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About the Innovation, Partnerships, and Communication Office (IPCO)
In an effort to accelerate the pace of environmental protection through innovation and collaboration, the Innovation, Partnerships, and Communication Office (IPCO) provides leadership in three critical areas:
- Building capacity for innovative problem solving;
- Promoting and supporting the involvement of states, tribes, and the public in EPA decision-making; and
- Providing short and long-range strategic communications planning.
Innovation
IPCO’s Innovation Program seeks out the newest strategies and technologies in waste minimization, energy recovery, recycling, land revitalization, and homeland security. The Innovations Program tests new ideas and inventions in these areas by supporting pilot projects that demonstrate creative solutions to environmental challenges.
OSWER innovations links:
- Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) innovations page
- 2005 innovations pilots
- Apply for an innovation project
Other innovations links:
- Resource conservation challenge
- EPA innovations strategy
- EPA Smart Growth Program
- EPA State Innovations Program
- Innovation Action Council
- The Multi-State Workgroup on Environmental Performance
- Harvard University Government Innovators Network
Partnerships
IPCO’s partnerships strengthen EPA's ties to states, tribes, local governments, federal agencies, and other stakeholders. Partnerships help make certain that all voices are heard as EPA makes important environmental decisions.
OSWER partnerships links:
Other partnerships links:
Communication
IPCO serves as the primary office for coordinating OSWER's interactions with the press and the public, helping EPA provide complete and accurate information about human health and the environment.