Clean Water Act : Improved Resource Planning Would Help EPA Better Respond to Changing Needs and Fiscal Constraints

Federal & state fiscal constraints may jeopardize past & future accomplishments resulting from the Clean Water Act. In this environment, it is important to manage available resources as efficiently as possible & to identify future human capital needs, including the size of the workforce & its deployment across the organization. This report determines: (1) the extent to which the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) process for budgeting & allocating resources considers the nature & distribution of its Clean Water Act workload; & (2) the actions EPA is taking to improve resource planning & the challenges the agency faces in doing so. Includes recommendations. Charts & tables.Stephenson, John B. is the author of 'Clean Water Act : Improved Resource Planning Would Help EPA Better Respond to Changing Needs and Fiscal Constraints', published 2005 under ISBN 9781422302859 and ISBN 1422302857.