 2019 Budget Priorities
On September 5th, ECOS submitted a letter to U.S. EPA Chief Financial Officer David Bloom detailing their suggestions for the Agency’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget priorities. EPA is developing…
ECOS Information on US EPA’s FY 2018 Budget
FY 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Bill ECOS Summary of FY 2018 Omnibus – On March 23, 2018, President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2018. FY 2018 US Senate…
ECOS Comments on EPA’s FY18-19 National Program Manager Guidances
This letter and corresponding document contain ECOS’ comments on U.S. EPA’s draft Fiscal Year (FY) 2018-2019 National Program Manager (NPM) Guidances for the OLEM, OAR, OCSPP, OW, OEI, OITA, OECA,…