Peacock received a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California and a Master of Public Policy from Harvard University"s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and a senior member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers.
He is a former Deputy Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (Environmental Protection Agency). He served at the Environmental Protection Agency from August 8, 2005 to January 20, 2009. Under a two year contract with the Pew Charitable Trusts from 2009-2010, Mr.
Peacock directed Subsidyscope, an initiative to collect data on subsidies provided by the United States. government and make this information available to the public.
Before working at Environmental Protection Agency, Mr. Peacock was an Associate Director at the United States. Office of Management and Budget (Office of Management and Budget).
While at Office of Management and Budget, Mr. Peacock created the Performance Assessment Rating Tool, or PART, which was used to rate the effectiveness of federal programs.
During his tenure Peacock overhauled Environmental Protection Agency’s performance management system. This included publishing a quarterly performance report to the public called the EPAStat Quarterly Report, the first ‘Stat’ program in the federal government.
EPAStat copied performance management systems used by local governments, such as "CitiStat" in the City of Baltimore. These improvements led to Environmental Protection Agency winning the President's Quality Award for Overall Management, “the highest award given to federal agencies for management excellence,” in 2007 and 2008.
Peacock was an early adopter of Web 2.0 technology in government and was the first federal political appointee to maintain a public blog.
Blog
In early 2008, Mr. Peacock was criticized for using his government sponsored blog for a post concerning the singer Amy Winehouse"
Environmental Protection Agency Libraries
The plans were ultimately reversed by a Congressional earmark in 2007.
The PART won Harvard University’s Innovations in Government Award in 2005 and the American Society for Public Administration"s Leadership Award in 2007. During this time, Mr. Peacock also helped develop a performance-based system for funding United States. Army Corps of Engineers" projects and for this work, in 2006, was awarded the Army"s Outstanding Civilian Service Meda lieutenant is the first time a federal agency has won the award back-to-back.
Starting in 2006 Peacock defended plans to close some of Environmental Protection Agency’s libraries in favor of digitizing the documents.
He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and a senior member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers.
