EPA’s independent watchdog put employee investment first in its five-year plan for the agency and its chemical safety board.
The Office of Inspector General released a strategic plan through 2028 that broadly lays out its goals on improving efficiency and employee recruitment and retention as key funding sources from President Joe Biden’s two main environmental laws are set to expire.
“To meet these challenges, we must invest in our office’s most valuable resource — our people — and optimize our processes to empower our people to deliver relevant and high-quality audits, evaluations, and investigations,” Inspector General Sean O’Donnell wrote in the plan.
O’Donnell’s three goals provide recommendations on how the agency can become an “employer of choice within the oversight community” and “deliver high-impact oversight results” by making business processes more efficient, the plan says.
