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10/27/09
Take the GreenGov Challenge
Secretary Chu and DOE are actively encouraging our federal employees to participate in the GreenGov Challenge, a bottom-up approach to greening government. This online participatory program challenges federal and military personnel to take part in implementing the President's Executive Order on Federal Sustainability by submitting their own clean energy ideas and suggestions and voting on others. In coordination with National Energy Awareness Month, any Federal employee or military member can submit a clean energy idea until October 31, 2009. Use the links below to submit your ideas or find out more about the GreenGov cjhallenge.
9/28/09
DOE Requests Information for FY 2009 E.O. 13423 Annual Environmental Progress Reports
On September 24, 2009, the DOE Office of Environmental Policy and Assistance (HS-22) issued a memorandumn with an attachment, entitled, "Annual Progress Reports on Implementation of Environmental Provisions of Executive Order 13423, Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management". The memorandum requests assistance in providing data necessary for the annual environmental progress reports for fiscal year (FY) 2009 on DOE's implementation of Executive Order (E.O.) 13423, Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management. These reports are due to the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in late 2009 and early 2010. The attachment to the memorandum provides summaries of the FY 2008 data provided by Program Offices, as well as a summary for the entire Department. Please use the link below to access a PDF file of the DOE memorandum.
9/23/09
Semi-Annual OMB Environmental Stewardship Scorecard for DOE
The July 2009 OMB Scorecard for the Department of Energy's progress in environmental stewardship is available from the DOE Office of Environmental Policy and Assistance (HS-22). DOE's progress is updated annually to reflect performance data collected at the end of each fiscal year. Progress reports are issued twice annually in January and July. Please use the link below to access a PDF file of the 2008 guidance document.
9/14/09
Guidance for Preparation of the 2008 Annual Site Environmental Reports Available
In August 2009, the DOE Office of Environmental Policy and Assistance (HS-22) issued Guidance for Preparation of the 2008 Annual Site Environmental Reports. The guidance document updates previous guidance regarding the preparation, approval and release of the DOE Annual Site Environmental Reports (ASERs), and is prepared to comply with Chapter I, Section 2.b of DOE Manual 231.1-1 A, Environment, Safety and Health Reporting Manual, that requires the Office of Corporate Safety Analysis to issue guidance for the preparation of ASERs. ASERs are the principal documents that demonstrate compliance with DOE Order 5400.5 requirements and are a key component of DOE's effort to keep the public informed of environmental conditions at DOE sites. Please use the link below to access a PDF file of the 2008 guidance document.
7/20/09
Two EMS Presentations Available
In June 2009, the DOE Office of Environmental Policy and Assistance (HS-22) coauthored two presentations on that were presented at the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive (OFFE) Federal Environmental Symposium West & East in June 2009. An "overview" presentation discusses the typology of EMSs, agency meetings with the OFFE, letters and guidance from OFFE, and answers to common questions. An "EMS metrics" presentation covers reporting requirements, organizational EMS reporting, external audit and declaration of conformance, new EMS metrics, scoring methodology, questionnaires, and answers to common questions. Please use the links below to access PDF files of the two presentations.
7/20/09
July 2009 EMS Status Report Update Available
In September 2008 and January 2009, the DOE Office of Environmental Policy and Assistance (HS-22) provided responses to the memorandum from the Federal Environmental Executive dated July 15, 2008, concerning the status of "fully implemented" environmental management systems (EMSs) at DOE. The report, based on data from DOE sites, includes forty-eight EMSs, forty-three EMSs of which were declared to be "fully implemented" in accordance with E.O. 13423 and DOE Order 450.1A. Please use the link below to access a PDF file of the EMS Status Report.
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