EPA Data Publishing Strategy Exchange Network National Meeting April 29, 2009 Atlanta, GA

1. EPA Data Publishing StrategyExchange Network National MeetingApril 29, 2009Atlanta, GA Andy Battin, Deputy Director Office of Information Collection Assistant Regional Administrators for Administration: R1 – Linda Murphy R5 – Walt Kovalick R9 – Jane Diamond R2 – Donna Vizian R6 – Lynda Carroll R10 – Julie Hagensen R3 – Jim Newsom R7 – Martha Cuppy RTP – Ben Scaggs R4 – Wanda Johnson R8 – Eddie Sierra Cinc – Bill Henderson Welcome: I’d like to thank each of you for your continued efforts in managing the Exchange Network grants within your Regions. I hope we use the next two hours to -- elevate your participation within the Network to that of “champions” -- conceptualize efforts to increase program participation with the Regions, and -- hear from you on anything we can do to assist in broadening support for the Network within each Region. I’d like to introduce Connie Dwyer, acting Division Director for Information Exchange, and Jonathan Jacobson, Branch Chief for our Partnerships Branch.Assistant Regional Administrators for Administration: R1 – Linda Murphy R5 – Walt Kovalick R9 – Jane Diamond R2 – Donna Vizian R6 – Lynda Carroll R10 – Julie Hagensen R3 – Jim Newsom R7 – Martha Cuppy RTP – Ben Scaggs R4 – Wanda Johnson R8 – Eddie Sierra Cinc – Bill Henderson Welcome: I’d like to thank each of you for your continued efforts in managing the Exchange Network grants within your Regions. I hope we use the next two hours to -- elevate your participation within the Network to that of “champions” -- conceptualize efforts to increase program participation with the Regions, and -- hear from you on anything we can do to assist in broadening support for the Network within each Region. I’d like to introduce Connie Dwyer, acting Division Director for Information Exchange, and Jonathan Jacobson, Branch Chief for our Partnerships Branch.

2. EPA Data Publishing StrategyExchange Network National MeetingApril 29, 2009Atlanta, GA Andy Battin, Deputy Director Office of Information Collection Assistant Regional Administrators for Administration: R1 – Linda Murphy R5 – Walt Kovalick R9 – Jane Diamond R2 – Donna Vizian R6 – Lynda Carroll R10 – Julie Hagensen R3 – Jim Newsom R7 – Martha Cuppy RTP – Ben Scaggs R4 – Wanda Johnson R8 – Eddie Sierra Cinc – Bill Henderson Welcome: I’d like to thank each of you for your continued efforts in managing the Exchange Network grants within your Regions. I hope we use the next two hours to -- elevate your participation within the Network to that of “champions” -- conceptualize efforts to increase program participation with the Regions, and -- hear from you on anything we can do to assist in broadening support for the Network within each Region. I’d like to introduce Connie Dwyer, acting Division Director for Information Exchange, and Jonathan Jacobson, Branch Chief for our Partnerships Branch.Assistant Regional Administrators for Administration: R1 – Linda Murphy R5 – Walt Kovalick R9 – Jane Diamond R2 – Donna Vizian R6 – Lynda Carroll R10 – Julie Hagensen R3 – Jim Newsom R7 – Martha Cuppy RTP – Ben Scaggs R4 – Wanda Johnson R8 – Eddie Sierra Cinc – Bill Henderson Welcome: I’d like to thank each of you for your continued efforts in managing the Exchange Network grants within your Regions. I hope we use the next two hours to -- elevate your participation within the Network to that of “champions” -- conceptualize efforts to increase program participation with the Regions, and -- hear from you on anything we can do to assist in broadening support for the Network within each Region. I’d like to introduce Connie Dwyer, acting Division Director for Information Exchange, and Jonathan Jacobson, Branch Chief for our Partnerships Branch.

3. Outline EPA’s data publishing initiative Opportunities to expand publishing using the Exchange Network Demonstrate some publishing formats and access methods

4. I. Why an EPA Publishing Action Plan? Difficult to discover and use EPA data, available in disparate forms and formats New administration—mandate for transparency Increasing need to integrate, analyze/visualize across media, and collaborate. Leverage improving technologies for doing so Need summary data for a general audience, as well as disaggregated data for people who want to do their own analyses As EN anticipated, we need to complement our access applications with access services.

5. EPA Information Access Strategy (Find, Understand, Use) Data Finder Search Publishing Publishing major data sources and applying the lessons learned from this experience to develop a broader data publishing approach that meets the needs of our audiences by providing multiple data formats and access methods Rick Martin laid this out in the morning plenary session Rick Martin laid this out in the morning plenary session

6. Multiple Data Formats Web services - in a variety of formats or ‘flavors’ Will need to figure out how to ‘chunk’ the data in meaningful ways. WQX is available in 24 web services, many FRS outbound flows in the EN EN protocol, as well as various standardized, open source formats Formats include RSS, KML, etc. – TBD File downloads – i.e. PDF, spreadsheets, CSV, etc. Our focus will be on web services, which facilitate our ability to develop real-time applications and to integrate data Also, as EN anticipated, we need to complement our access applications with “access services” Users need THE DATA, not just the good interface Users need THE DATA so THEY can build the good interface Our focus will be on web services, which facilitate our ability to develop real-time applications and to integrate data Also, as EN anticipated, we need to complement our access applications with “access services” Users need THE DATA, not just the good interface Users need THE DATA so THEY can build the good interface

7. Multiple Access Methods Current Exchange Network — for trusted partners Envirofacts & Program Systems Value-added applications including MyEnvironment GeoData Gateway — for searching, accessing geospatial data FTP ODBC connections — for users inside EPA EPA Earth — for EPA users. Visualize, integrate, analyze Future Data Finder — website for published flows, EPA-wide focus Cloud hosting and computing Put the “Environment” in Data.gov More effective linkages to Intermediaries — ex: dataFED.net

8. Audience is wide-ranging LOUIS IS WORKING ON A REVISION TO THIS SLIDE (AND/OR A MATRIX?)Audience is wide-ranging LOUIS IS WORKING ON A REVISION TO THIS SLIDE (AND/OR A MATRIX?)

9. EPA Publishing Action Plan Short term/long term goals Now—initial publishing principles, catalog and integrate current flows, demonstrate success publishing EN flows and Program data Next year—comprehensive proposal with standards, infrastructure needs, priorities, partnership opportunities. Plans for monitoring usage and customer satisfaction. Will include a near-term approach for publishing all major EPA datasets. Align with data.gov and leverage EN infrastructure to support recovery.gov initiatives What EPA has committed itself to Aligns closely with data.gov – Federal-wide publishing of raw data ALIGNMENT WITH RECOVERY.GOV – JERRY/CONNIE CAN HELP US SAY SOMETHING HEREWhat EPA has committed itself to Aligns closely with data.gov – Federal-wide publishing of raw data ALIGNMENT WITH RECOVERY.GOV – JERRY/CONNIE CAN HELP US SAY SOMETHING HERE

10. EPA 2009 Publishing Push: Components EPA intends to publish several major data resources this year…towards goal of publishing everything* OEI, this year will establish 1st generation common infrastructure available for program offices who want it, for easier Agency data publishing, including EN publishing Publishing infrastructure will include: Improved data / data file downloads Web services Web service brokers (more later) Integration with Data Finder for discovery Now—initial publishing principles, catalog and integrate current flows, demonstrate success publishing EN flows and Program data Next year—comprehensive proposal with standards, infrastructure needs, priorities, partnership opportunities. Plans for monitoring usage and customer satisfaction. Will include a near-term approach for publishing all major EPA datasets. Now—initial publishing principles, catalog and integrate current flows, demonstrate success publishing EN flows and Program data Next year—comprehensive proposal with standards, infrastructure needs, priorities, partnership opportunities. Plans for monitoring usage and customer satisfaction. Will include a near-term approach for publishing all major EPA datasets.

11. EPA commits to publishing several major data resources this year: Build on work done by our program partners in AIR (AQS) and Water (WQX) Start with data OEI already has available: Leverage Envirofacts infrastructure to publish a subset of data Add FRS to 3.0 to existing 2.3 services Publish the TRI data Work with program offices to identify areas we can quickly use common publishing infrastructure.

12. II. Leverage EN as Cornerstone to the Publishing Push EN community was ahead of the curve on the basic underpinnings of publishing: web services, common schema and open standards. EPA hopes to use the EN to contribute in three specific ways: More EN published flows Use traditional EN inbound flows to provide more national data sets (like WQX) Provide a real broker service to allow EN clients access to other web services and vice versa

13. Publishing Environmental Data - Now Here’s where we’re at with the EN. The EN meets many of our needs. OGC – FRS, NHD, RAD, Imagery Generics – STORET, Here’s where we’re at with the EN. The EN meets many of our needs. OGC – FRS, NHD, RAD, Imagery Generics – STORET,

14. Publishing Environmental Data – Desired Future Here’s our vision for publishing with the EN. Any questions?Here’s our vision for publishing with the EN. Any questions?

15. Exchange Network – Member’s Only Club? INSPIRE, CAJOLE, WE GOTTA PLAY, AND WE SHOULD WANT TO We’ve got to expand our membership YOU MIGHT WANT TO START DISCUSSING THE NEXT SLIDE WHILE THIS ONE IS STILL UP: The EN community was ahead of the curve on the basic underpinnings of publishing: web services, common schema and open standards. EPA hopes to use the EN to contribute in three specific ways: More EN published flows Use traditional EN inbound flows to provide more national data sets (like WQX) Provide a real broker service to allow EN clients access to other web services and vice versa INSPIRE, CAJOLE, WE GOTTA PLAY, AND WE SHOULD WANT TO We’ve got to expand our membership YOU MIGHT WANT TO START DISCUSSING THE NEXT SLIDE WHILE THIS ONE IS STILL UP: The EN community was ahead of the curve on the basic underpinnings of publishing: web services, common schema and open standards. EPA hopes to use the EN to contribute in three specific ways: More EN published flows Use traditional EN inbound flows to provide more national data sets (like WQX) Provide a real broker service to allow EN clients access to other web services and vice versa

16. 3 Proposed EPA - EN Publishing Models NEED TO LIST SOME EXAMPLES HERE Louis’ headers: More Services Published On EN, i.e. - specialized FRS chunks Re-publishing non EN data through EN (Brokering), i.e. - NatureServe data Re-publishing EN data to non EN user (Brokering and Aggregation/Re-publication NEED TO LIST SOME EXAMPLES HERE Louis’ headers: More Services Published On EN, i.e. - specialized FRS chunks Re-publishing non EN data through EN (Brokering), i.e. - NatureServe data Re-publishing EN data to non EN user (Brokering and Aggregation/Re-publication

17. III. Examples publishing formats and access methods Recent OEI work on Publishing Chris Clark EPA/OEI Publishing WQX data as web services, Excel application Kristen Gunthardt, EPA/OWOW Geospatial apps as an example of a publishing interface and integration/visualization tool Jerry Johnston EPA/OEI