Year Month "U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Special Government Employee (SGE) List"

Key Chapter Title List

1. EPA SGE's from Last Month
2. Name Compressed (Surname Compressed Format List)

File Introduction

This report is based on data generated on May 5, 2025, by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Personnel and Reporting System (OHRS - Data Analytics & Solutions Division). It comprehensively lists all Special Government Employees registered on the EPA roster during April 2025. Special Government Employees are a specific personnel category within the U.S. federal government system, typically referring to non-full-time employees who serve government agencies on a temporary or intermittent basis, often bringing external expertise and experience from specialized fields. The compilation of this list strictly follows the screening based on their pay plan codes, meaning it includes only employees with pay plans ED, EF, or EH.

The core content of the report is a detailed name list, presented in a surname-compressed format, totaling over four hundred Special Government Employees. The names are arranged in alphabetical order, starting from ACHESON, CAROLYN M. and ending with ZOTA, AMI R. The list includes employees' full names (including middle initials), with some names followed by the annotation "NMN" (abbreviation for No Middle Name), reflecting the standardized entry format of the original data. This directory covers professionals from various fields potentially relevant to EPA's functions, such as environmental science, public health, toxicology, risk assessment, engineering, law, and policy analysis.

From a methodological perspective, this report constitutes a basic personnel data compilation. Its value lies in providing a cross-sectional overview of the external expert group involved in EPA work at a specific point in time. The report does not further classify or analyze employees' backgrounds, specialized fields, specific duties, or service periods. However, the raw list itself forms an important data foundation for further research. For example, researchers can cross-analyze the structure of external expertise relied upon by the EPA for specific issues (such as climate change, chemical management, environmental justice, etc.) by combining publicly available academic and professional background information.

For policy analysts, government governance researchers, and professionals focusing on the U.S. environmental policy-making process, this list holds unique reference value. It indirectly reveals the extent and scale of EPA's reliance on external intellectual resources while performing its regulatory, research, and policy-making functions. Understanding the composition of Special Government Employees helps provide insights into how federal agencies absorb expertise from academia, industry, and other sectors to address complex technical and scientific challenges, potentially influencing the professional orientation and balance of interests in policy-making. As a pure data compilation, this report provides an objective starting point for subsequent in-depth research on phenomena such as the revolving door in the U.S. environmental governance system, the effectiveness of expert advisory mechanisms, and the scientific nature of policies.