Watchdog: EPA grants ethics, cyber-security certificates to fake employee 'Richard Windsor'

Mark Tapscott

Environmental Protection Agency officials granted at least six ethics and cyber-security certifications to "Richard Windsor," the fake employee invented for former EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson's use for conducting official business.

In a response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed in April by Christopher C. Horner of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, EPA's Eric Wachter said in a May 31 letter that "as you will recall from many of your previous requests, Administrator Jackson's secondary email account was Windsor.richard@epa.gov, and she completed the EPA-hosted computer-based training while using that particular account."

Wachter offered no explanation for Jackson's decision to enroll in the ethics and cyber-security courses under the fake name rather than her own. The courses are offered through EPA's Information Technology department and are required for many top agency officials….To Read More….