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.…
Budget & Agency Management
Resolution 07-5: Supporting the Use of Business Process Improvement in Environmental Programs
ECOS endorses continued work by states and EPA to apply business process improvement techniques.
Resolution 10-3: Cleanup Budgets for the Nuclear Weapons Complex
ECOS supports continued cleanup of the nuclear weapons complex and the funding to do this work.
Resolution 16-1: ECOS Opposition to Set-Asides in Categorical Grants
ECOS opposes set-asides of Categorical Grant funding unless they are made with state concurrence.
Resolution 16-5: Addressing Serious Needs Regarding Drinking Water and Clean Water Infrastructure Investment
ECOS expresses its support for the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Funds.
Coalition Letter to U.S. EPA on developing a policy to meet Executive Order: Implementing the President’s Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative
ECOS’ Executive Director joined six other state environmental media associations in a letter to Assistant Deputy Administrator Voyles offering to work with EPA to ensure an efficient and accountable process for meeting…
Coalition Letter to Congressional Leaders on the Importance of Federal Funding to State Environmental Agencies
ECOS’ Executive Director joined eight other state environmental media associations in a letter to U.S. House and Senate leadership highlighting that federal implementation funding, referred to as Categorical Grants, has remained…
Hawaii Seeks to Expedite State Hiring of Displaced Federal Workers & Others
Hawaii Governor Josh Green recently signed an executive order to implement Operation Hire Hawaiʻi (OH-HI), a targeted outreach initiative featuring an expedited state hiring process that fast-tracks qualified displaced federal…
Coalition Letter to Congressional Appropriators on FY25 and FY26 SRF Funding
ECOS joined 36 other organizations to urge congressional appropriators to support full funding of the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (SRFs) at congressionally authorized levels of $3.25 billion…
Coalition Letter to U.S. EPA on FY25 and FY26 SRF Funding
ECOS joined 36 other organizations to urge the U.S. EPA to support full funding of the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (SRFs) at congressionally authorized levels of $3.25…
