EPA Watchdog to Stay at Agency Despite New Coronavirus Role

The head of the EPA’s watchdog office will remain in that role, even as he takes a seat on the federal government’s board overseeing waste, fraud, and abuse under the $2 trillion coronavirus funding package, according to an agency spokeswoman.

Sean O’Donnell’s continuing tenure as head of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Inspector General comes as the relationship between the EPA’s political leadership and its OIG has grown increasingly tense in recent months, owing mostly to investigations that began before O’Donnell’s tenure began last December.

The Trump administration on Tuesday named O’Donnell to be the ...