EPA Tweaks Internal Management System That Caused Worker Gripes

The EPA is taking steps to loosen the strictures of its internal management system, making it more workable and practical, according to an email from Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe.

The changes could appease Environmental Protection Agency employees who have called the EPA Lean Management System a burdensome process that’s far better suited to a production environment than policy work.

The new guidance aims to “increase flexibilities” to ensure the system can be used by agency offices “when and how it meets their needs,” McCabe said in Tuesday’s internal email, which was reviewed by Bloomberg Law. The EPA remains committed to ...