U.S. Army’s entirely electric, neighborhood electric vehicles (By C. Todd Lopez). N.I.H. Gateway Center's green roof in Bethesda, Maryland. Wind turbines spread across a landscape. HHS using videoconferencing technology to share information. People riding bikes along a paved road. Solar panels on the roof of the EPA building in Denver, Colorado.

Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance

News Archive

May 21, 2010

Federal Government Promotes Bike Commuting in Washington, DC.

May 17, 2010

OFEE Announces the Winners of the 2010 Federal Electronics Challenge.

April 14, 2010

Department of Energy Issues Federal Fleet Management Guidance.

February 18, 2010

Join the GreenGov Collaborative: Turning Ideas into Action.
GreenGov Collaborative logo.

January 29, 2010

President Obama Sets Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Target for Federal Operations.

January 27, 2010

Federal Agencies Compete to Recycle and Reuse Electronic Products; Challenge Results in More than 15.8 Million Pounds of Electronics Reused or Recycled.

January 15, 2010

List of Agency Senior Sustainability Officers under E.O. 13514.

December 11, 2009

EPA issues Stormwater Guidance to meet the first milestone of E.O. 13514.

November 13, 2009

President Obama signs a Proclamation on America Recycles Day.

November 5, 2009

Top ideas from the GreenGov Challenge to be presented to the Steering Committee on Federal Sustainability.

October 29, 2009

Six federal agencies receive Presidential awards for saving tens of millions in energy costs, reducing consumption and pollution.

October 29, 2009

Vice President Biden issues a video encouraging federal employees to participate in the GreenGov Challenge.

October 19, 2009

Michelle Moore answers questions from viewers about the GreenGov Challenge and ongoing sustainability efforts in the federal government.

October 19, 2009

White House launches the GreenGov Challenge - A bottom-up approach to greening government in which any Federal employee or military member can submit a clean energy idea to Whitehouse.gov/GreenGov from October 19th through October 31st.

October 5, 2009

President Obama signs Executive Order 13514 on Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance