This week, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) launched a new AskHR video series, a tool to make prospective applicants’ job searches more effective. The first episode, How to Apply…
Budget & Agency Management
Florida Announces Winners of Nature Photography Contest
Last week, in honor of Nature Photography Day and to highlight the beauty of their state parks, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced the winners of the 2024…
Texas Hosts Environmental Trade Fair in San Antonio
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) welcomed more than 4,100 registrants in early June to its Environmental Trade Fair & Conference in San Antonio. Agency staff led more than…
ECOS FY26 Testimony to the Senate Committee on Appropriations on U.S. EPA’s Budget
This Senate testimony from ECOS President Jim Kenney details the need for robust federal cost share funding for state-led implementation of environmental programs.
ECOS Letter to U.S. EPA on the FY26 President’s Budget Preliminary Request and Discretionary Funding Cuts to Categorical Grants
In this letter, sent on May 3, the ECOS Officers voiced concern about the May 2 FY2026 President’s Budget preliminary request for U.S. EPA’s discretionary funding and the potential policy…
Nebraska Lawmakers Approve Merger of Environment & Energy and Natural Resources Agencies
On July 1, the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources will be folded into the Nebraska Department of Environment & Energy, creating the Nebraska Department of Water, Energy, & Environment. Nebraska…
Coalition Letter on FY2026 Appropriations for the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds to House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies leadership
ECOS joined twenty-eight other organizations in a letter to U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies’ leadership to urge congressional appropriators to support full funding of the…
ECOS FY26 Testimony to the House Committee on Appropriations on U.S. EPA’s Budget
In April 2025, ECOS President James Kenney submitted testimony to the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, & Related Agencies addressing FY26 Appropriations for the U.S. EPA.…
Resolution 07-5: Supporting the Use of Business Process Improvement in Environmental Programs
In this resolution, ECOS endorses a continued effort by states and U.S. EPA to apply business process improvement techniques; encourages providing sufficient resources to perform business process improvement techniques; and…
Resolution 10-3: Cleanup Budgets for the Nuclear Weapons Complex
This resolution supports continued environmental cleanup of the nuclear weapons complex; recommends that DOE maintain a strong forum for communication and planning with state oversight officials via ECOS; urges DOE…
