The Hill

EPA spending almost $25,000 for soundproof booth

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is spending nearly $25,000 to build a soundproof phone booth for Administrator Scott Pruitt. The Washington Post reported Tuesday that the agency entered into ...
Inhabitat

Calm Booth is a soundproof office retreat made out of recycled plastic bottles

The stresses of work often make us want to crawl under our desks. Now, one innovative firm is providing offices with a designated place to tune out the noise and find inner peace. Designed by New York ...
The Hill

Dems seek investigation into EPA chief’s $25K soundproof booth

House Democrats are asking for a federal investigation into Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt’s $25,000 soundproof booth. The Thursday request from Rep. Frank Pallone Jr ...
Tampa Bay Times

Scott Pruitt's $25,000 soundproof phone booth? It actually cost more like $43,000.

WASHINGTON - Before Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt could install a secure, soundproof phone booth in his office last fall, officials had to create space for the addition in ...
Government Executive

EPA Inspector General Takes on Scott Pruitt’s Soundproof Booth

The watchdog for the Environmental Protection Agency late last week acceded to House Democrats’ demands that his office investigate the widely reported installation of a customized $25,000 soundproof ...