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EPA Oversight
Related Resources (government documents and letters)
POGO Files
POGO and the AFSC letter to EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson regarding groundwater testing
April 12, 2006
Written Statements of Community Members Participating in the Citizens' Briefing on the EPA Ombudsman Issue
January 14, 2003
Congressional / Citizen Oversight Forum on the need for an independent ombudsman at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
January 10, 2003
Sign on letter from over 70 organizations supporting H.R. 1431 in the House and S. 606 in the Senate to ensure the independence of the EPA National Ombudsman
December 18, 2001
POGO public comment on NRC proposal to limit public oversight in nuclear reactor licensing hearings
July 12, 2001
Letter to President-Elect Bush
January 12, 2001
Comments on the "Draft Guidance for the National Hazardous Waste and Superfund Ombudsman and Regional Superfund Ombudsmen Program"
January 3, 2001
EPA Ombudsman Office Background
January 1, 2001
Related Resources
Ombudsman-related Organizations and Information
, United States Ombudsman Association
January 1, 2008
Public Sector Ombudsman
, United States Ombudsman Association
January 1, 2008
Ombudsman Committee Homepage
, American Bar Association
August 17, 2007
Governmental Ombudsman Standards
, United States Ombudsman Association
October 14, 2003
Issues Raised by the Reorganization of the EPA's Ombudsman Function
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November 14, 2002
Highlights of GAO-03-92, a report to the Honorable Diana DeGette, House of Representatives
, GAO
November 14, 2002
Senator Allard's press release announcing request for delay of EPA Ombudsman transfer
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January 9, 2002
Administrator Whitman's response to Senator Allard's questions regarding her transfer of the EPA Ombudsman's Office
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December 27, 2001
Memo from Robert Martin to Christine Todd Whitman on Dissolution of the EPA National Ombudsman Function
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November 27, 2001
H.R. 1431
, House of Representatives
April 4, 2001
S.606
, Senate
March 23, 2001
House Bill H.R. 3656
, House of Congress
February 15, 2000
Senate Bill S.1763
, Senate
October 21, 1999
POGO in the News
Conflict of interest for Christine Todd Whitman? The EPA's ombudsman says Whitman muzzled him for criticizing a sweetheart Superfund settlement with a big investor in her husband's firm., By Mark Hertsgaard, Salon.com, January 14, 2002
EPA to Transfer Ombudsman; Whitman Proposes IG Oversee Superfund's Sites Watchdog, By Edward Walsh, Washington Post, November 29, 2001
A Tug-of-War Over Ombudsman's Role; EPA Guidelines Would Limit Watchdog; Legislation Would Furnish Independence, By Edward Walsh, Washington Post, August 17, 2001
EPA's Quiet Man in the Middle, Watchdog Group Honors Ombudsman for Being Public's Voice, By Edward Walsh, Washington Post, December 8, 1998
