EPA ‘Lean’ Office Chief Leaving But Contentious Efficiency Plan Continues

Serena McIlwain, director of the EPA Office of Continuous Improvement (OCI) that aims to streamline agency operations, is leaving for a state government job after less than a year in the position, but the Trump administration’s contentious plan to use “Lean” techniques and other steps to improve EPA’s operation efficiency continues. In a March 8 letter to EPA Chief of Operations and Acting Deputy Administrator Henry Darwin, McIlwain says she will depart March 30 after four and a half years...