Note:
Recommendations
Developed
by
the
ECOS/
EPA
Integration
Workgroup
This
note
is
intended
to
provide
background
information
on
the
Integration
Workgroup
to
better
orient
the
reader
to
the
recommendations
that
it
has
developed.
The
Integration
Workgroup
is
one
of
three
workgroups
that
ECOS
recommended
EPA
establish
(
the
others
being
the
Incentives
and
Recruitment
Workgroups)
within
the
ECOS
Report
that
was
delivered
to
the
EPA
Administrator
in
January
2005.
The
subject
of
the
Report
was
how
EPA
and
States
can
ensure
the
success
of
Performance
Track
and
State
Performance­
based
Programs.

The
goal
of
the
Integration
Workgroup
has
been
to
be
responsive
to
ECOS
Report s
recommendations
to
Support
State
Programs
and
State
Efforts
to
Work
with
Performance
Track
and
to
Assure
Program
Support
from
All
EPA
Program
Offices.
The
Workgroup
is
composed
of
representatives
from
EPA s
Media
Program
and
Regional
Offices,
as
well
as
OPEI
and
States
and
is
led
by
Co­
chairs
Sharon
Baxter
(
VA)
and
Andy
Teplitzky
(
EPA/
OPEI).
(
See
attached
list
of
Workgroup
Members.)

Workgroup
Details
The
Incentives
Workgroup
has
met
biweekly
since
April
2005
and
has
formed
subgroups
paralleling
EPA s
media
program
offices.
Each
subgroup
was
charged
with
identifying
opportunities
to:
1)
integrate
performance­
based
programs
into
their
culture
(
e.
g.,
planning
and
budgeting
documents,
guidances,
etc.)
and
2)
provide
 
credit 
for
the
work
performed
and
achievements
attained
through
performance­
based
programs
and
the
efforts
of
their
members.

Draft
Status
of
Reports
The
Workgroup
recommendations
offered
in
the
attached
document
are
not
to
be
construed
as
final
recommendations.
They
are
draft
recommendations
intended
for
public
review
and
comment
and
have
not
yet
received
senior
management
review
and
approval
from
the
organizations
represented.
The
recommendations
are
the
result
of
a
collaborative
effort
by
the
staff
on
the
workgroup;
however,
not
all
parties
necessarily
agree
with
every
recommendation
contained
within
them.
ECOS/
EPA
Integration
Workgroup
Members
Office/
Region/
State
Active
Member
OPEI
Andrew
Teplitzky
 
Co­
chair
Eileen
McGovern
Ted
Cochin
Virginia
Sharon
Baxter
 
Co­
chair
OSWER
George
Faison
OW
Joel
Corona
Valerie
Martin
Mike
Weckesser
OPPTS
Tom
Murray
Paul
Matthai
OCIR
Doug
Gatlin
OCFO
Wendy
Lubbe
Joe
Greenblott
OAR
Mike
Hadrick
OECA
Robert
Tolpa
David
Piantanida
Art
Horowitz
OGC
Dana
Ott
Region
1
Martha
Curran
Region
2
Judy­
Ann
Mitchell
Region
3
Nick
Dinardo
Region
6
Joy
Campbell
Craig
Weeks
Region
10
Bill
Glasser
Colorado
Jill
Cooper
Utah
Leah
Ann
Lamb
North
Carolina
Beth
Graves
