The Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) Governance Team creates a space for collaboration among ECHO staff and co-regulators. It serves as the nexus for cooperative stewardship of ECHO data and a body for jointly tracking issues and managing continuous improvements to ECHO’s performance and usability.
CHALLENGE
EPA’s ECHO is a critical tool that allows the public to access and analyze information about facilities regulated under the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and Safe Drinking Water Act. As co-regulators, States and EPA have a mutual responsibility to ensure that the information in ECHO is accurate, timely, complete, and presented in usable context. Meeting this joint obligation requires more cooperative stewardship of ECHO and its data.
BENEFITS
- Improve the usability, accuracy, and completeness of ECHO’s information
- Identify the root causes of data quality, accuracy, and communication issues and propose solutions, and
- Establish mechanisms for cooperative problem resolution and stewardship of ECHO data.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Improved data quality and user experience, and
- Enhanced ECHO training opportunities and communications practices.
UPCOMING MILESTONES
- Continue to evaluate and iterate on the usability, accuracy, and completeness of ECHO’s information
- Review the root causes of data quality, accuracy, and communication issues and propose solutions
- Establish mechanisms for cooperative problem resolution and stewardship of ECHO data, and
- Provide feedback on upcoming ECHO features and products.
GET INVOLVED
Visit the ECHO website at: https://echo.epa.gov/