Discovery Services Policy and Procedures

Policy

• Discovery Services Policy (pdf) (310.03 KB)
  This policy applies to the use and operation of EPA's Discovery Services, including the searching, collecting, processing and producing of electronically stored information from EPA computer systems.

Procedures

• Collection and Retention Procedures for Electronically Stored Information (ESI) Collected Using E-Discovery Tools (pdf) (88.34 KB)
  This procedure is designed to support the collection of potentially responsive information using automated E-Discovery tools that rely on keywords, key phrases, index queries, or other technological assistance to retrieve Electronically Stored Information (ESI) from EPA systems in response to information requests.
• Preserving Agency Information of Separating Personnel (pdf) (399.57 KB)
  This directive establishes a process for all separating employees to manage their information assets before they separate from the Environmental Protection Agency and establishes a process for the Agency to manage all separating personnel’s information once they have separated.