Overview

• The reduction in force cuts EPA staffing from 16,155 to 12,448, eliminating more than 3,700 positions.
• The agency will dissolve its Office of Research and Development and shift laboratory activities into program offices.
• A dedicated Office of Applied Science and Environmental Solutions will centralize research within the administrator’s office.
• A new Office of Finance and Administration will merge financial management and mission support to streamline contracts, grants and facilities.
• Officials said the overhaul follows a Supreme Court decision clearing the way for mass federal layoffs and will save about $750 million each year.