Joint Public Comment on Phase 2 of the Environmental Justice Scorecard

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Written By Christopher Putney

In late January 2023, EPIC co-authored a public comment led by World Resources Institute (WRI) in response the White House Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) Request for Information (RFI) on revisions to the Environmental Justice Scorecard. Our recommendations for Phase 2 revisions elaborate the technical and user-oriented changes we see as vital to meeting the Scorecard’s overarching goals—as well as its potential to drive forward the climate change-related priorities detailed in several of President Biden’s recent Executive Orders.

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Contact Christopher Putney at chris@policyinnovation.org.

Christopher Putney

Christopher leads the Technology Program’s cross-cutting technology talent and workforce initiatives. He also supports EPIC’s evolving legislative affairs work related to environmental tech and data use in government, tech capacity, and other workforce priorities. Before EPIC, he worked in Deloitte’s Government & Public Services practice doing technology modernization, human capital, and workforce strategy, communications, and change management for federal clients in the executive branch and DoD. His previous work spanned sectors and mission-driven teams, and includes roles in politics, non-profits, and academia, a small e-commerce start-up, and working for a Member of Congress. He holds degrees in Government and Philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin (BA), and in Political Science, from the Graduate Center (Masters), City University of New York (CUNY). His research and teaching interests are at the intersection of democracy, race, and American political development (APD).

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