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…
Budget & Agency Management
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…
ECOS Letter to U.S. EPA on Grants Performance Reporting Information Collection Request
This ECOS letter to U.S. EPA provides comments on the second comment period of the proposed Grants Performance Reporting Information Collection Request (ICR). This ICR gives U.S. EPA grant programs…
ECOS Letter to U.S. EPA on Grants Performance Reporting Information Collection Request
This ECOS letter to U.S. EPA provides comments on the proposed Grants Performance Reporting Information Collection Request (ICR). This ICR gives U.S. EPA grant programs the authorization to ask grantees…
New Mexico Enforcement Actions Raise Millions for Taxpayers
The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) achieved a major milestone in FY24, bringing $30.2M through enforcement actions and surpassing the department’s $25.5M operating budget designated by the Legislature – an…
Resolution 15-5: On the Department of Defense Environmental Restoration Program
In this resolution, ECOS commends DoD for its commitment to funding state involvement in the cleanup of its sites and working with states to improve the state-DoD relationship; requests that…
State Innovation Video 2024: Indiana Clean Community Program
Indiana’s Clean Community Program is a free and voluntary program aimed at recognizing and rewarding Indiana communities for implementing a proactive, positive approach to addressing community and social issues through…
State Innovation Video 2024: Arkansas Work Hard, Play Hard!
In May 2023, Arkansas DEE and the Environments Employee Initiative Committee joined forces with members of the agency’s internal leadership program to try to build a sense of community and…
