The latest version of the "Special Government Employee ( ) List" released in [year] [month] includes employee names.

Key Chapter Title List

1. Report Overview and Management Information
2. Special Government Employee Definition and Pay Plan Criteria
3. Employee Directory (Sorted Alphabetically by Last Name A - Z)
4. Data Sources and Processing Department
5. Report Generation Time and Cycle Description
6. Name Format Standardization Example

Document Introduction

This report is compiled and managed by the Personnel Report Solutions and Data Analytics Division (OHRS - Data Analytics & Solutions Division) within the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The core function of the report is to systematically summarize and list all Special Government Employees (SGEs) registered on the EPA roster during a specific reporting period. The report was generated on February 5, 2025, but the personnel data it covers spans the previous full calendar month, namely January 2024.

The report provides a clear operational definition for "Special Government Employee": all individuals included in this list must have a Pay Plan falling into one of the ED, EF, or EH categories. This classification criterion is a key basis within the U.S. federal government's personnel management system for identifying specific appointment types, typically applicable to experts, scholars, or consultants serving the government in a temporary, intermittent, or advisory capacity. The report itself does not further elaborate on the specific policy meanings or appointment duration details of these pay plan codes, but as a screening standard, they define the scope of inclusion for this list.

The main body of the report is a detailed personnel directory, strictly arranged in alphabetical order by employee last name, starting from "ABEL, TROY D." and ending with "ZUNIGA TERAN, ADRIANA A.", spanning 13 pages and containing hundreds of individuals. The name format in the list is highly standardized, using the compressed "Last Name, First Name Middle Initial" format (Name Compressed), for example, "ACHESON, CAROLYN M.". Some entries include the annotation "NMN", which typically stands for "No Middle Name". The directory provides only the core identity of the employee's name and does not include further information such as specific position, department, work location, or professional field.

As a regularly generated internal personnel data product, the value of this report lies in its authority and foundational nature. It provides a raw, structured data slice for studying the composition of external experts and consultants relied upon by the U.S. federal government, particularly the EPA, during a specific period. Analysts can use it to observe the scale of expert participation in government affairs in specific fields (such as environmental science, public health, regulatory policy) or to conduct cross-time-series comparisons to track changes in hiring trends. The report's strictly data-driven nature makes it an indispensable cornerstone for subsequent in-depth analysis.