How EPA is Transforming Web 2.0 into Gov 2.0

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How EPA is Transforming Web 2.0 into Gov 2.0
National Federation of Advanced Information
Services Annual Conference

• William Sonntag
• Principal International External Liaison, EPA
  Office of Environmental Information

February 26, 2008
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What an EPA CIO?

• Infrastructure
• Phone, LAN, Security, Managed Desktop Services
• Information Policy
• Data Access, Appropriations, Enterprise
  Architecture, Governance and Policy, Preparing
  for Future
• Serves as Presidential Appointment

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How Does Web 2.0 Fit In?

• Cultural Context for A Regulatory Agency
• High Public Saliency
• Choosing Best Ways to Deliver Data Access
• Regulatory or Technical Agencies as Curators In
  Web 2.0 Social Computing Context

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Regs.gov

• At regulations.gov, citizens can go directly to
  this site and, at any time, comment on federal
  regulations. Open 24-hrs a day, its a modern day
  town hall meeting.
• Molly A. ONeill, Assistant Administrator for
  EPA's Office of Environmental Information and
  Chief Information Officer

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Flow of the River
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Note source!
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This is an animation showing latent heat flux for
the Puget Sound region throughout 2006 and early
2007 All data used in generating these and
other water cycle parameters were contributed to
the wiki
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Collaboration Results

• The wiki realized 175 contributions and over
  17,000 page views with contributions from
• EPA, our librarians, several different federal
  agencies, states, and the private sector.
• Contributors used several methods to share
  information, yet no one used the telephone!

• Web 2.0 / Gov 2.0
• Influence on our policies and procedures
• Keep learning before we formalize

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Lessons Learned

• People want to contribute and dont want
  technology to get in the way
• Contributors want to see their thoughts in
  context
• People want to see their contributions
  immediately
• People want to comment on the contributions of
  others
• Learned about data access
• We can do it quickly, there is a lot of data out
  there as services already
• Identify sources that could have been integrated
  if they were available as services
• Documents and data should all be accessible
  within the context of a particular place
• We can use the Internet to facilitate
  collaboration
• Diversity of contribution
• Bringing in lots of people

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International Activities

• Ecoinformatics International Technical
  Collaboration process
• Implementing Arrangement with European Commission
  on Environmental Research and Ecoinformatics
• Bilateral Engagements

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XMDR Prototype Modular Architectureprimary
functional components
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GEOSS Incorporating Satellite Data

• Emerging source of data
• Spatial and Temporal Gaps
• Cloud cover
• Reflective surfaces
• New source of routinely available data
• Remote Sensing Information Gateway

MODIS Instrument on Terra Satellite in Orbit
Credit NASA-GSFC
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EERIC Prototype

• Ecoinformatics Environmental Research
  International Center
• Portal technology project based
• Documents posting
• Web meeting
• Email groups
• Three early adaptors
• Ecoinformatics International Technical
  Collaborative
• Implementing Arrangement process group
• Environmental Technology Verification (planned)

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Thank you!

• William A.Sonntag
• EPA Office of Environmental Information
• sonntag.william_at_epa.gov
• 202-564-3871