Rethinking the Components, Coordination, and Management of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Laboratories (2014) / Chapter Skim
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3 Laboratory Science Capabilities
3 Laboratory Science Capabilities
Pages 31-38
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An analysis of the current workforce disciplines and the ones that EPA believes that it will need in the future was initiated recently, and results are being implemented. Key tools that would provide EPA with flexibility with regard to achieving workforce expertise needed in the future are its postdoctoral program, its Title 42 Authority, and training grants.
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Summary Principle 5: State-of-the-art facilities and equipment are essential if a laboratory enter prise is to be able to meet current and future mission needs. Summary Principle 6: Effective management and appropriate flexibility enable an efficient and ef fective laboratory enterprise.
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Numbers are numbers of FTE laboratory personnel in the identified disciplines. Source: EPA 2014d.
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To the extent practicable under budget constraints, three tools that would provide EPA flexibility in achieving continuing workforce excellence are the agency's training grant and fellowships programs, postdoctoral program, and Title 42 program. An important component of implementing each of these tools is periodic independent review to assess whether the efforts are meeting their intended objectives.
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. The change in the home of the program fails to recognize the differences in training between an EPA fellowship program focused on environmental science and technology and a basic Earth or physical science fellowship emphasized in NSF.
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mendation 3-7 7) FIGURE 3-3 Number of new postdoctoral scientists in EPA ORD by year, hired under R auth 3 s D d hority.
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For efficiency and effectiveness, members of the EPA workforce must cover a broad array of disciplines, work effectively in teams, and have the flexibility to address both continuing projects and emergencies that need EPA expertise. In line with summary principle 7, EPA needs to create tools for communication to enable leaders and staff in all the various laboratories to be aware of the scientific expertise, available laboratory equipment, and project goals and approaches in the entire laboratory enterprise.
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The purchase of laboratory capital equipment is intended to allow OCSPP to meet programmatic needs, support environmental analyses, and provide direct technical support for states, tribal entities, other federal agencies, and academe. Temporary personnel assignments through the Intergovernmental Personnel Act and interagency agreements foster sharing of facilities and equipment with partner agencies.
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