EPA Plan To Merge OARM-OEI Raises Concerns Over Clashing Missions

EPA's plan to merge its Office of Environmental Information (OEI) back into its Office of Administration and Resource Management (OARM) is prompting concerns from a former top official, who cautions that any merger will have to address significant differences between two offices that have very different roles. “It strikes me, as a former political head of OARM, the biggest challenge for the new unit -- if there is a merger -- would be putting two different kinds of culture together,”...