2023-07-142023-07-142016-05-31https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14300/316From the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management led by Senator Rand Paul issued a weekly waste report discussing the Environmental Protection Agency and its use of early buyouts for its employees. The report echoes the EPA Inspector General's findings that approximately 12% of the vacant positions from the early buyouts were not eliminated or substantially modified which is a requirement for the buyout process. The Subcommittee states that this process has likely cost taxpayers approximately $1.4 million.1 pageenOversight RecordsSenate Majority Oversight Record20: Government Operations2002: Government Efficiency, General Regulatory Policy and Bureaucratic Oversight114Yes