{"id":603498,"date":"2009-10-23T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-23T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:whitehouse.gov,2009-10-23:170000"},"modified":"2009-10-23T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-23T17:00:00","slug":"dhs-supports-the-greengov-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/603498","title":{"rendered":"DHS Supports the GreenGov Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"Last spring, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), launched a bold Efficiency Review initiative to make DHS a leaner, smarter agency better equipped to protect the nation. <br \/>\n<br \/>\nAs part of the Efficiency Review, we are already taking steps big and small to build a green culture across the Department.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nA few examples include:<br \/>\n<ul>\n    <li>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is configuring it computers to automatically shut down\/standby when they are not being used to avoid energy costs.<\/li>\n    <li>U.S. Customs and Border Protection will reduce energy usage by 25% by incorporating solar power in its new Border Patrol Sector Station in El Paso, Texas.<\/li>\n    <li>The new U.S. Coast Guard headquarters facility currently under construction will receive LEED Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, incorporating state-of-the-art efficiency technologies like green roofs, landscaped courtyards to capture and reuse surface water runoff, and innovative heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThat&rsquo;s why I&rsquo;m excited by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/greengov\/\">the GreenGov Challenge<\/a> that runs through the end of the month. It gives federal employees and our men and women in uniform a chance to submit their ideas to make us more environmentally responsible while cutting costs and streamlining operations.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nYou can submit your ideas at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/greengov\/\">www.WhiteHouse.gov\/GreenGov<\/a> through the end of the month. Together, we can make a difference in creating a more efficient and sustainable federal government.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em>Janet Napolitano is Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security<\/em><br \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last spring, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), launched a bold Efficiency Review initiative to make DHS a leaner, smarter agency better equipped to protect the nation. As part of the Efficiency Review, we are already taking steps big and small to build a green culture across the Department. A few examples include: U.S. Immigration [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-603498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2wZQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}