Environmental Information eXchange Network

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Future of the Exchange Network Whadya Node?
Exchange Network Node Mentoring
Workshop Presented by Molly ONeill New
Orleans, Louisiana February 28-March 1, 2005
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Agenda

• Vision for the Future
• Grants

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Vision for the Future

• Seamless access to data
• Web services expanded
• Interoperability among partners
• Growth in partners utilization and
  proliferation of technical infrastructure
• Ultimate Goal 2008?
• All data flows use the EN exclusively
• Partners do away with all the many different
  old ways of doing exchanges

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2005 Performance Measures

• Move away from measuring performance on building
  nodes
• Begin measures which address programmatic issues
  and move toward institutionalizing the Exchange
  Network
• Establishing 2005 Measures while developing long
  term out year measures and metrics for success
  (2006-2008)

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2005 Proposed Metrics

• Provide improved access to data through the
  expansion of web service
• Maximize the value of the Exchange Network by
  documenting economic efficiencies and cost
  savings
• Foster new partnerships and collaboration among
  partners
• Filling existing and newly discovered data gaps
• Demonstrate that the Exchange Network supports
  improvement with data quality

Ultimately, these types of measures are most
important to stakeholders
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2005 Grant Program

• Awards expected this summer (earlier than the
  previous 2 years)
• EPA doesnt want to compromise the 2006
  Presidential Budget request by holding onto the
  FY2005 grant monies before Congress debates 2006
  budget request.
• Therefore, if EPA has questions on the 2005 grant
  proposal, please be expedient in responses

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Grant Program Future

• Because states/EPA are having success with
  implementing the Exchange Network, it has higher
  visibility
• More questions will be asked..
• What have they accomplished with the dollars
  spent?
• How was the money used to meet those goals?
• Therefore, we have to continue to show success,
  leverage resources, and share and document
  success stories