EELC Co-Chairs Jim Macy of Nebraska, Gerald Wagner of the Blackfeet Nation, and Henry Darwin of EPA (left to right) State, tribal, and EPA leaders gathered in Phoenix, Arizona at the E-Enterprise Leadership Council (EELC) Spring Meeting to give strategic direction to existing projects and discuss areas of future efforts. Leaders provided strategic direction for...
In June, state, tribal, and EPA members of the E-Enterprise and Exchange Network Management Board and the Interoperability and Operations Team started developing a roadmap that will guide implementation of the E-Enterprise Digital Strategy. Recently adopted by the E-Enterprise Leadership Council, the Digital Strategy will help agencies voluntarily coordinate their technology investments and collectively harness the...
What roles do you fill on behalf of the E-Enterprise initiative? I am a proud charter member of the E-Enterprise Leadership Council (EELC) representing EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation (OAR). The EELC sets overall direction for the E-Enterprise collaborative, and individual EELC members help lead and support E-Enterprise projects within our own organizations. What...
Every citizen wants to live in a clean environment. While environmental rules are implemented to reduce pollution, the application and reporting processes involved in environmental regulation may become burdensome for businesses that lack dedicated staff to handle them. In addition, the 28,000 manual permit transactions once performed each year by the Arizona Department of Environmental...
In efforts to improve the national emissions inventory of outdoor air toxic sources, which is used for the National Air Toxics Assessment and rule development, the Combined Air Emissions Reporting (CAER) project team researched commonalities and differences between air emissions data submitted and hosted in four databases. The team developed crosswalks for common data fields...
Tribes monitor, collect, and assess water quality annually on their lands under Section 106 of the Clean Water Act. Historically, tribes have submitted water quality assessments to the EPA regional offices in a paper format, creating challenges when tracking, analyzing, and sharing trend data across the EPA Regions and on a national level. In 2016,...
Is your agency using, or thinking of adopting, a system to accept online payments? If so, join this discussion thread via the E-Enterprise Community Inventory Platform (EECIP)! Todd Hochman of the New Mexico Environment Department is asking other departments and agencies about hosting online payment solutions (e.g. Paypal) for environmental services. Todd is looking for...
E-Enterprise partners are designing a Digital Strategy and Architecture Plan to help EPA, states, and tribes deploy transformative technologies to deliver more efficient services and enhance environmental protection. In response to a request from state agencies, the E-Enterprise Leadership Council charged partners with developing a strategy to leverage new technology for improving environmental services to...
In this April 2019 edition of the E-Enterprise Bulletin, E-Enterprise and Exchange Network Management Board member Mary Montoya of New Mexico Environment Department discusses her involvement in E-Enterprise and the valuable lessons she has learned along the way. What roles do you fill on behalf of the E-Enterprise initiative? I am currently a member of...
In this article from the December 2018 edition of the E-Enterprise Bulletin, EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler discusses his goals for EPA and how strong state, local, and tribal partnerships are an integral part of the Administration’s environmental agenda. EPA’s mission is to protect human health and the environment. It’s a task that Congress didn’t intend for...
In the July 2018 edition of the E-Enterprise Bulletin, E-Enterprise and Exchange Network Interoperability and Operations Team (IOT) member April Hathcoat of the Cherokee Nation discusses her involvement as a tribal representative in E-Enterprise and the valuable lessons she has learned along the way. What roles do you fill on behalf of the E-Enterprise...
In the April 2018 edition of the E-Enterprise Bulletin, E-Enterprise leader Chris Simmers of the New Hampshire Department of Information Technology discusses his involvement in two successful E-Enterprise projects and the valuable lessons he has learned as a member of the E-Enterprise for the Environment Executive Committee. What roles do you fill on behalf of the E-Enterprise initiative? I am...