under the radar

he may be having an awful time with health care, but at the epa, all levels of interior, and all over the gummint, he is staffing agencies with professionals, not political hacks---- 

In her first year on the job, Jackson has not only turned the page on the industry-friendly and often illegal policies of the Bush era, but has embarked on an aggressive campaign to clean up the nation's air and drinking water. . . . Taken together, Jackson's efforts represent a sweeping attempt to revitalize an agency that was gutted during the Bush years.