A federal agency charged with improving the federal permitting process announced a $15 million investment for a new program that lets agencies quickly tap into a pool of qualified permitting staff as needed.
The program’s specifics haven’t yet been defined, but when it’s up and running, agencies will be able to hire third-party support “without having to go through the complicated procurement process” when a short-term permitting need arises, Eric Beightel, executive director of the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council, said in an interview Tuesday.
The new program seeks to remedy one of the problems most often cited for permitting ...
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