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GIS WORK GROUP: AN OVERVIEW (INCLUDES GIS-QA AND AUDITING GIS DATABASE SYSTEMS)
Citation:
Brilis, G M. GIS WORK GROUP: AN OVERVIEW (INCLUDES GIS-QA AND AUDITING GIS DATABASE SYSTEMS). Presented at Environmental Problem Solving with GIS National Conference, Cincinnati, OH, September 22-24, 1999.
Impact/Purpose:
The overall objective of this task is to provide the Agency with improved science guidance and strategies for more effective science management and administration.
Description:
In order to promote cooperation in the implementation of GIS in regional offices, a GIS Regional Workgroup was established by the ten Regions in 1989. Since that time the GIS Work Group evolved and now consists of members from each of the ten EPA Regional Offices, the Office of Air and Radiation (OAR); the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA); the Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS); the Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation (OPPE); the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER); the Office of Water (OW); the Office of Information Resources Management/Enterprise Information Management Division (OIRM/EIMD); the Environmental Sciences Division of the National Exposure Research Laboratory at Las Vegas; and the Office of Information Resources Management/Enterprise Technology Services Division (OIRM/ETSD).
The EPA GIS Strategic Plan is a product of the EPA GIS Workgroup. It builds upon the plan produced by the GIS Regional Workgroup in April 1993 that was the first attempt to chart a course for the development of the Agency's GIS activities. This new Strategic Plan defines the mission of GIS programs throughout the EPA, and articulates the strategic vision of the EPA GIS Workgroup. It identifies the short and long-term goals, objectives, and activities necessary to accomplish the mission defined by the strategic vision.