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Frequently Asked Questions about EPA’s Strategic Plan
What is EPA’s Strategic Plan?EPA’s Strategic Plan puts forward our goals for the next five years and describes how we intend to achieve a cleaner, healthier environment for all Americans. The plan is a public statement of our commitment to the American people and is a map of how we expect to achieve environmental results. By law, the 2006-2011 Strategic Plan is due for submission to the Congress and the President’s Office of Management and Budget by September 30, 2006.
What are EPA’s strategic goals?
EPA has established five long-term, results-based goals. Each goal was developed with the advice and participation of our governmental partners and stakeholders. By retaining our focus on a small number of outcome-oriented goals, we hope to continue to achieve better environmental results, stronger and better partnerships with federal, state, tribal, and local government entities, and wiser use of tax dollars. Our goals describe the results we seek. They will shape the way that we plan, budget, and account for our work over the next five years. Our five goals are:
GOAL 1 Clean Air and Global Climate Change
GOAL 2 Clean and Safe Water
GOAL 3 Land Preservation and Restoration
GOAL 4 Healthy Communities and Ecosystems
GOAL 5 Compliance and Environmental Stewardship
How does the Strategic Plan help us achieve these goals?
The Strategic Plan sets forth the objectives, sub-objectives, and their associated strategic targets --when taken altogether sometimes referred to as the “strategic architecture”-- that support our goals and describe the means and strategies that EPA and its partners will employ to achieve them. “Cross-goal” strategies–also in the Plan–are high-priority EPA programs and approaches that will guide our work across all the goals to help us accomplish our objectives.
What are Goal Teams?
For each of its five strategic goals, EPA has organized a Goal Team, comprised of representatives from EPA programs which help in achieving the goal. Goal Teams are co-led by national program and lead region managers.