White Papers

Featuring Insights written and published by ICF experts, such as thought leadership pieces and technical papers, as well as ICF's Thinking Forward series of articles. Use the checkboxes and keyword field at right to search by year, Insight type, or category.

• 2005 CEQA Legislation: What was Signed, Vetoed, and Will be Alive in 2006
• 2006 CEQA Bills
• 2006 CEQA Court Cases
• 2008 CEQA Bills Legislation Update
• 2010 CEQA Guidelines Amendments
• 2010 NEPA Court Decisions
• A Best Practices-Based Approach for Energy Management Programs in Federal Agencies
• A Pragmatic Approach to Stimulus Oversight
• AB 32—California's Landmark Global Warming Bill
• Achieving Compliance and Improving Security - A Broader Approach to NERC CIP
• Achieving Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction Goals
• Achieving Resilience Through Integrated Risk Management
• Addressing Water Supply in CEQA Documents: Coping with Vineyard Area Citizens for Responsible Growth, Inc. v. City of Rancho Cordova
• Advancing the Early Care and Education Workforce - A State-Based Cross-Sector Approach
• Agencies Can Use Simulations to Optimize Cut Scores
• Agencies Will Face Challenges in Meeting Scope 3 Emission Reduction Targets
• Aligning Environmental, Tax, and Workforce Development Policies to Create a New Green-Collar Workforce
• An Analysis of New Harquahala Generating Company’s TO/TOP Registration
• An Argument for Instructional Fusion
• Appellate Court Validates Aggregation Approach to Cumulative Impact Analysis
• Army Corps of Engineers Issues Regional Supplement to the Wetland Delineation Manual
• Assessing Real-World Risks - Exposures to Multiple Agents
• Attachment and Aspiration - What Influences Rural Youths' Educational and Residential Plans?
• Augmenting O*NET Can Help Jobs Become Greener
• Avoiding Pain for Performance: How to Design and Implement an Effective Pay-For-Performance System
• Ban on Plastic Bags Reaches Supreme Court
• Best Practice Upgrades for Energy Efficient New Homes
• Best Practices in New Employee Orientation
• Best Practices in New Employee Orientation: Developing and Retaining a Motivated, Engaged Workforce
• Bidding for Apples and Oranges - Why CAF Bid Areas Need a Non-Weighted, Geography-Based Approach
• Bingaman Bill Gives the Green Light to Renewables
• Bring Your Own Device: Where Do You Stand? - A BYOD Policy Can Help Agencies Enable Productivity in an Austere Environment
• Bringing Medical Education, Training, and Health Care Delivery into the 21st Century
• Brownfield Financing: Propelling Brownfield Projects Through Local Governments and Tools
• Building Regional Resilience Through Integrated Public Health and Medical Planning
• Building San Francisco's Cleantech Economy: Analysis and Strategy Options
• Building State Capacity for Effective Management of Stimulus Funding: Abstract for a Proposal to the Governor's Office
• Business Continuity - Not in My Job Description
• California AB 32 and the GHG Market
• California Appellate Case Clarifies Ministerial and Discretionary Projects Under CEQA
• California Supreme Court Lets Stand Sunnyvale West Case
• Californians Asked to Vote on Timing of Climate Change Action
• California's Greenhouse Gas Legislation: California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006
• California's Propositions - Good Results and Bad
• Cap and Trade: Background and Basics
• Capacity Building - The Proactive Dimension of Organizational Change
• Carbon Neutrality: The Journey to Zero Emissions
• Caring for Wounded Warriors: A Roadmap for the VA
• CEQ Issues Guidance on Improving the NEPA Process
• CEQ Proposes Guidance on Categorical Exclusions Under NEPA
• CEQ Releases Final Guidance on Categorical Exclusions Under NEPA
• CEQA Findings Can Make or Break a Project
• CEQA Legislation for 2007
• CEQA Update
• CEQA Update: March 2012
• Changing the Air Force Culture
• Children, Youth, and Teen Programs Functional and Facilities Needs Assessment
• Climate Change and CEQA in 2007: Lots of Heat, but Only a Little Light
• College and Career Readiness - With Proper Preparation, All Students Can Be Successful in Their Post-Secondary Endeavors
• Competency Modeling and Job Analysis: Current Trends and Debates in the Academic Literature
• Congressional Task Force Recommends Changes to NEPA
• Congressional Task Force Recommends Changes to NEPA
• Core Competencies - How Reverse Auctions Let Commercial Providers Build Cost Efficient Networks
• Corporate Sustainability: Myths Challenging an Otherwise Compelling Value Proposition - Myth 1
• Corporate Sustainability: Myths Challenging an Otherwise Compelling Value Proposition - Myth 2
• Corporate Sustainability: Myths Challenging an Otherwise Compelling Value Proposition - Myth 3
• Corporate Sustainability: Myths Challenging an Otherwise Compelling Value Proposition - Myth 4
• Corporate Sustainability: Myths Challenging an Otherwise Compelling Value Proposition - Myth 5
• Corps of Engineers Issues Proposal to Reissue Nationwide Permits
• Corps of Engineers Issues Regulatory Guidance Letter 08-02 on Jurisdictional Determinations
• Council on Environmental Quality Releases Three Proposed NEPA Guidance Documents
• Creating Economic Opportunity for Working Families
• Creating Jobs and a Sustainable Energy Future - An Action Plan for Department of Energy's Management of Economic Stimulus Funds
• Data Coalescing - A Science-First Ecosystem of Research Informatics
• Data Visualization - With Good Data Presentation, You Don’t Have to Be a Researcher to Use Data
• Deferred Mitigation under CEQA: A Fresh Look at an Old Issue
• Deployed Dads: Strengthening Military and Veteran Fathers, Families, and Communities
• Developing a Tool to Aid in Selection of Public Improvement Projects
• DFG 'Streambed Alterations' Form Gets a Makeover
• Discussion of Frequently Asked Questions about SB375
• Economic Stimulus and NEPA Compliance--Streamlining the Environmental Review Process
• Economic Stimulus and NEPA: Lessons Learned in the First Year
• Eliminating Veteran Homelessness: Applying Data, Lessons Learned, and Resources
• Employee Engagement: How a Greener Workforce Affects the Triple Bottom Line
• End of the 110th Congress: How Did Brownfields Fare?
• Endangered Species Update - June–October 2011
• Endangered Species Update January–March 2011
• Endangered Species Update, July-September 2010
• Endangered Species Update, March-June 2011
• Endangered Species Update, May-July 2010
• Endangered Species Update, September - December 2010
• Endangered Species Update: October 2011–February 2012
• Ensuring Workforce Mobility in Emergencies
• Environmental Impact of Jobs
• EPA and USACE Issue Draft Guidance Identifying Waters Protected by the Clean Water Act
• EPA's Climate Change Accomplishments
• Evaluating Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change Impacts under NEPA: - Ten Steps to Taking a Hard Look
• Executive Order 13514: Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance
• Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships: - Learning from the Past, Building on the Promise
• Federal Broadband Reform: Are States Ready for Change?
• Federal Broadband Reform: How Will Rural Providers Survive?
• Federal Highway Administration Publishes New Traffic Noise Rule
• Federal Investment and Economic Development Tax Incentives for Brownfields Financing
• FHWA and FTA Issue Question and Answer Guidance to Implement the Environment Review Provisions of SAFETEA-LU
• Green Building Funding and the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act
• Greenhouse Gas Legislation: Adapting to a Tsunami of Change
• Guidelines on Proper Citation of Sources in Environmental Documents
• Gulf Oil Spill May Bring Changes in Endangered Species Act
• Gulf Oil Spill Prompts NEPA Review of Minerals Management Service
• Gulf Oil Spill Prompts NEPA Review of Minerals Management Service Update October 2010
• Healthy Relationship Skills - Learning from the Past, Building on the Promise
• Highlights from Unanimous FCC Vote to Reform USF/ICC - The Impacts of CAF on Price Cap, Rate of Return, and Mobile Providers
• How to Prepare for Emergencies
• HR Strategies for Turbulent Times
• ICF Pulse - April 2012 - Your Gateway to Transmission Issues
• ICF Transportation Demand Management Customized Service Offerings
• If We Build It, Will Jobs Come? - Assessing Broadband Technologies in the Context of Rural Economic Development
• Improving Effectiveness of International Aid to Combat Human Trafficking
• Integrating Variable Renewable Electric Power Generators and the Natural Gas Infrastructure
• Integration of Technology in Teaching and Learning - Comprehensive Initiatives Enhance Student Engagement and Learning
• Keeping Page Counts Manageable in Environmental Documents
• Kelo v. City of New London - Good Planning may be the "Silver Lining"
• Kerry-Lieberman Climate Bill: The American Power Act
• Life Cycle Analysis
• Linking Global Trends to Local Watershed Planning
• Local Agencies Collaborate in Response to AB 2270
• Looking Back and Moving Forward: Retrospective Regulatory Analysis Under Executive Order 13563
• Make the Most of NSP Funds - Streamline Environmental Reviews
• Managing with Less - Learn How to Do More with Less
• Maximizing Business Value from Your Climate/Sustainability Strategy
• NEPA 2010: After 40 Years the Law is Still Evolving
• Network Neutrality: Controversial, Divisive, Technical - Exploring the Technical Aspects and Misconceptions About Net Neutrality
• New Bill Changes DFG Environmental Review Fees and Eliminates the de minimis Finding
• New CEQA case on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• New Guidance Under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act
• New Law Changes Procedures When Native American Remains Are Found on Private Land
• Offsetting 101: An Overview of Options
• OPR Issues Interim Guidance on How to Address Climate Change under CEQA
• Oregon's Measure 37 - Can it Happen in California?
• Oregon's Measure 37 Declared Unconstitutional - What Will It Mean for the Future of the State's Planning Program
• Outsourcing Energy Efficiency: A Clean Energy Resource for the 21st Century
• Overview of HCFC Consumption and Available Alternatives For Article 5 Countries
• Pathways to Progress: Increasing Opportunities for Upward Mobility for Young Americans
• Performance Management Systems in the Federal Government: What's Next?
• President Signs Executive Order 13514 - Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance
• Promoting Mental Combat Readiness Among America's Armed Forces - Awareness, Education, and Stigma Reduction
• Proposed Amendments to CEQA Guidelines Addressing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Proposition 84—A $5.4 Billion Cornucopia of Water- and Resources-Related Projects
• Proposition 90 – The New Trojan Horse That Attacks Land Use Planning and Regulation
• Protecting Public Health in the 21st Century - The Case for Computational Toxicology
• Public Outreach - A Critical Piece in the Success of Recycled Water Projects
• Rebuilding After the Gulf Coast Hurricane: Sustainable Communities Using Energy Efficiency
• Recap of Key Congressional Brownfield Activities in 2009
• Recent Published Assessments of India's Shale Gas Potential—Are They Realistic?
• Regionalization in Public Health Preparedness - A Framework for Achieving Community Resilience
• Retiring Coal Plants While Protecting System Reliability
• Review of California's 2009 Environmental Legislation
• Risk-based Assessment Methodology to Identify Critical Assets
• Roundup of CEQA Litigation for 2006
• Securing a Clean Energy Future - A Governor's Guide to Clean Power Generation and Energy Efficiency
• Species Update Issues for the Federal ESA, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and the California Endangered Species Act
• State of the Union, State of the Funding-What Does the Administration Propose?
• Summary of 2005 CEQA Court Cases
• Summary of CEQ's First Two Status Reports to Congress on NEPA Compliance for Economic Recovery Projects
• Summary of Executive Order 13514
• Summary of Guidance Related to the U.S. Supreme Court Decisions from Rapanos and Carabell
• Summary of Revised Guidance on Traditionally Navigable Waters, Adjacent Wetlands, and Tributaries
• Summer Update of 2006 CEQA Bills
• Supreme Court Rules on Wetlands
• Terrorism and NEPA
• The 2007 Amendments to the State California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines
• The 21st Century Electricity Grid: The Right Time to Catch Up
• The Bottom Line of Green is Blue: How ENERGY STAR^® is Transforming Home-Building While Generating Economic and Environmental Impacts
• The Challenges of Complying with FERC Order 1000
• The Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan and Mitigation Banking
• The Impact Report - September 2009
• The Impact Report - December 2009
• The Impact Report - May 2009
• The Impacts of Public Utility Holding Company Act (PUHCA) Repeal
• The Impacts on Energy Efficiency
• The Impacts on Nuclear Power
• The Impacts on Renewable Energy
• The Neighborhood Stabilization Program and Section 106 Historic Reviews - Learning from the Past, Building on the Promise
• The Power of Presence: Responsible Fatherhood and Children's Development
• The Proper Baseline for Analyzing Traffic and Related Impacts Under CEQA - Guidance in Response to the Sunnyvale Case
• The Road to Carbon Neutral: ENERGY STAR^® for Homes and Beyond
• The Secret to a Robust Telework Program: Just STIR
• The Strategic Implementation Framework - Implementing the Right Initiative at the Right Time
• The Unexpected Powers of Coaching
• Three Primary Practices to Implement TechStat in Your Agency
• Three Recent Supreme Court Decisions Related to CEQA
• Tiered Environmental Reviews - A Tool for Facilitating Environmental Compliance in NSP Target Areas
• Trafficking of U.S. Citizens and Legal Permanent Residents--The Forgotten Victims and Survivors
• Transforming Dropout Prevention Policy and Practice
• Transportation Demand Management Programs as an Emissions Reduction Strategy: New Challenges and Opportunities
• U.S. Army Corps and EPA Propose New Regulations for Wetland Mitigation
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2012 Nationwide Permit Renewal Update
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Issues Letter of Permission Procedure in Sacramento District
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Levee Vegetation Policy Continues to Elicit Response
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Land-Based Wind Energy Draft Guidelines Summary
• U.S. Forest Service Categorically Excludes Forest Plans from NEPA
• Unleashing Innovation
• Update on Fish Species in Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
• US DOT Issues Interim Guidance on Environmental Provisions of Federal Transportation Bill (SAFETEA-LU)
• Using Plain Language in Environmental Documents
• Using Portfolio Management Approach in the Cloud
• Using Recent Research on Military Families and Veterans to Improve the Reintegration and Transition Process
• Validating the “Value-Add” of Family and MWR Programs as Resilience Building Resources
• Visual Resources Management and Renewable Solar Electrical Energy Generation in the California Desert
• Visualizing Business Intelligence - How Self-Service BI Tools Improve Decision Making
• Water Bond Delayed Until 2012
• Watershed Restoration - A Proactive Approach to Global Climate Change Adaptation and Ecosystem Resilience
• What Is the "Watershed Approach"?
• Where is the Research on Human Trafficking and the Evaluation of Anti-Trafficking Efforts?
• Why Are New Teachers Leaving? The Case for Beginning-Teacher Induction and Mentoring
• Why You Need an Open Government Program Management Office
• Wind Curtailment - Assessing and Mitigating Risks