GAO Questions EPA’s Science Advisor Appointment Process

Congress’ watchdog has found that EPA did not follow its published process for selecting experts to serve on two of its core advisory committees in fiscal year 2018 and that the agency failed to ensure that advisors met conflict of interest rules, handing Democrats limited new opportunities to criticize the agency. In a report released July 15 , the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that EPA had not provided staff’s written rationale for why it recommended certain new members for...