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FEMP is proud to announce the honorees for the 2025 FEDS Spotlight Recognition Program! This year we’re shining a light on the achievements of 27 federal employees spanning 11 agencies. These future leaders, innovators, and professional achievers take action and go above and beyond typical day-to-day responsibilities to reach mission success. Each person’s hard work enables their agency to cut energy and water waste, reduce costs, and optimize performance. Honorees will be recognized at a ceremony on May 20, 2026 in Washington, D.C.
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Join the Next 50001 Ready Program Cohort
It’s not too late to join FEMP’s next 50001 Ready Program cohort! Email 50001Ready@lbl.gov by Friday, May 8, 2026 to express your interest in joining. The cohort will start in May/June. More information to come.
The 50001 Ready Program is a self-paced, no-cost way for agencies to implement an energy management system without any external audits or certifications. This approach has helped many federal agencies and organizations achieve substantial improvements in facility energy performance and energy cost savings.
Get Up to Speed on Water Efficiency
The Federal Water Forum provides federal agencies with a space to:
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Understand federal requirements for water management
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Discuss facility water management
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Learn about new technical resources and tools
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Share lessons learned and successes
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Build strategies to meet federal requirements
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Improve water usage and resilience
The forum meets virtually every quarter, with the next meeting planned for Thursday, May 14, 2026. The topic will revolve around the connection between cyber operations and water management.
Participation in the forum is limited to federal agency employees. Email Jennifer Williamson (jennifer.williamson@pnnl.gov) to request to join.
Attend the Next FEMP Treasure Hunt in Virginia
FEMP “Treasure Hunts” are no-cost, guided, two-to-three-day, on-site trainings offered to personnel at federal facilities. Treasure Hunts teach staff to identify cost-effective operational improvements that yield significant energy and cost savings. If you would like to participate in this upcoming Treasure Hunt, reach out to Allison Ackerman (allison.ackerman@hq.doe.gov).
Treasure Hunt | May 19–20 | NASA Wallops Flight Facility Education Center – Wallops Island, VA
Discuss Operational Technology (OT) Challenges
Federal facilities must ensure their facilities are cybersecure, but connected operational technology (OT) can present unique challenges when it comes to asset management, reducing vulnerability, and gaining authority to operate. FEMP hosts a quarterly, virtual working group meeting for federal agency staff to discuss challenges and opportunities related to cybersecurity OT. This working group shares lessons learned with peers, identifies resources or training that may help address common questions across agencies, and enables interagency collaboration. Please note, this working group is for federal workers and their core support staff as it is meant to be an open and collaborative conversation among common stakeholders.
The next working group meeting will be hosted on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. Participation is limited to federal agency employees. To express your interest in joining, fill out this form: https://forms.office.com/g/MH1KVcwa8X.
Participate in the Next Federal Labs Working Group Meeting
FEMP hosts a quarterly, virtual working group dedicated to empowering federal agency laboratory owners, managers, and operators to achieve their energy-related goals. The Federal Labs Working Group serves as a platform for coordinating activities and fostering the exchange of ideas focused on leveraging lab performance, best practices, and resources at federal agency laboratories and U.S. Department of Energy national labs. This working group collaborates on best practices, aligns safety measures with effectiveness in research environments, improves the ventilation effectiveness of federal labs, conducts laboratory ventilation risk assessments, and establishes dynamic management plans for federal labs.
The next meeting will take place Thursday, June 11, 2026. Participation in the forum is limited to federal agency employees and government contractors supporting the operation of laboratories in the federal sector. If you’re interested in attending, email Amanda Kirkeby (akirkeby@nlr.gov) to request to join.
Learn How to Make Your Site Resilient
Join us on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. ET for the next FEMP Energy Security Roundtable. These quarterly gatherings bring together personnel from federal agencies to discuss agency progress, challenges, and best practices, while also exchanging updates on federal resilience initiatives. This forum aims to assess current advancements and perceived obstacles to energy and water resilience planning at agency sites and installations. The discussions cover resilience impacts across a variety of topics.
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s Federal Energy Management Program builds the capacity of the federal agency workforce to achieve efficient, secure and reliable energy use in facilities and fleets—saving taxpayers money. |
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