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Toxins prove good medicine for collaboration
The Tox21 collaboration merges federal agency resources (research, funding and testing tools) to develop ways to more effectively predict how chemicals will affect human health and the environment. We get details from Robert Kavlock of the EPA.
Tags: management , collaboration , interagency cooperation , Tox21 , Robert Kavlock
Inside Government - July 23rd, 2010
Charles Stephenson
Co-author, "The Beat! Go-Go Music From Washington, D.C."
Lisa Schlosser
Director, Information Collection Office of Environmental Information, Environmental Protection Agency
Bob Hill
District Advisor, First Command
Tags: Pay & Benefits , Inside Government , AFGE , Charles Stephenson , Lisa Schlosser , Bob Hill ,
Government tools for tracking the Gulf Coast oil spill
Learn more.
Tags: newscast , DorobekInsider , Must Reads ,
EPA experiences the upside of contracting reforms
OMB issues a fact sheet detailing successes across the government. Agencies are using fewer risky contracts and achieving more competition. One expert, however, wonders if the insourcing initiative is part of the reason for the changes.
Tags: contracting , Dan Gordon , Chuck Gherardini , John Bashista , OMB , OFPP , NNSA , Interior , DoD , DHS , robert burton , Venable , competition , sole source contracting , contracting reforms , acquisition workforce , insourcing , Jason Miller
OMB, GSA hope fourth time is a charm for USA.gov
Agencies launch redesigned governmentwide portal with Microsoft's Bing search engine. As a part of the launch, OMB and GSA make 18 mobile applications available from agencies across the government. Federal CIO Kundra says the government must improve how citizens access information and interact with agencies.
Tags: technology , Jeff Zients , Vivek Kundra , Dave McClure , OMB , GSA , TSA , CPSC , Apple , Google , RIM , iPhone , Droid , BlackBerry , mobile apps , USA.gov , search , Jason Miller
Once Upon a Time in Teleworkland
Telework's beginning as an emergency response has a happy ending.
Tags: technology , TANDBERG Telwork Center , telework , GSA , Suzanne Kubota
EPA Completes Air Quality Testing At Schools
The Environmental Protection Agency has completed air quality testing outside of 63 schools in 22 states as well as at two tribal schools. The testing was done as part of an unprecedented school air monitoring initiative announced last year to protect children from toxic air pollution around schools. Air samplers using microprocessors and "Intelligent Air Pump"s were used to trap Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds, hexavalent chromium, and other airborne toxins while a Climatronics Sonimometer™ was used to measure wind speeds and direction. EPA experts will now analyze the data to understand whether air quality at these schools poses long-term health concerns for children. The agency has posted preliminary data to its Web site throughout the project to make public the levels of the 62 air toxins the monitors are checking.
Tags: technology , Meeting Mission Goals Through Technology , Scott Carr
New EPA initiative pushes 'green' building
EPA's Saskia van Gendt talks to us about the new initiative to use green building construction materials.
Tags: technology , Saskia van Gent , DorobekInsider
Mapping the response to BP oil spill
New online tool created by NOAA and the EPA shows real time changes.
Tags: newscast , DorobekInsider , Must Reads , NOAA
DHS, DoJ, EPA, Energy earn top green electronics award
Agencies recycled more than 51,000 pounds of electronics, purchases more than 58,000 hardware that met the green standards and saved the government more than $11 million.
Tags: technology , contracting , management , Federal Environmental Executive , DHS , DoJ , Energy , Federal Electronics Challenge , green IT , data centers , EPEAT , Energy Star , Jason Miller
