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…
Budget & Agency Management
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 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…
Utah Voluntary Cleanup Program Promotes Streamlined Process
In a recent blog post, the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Division of Environmental Response and Remediation highlights its volunteer cleanup program (VCP), which promotes the remediation of contaminated…
State BPI Projects Database
Click here to visit ECOS’ database of over 700 Business Process Improvement projects completed by our member agencies.
