Administration and Resources Procurement and Grants Management. Dr. Bailey has served as OAM's acting Director since June 1993. Previously she was director of contracting for the Air Force Communications Command Headquarters at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. She joined the civil service in 1977 at Edwards Air Force Base, where she was promoted to Chief of R&D contracting for the Air Force Astronautics Laboratory. In 1987, she became Director of Policy and Management in the Directorate of Contracting at Air Force Systems Command, Space Division, Los Angeles Air Force Base. In 1990, Dr. Bailey became the Deputy Director of Contracting, headquarters Air Force Communications Command, Scott Air Force Base. She earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in business administration from Golden Gate University and a doctorate in business philosophy from California Coast University. EPA's Office of Administration and Resources Management also announces the appointment of Jeanette L. Brown as Deputy Director of OAM. 48 Management. Previously, Brown was Director of the Division of Program Development for the Minority Small Business Capital Ownership Development Program. Prior to her work at the SBA, Brown served as a Branch Chief and Supervisory Contract Specialist for the Navy Automatic Data Processing Selection Office of the Navy's CAD-CAM (CAD II) Program for the Navy's five systems commands. In 1988, she became Branch Head of the Research and Development/Major Acquisition Branch. She subsequently served as the lead contract specialist in the Contracts Division of the All-Up-Round Branch of the Joint Cruise Missile Project. She began her career in 1978 as a Navy Cooperative Education (CO-OP) Student. In 1980, after graduating from Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, with a bachelor's degree in business administration, she began a Navy Internship at the Naval Regional Contracting Center in Washington, DC. She attended graduate school at the American University. Camelot Furniture Company of Orange, California, produces furniture with a high-gloss finish without using either volatile organic compounds or solvent-based coatings. The technique involves waterborne coatings applied with high-volume, low-pressure spray application. Back cover: Our overflowing landfills are a reminder of the need for pollution A Magazine on National and Global Environmental Perspectives From the Editors Mention air pollution, and most of us think of outdoor air pollution and regulatory standards under the Clean Air Act. But what about indoor air? Comparatively recent exposure monitoring studies, based on a concept called "total exposure assessment," have called into question the notion that indoor environments are a safe haven from air pollution. In fact, certain pollutants, such as benzene (a component in environmental tobacco smoke, or ETS) are sometimes found at higher levels indoors than outside. The implications of these findings are compelling. After all, 90 percent of our time, on average, is spent in indoor environments including residences and workplaces, various public and commercial buildings, and private and public transport vehicles (cars, buses, subway and other trains, and airplanes). Outdoor ambient air-quality standards do not apply to indoor air. Even if they did, however, few observers believe that a traditional, pollutant-by-pollutant approach would be adequate to solve indoor air pollution problems. Among other reasons, many more pollutants are involved (4,000 in ETS alone) than are regulated in outdoor air, and there are many unanswered questions about such phenomena as "sick building syndrome" and multiple chemical sensitivity. What, then, is the best approach for protecting indoor air quality? Not everyone agrees, but several contributors to this issue of EPA Journal explore this question. Related articles discuss cutting edge research, regulatory and nonregulatory initiatives, and proposed legislation. Take a deep breath, and stay with us. EPA JOURNAL Subscriptions The annual rate for subscribers in the U.S. is $7.50. The annual rate for subscribers in foreign countries is $9.40. The price of a single copy of EPA Journal is $4.25 in the U.S. and $5.31 if sent to a foreign country. Prices include mailing costs. Subscriptions to EPA Journal as well as other federal government magazines are handled only by the U.S. Government Printing Office. To subscribe to EPA Journal, send a check or money order payable to the Superintendent of Documents. The requests should be mailed to: P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954. To change address, call or write: The U.S. Government Printing Office, Public Documents Department, Superintendent of Documents, Washington, DC 20402; (202) 5122262. EPA Journal is printed on recycled paper. |