EPA Data Governance Bodies
EPA’s Chief Data Officer is responsible for improving agency data management practices in alignment with federal data management requirements. EPA’s CDO established and leads a Data Governance Advisory Council to support data governance initiatives within EPA and assist with fulfilling the statutory functions and agency responsibilities of the Evidence Act and other federal open data initiatives.
Each EPA program and regional office has a Data Officer that represents their office on the DGAC. The DOs also coordinate and communicate within their office and with the wider EPA data management community about agency lifecycle data management needs and requirements and facilitate implementation of data building activities under the Evidence Act. They also assist the CDO in developing and communicating about EPA’s data management initiatives and participate in annual priority setting to inform and influence decision-making with respect to agency data governance and data management activities.
The CDO reports DGAC activities and recommendations to EPA’s Chief Information Officer’s Strategic Advisory Council, which advises the CIO on the strategic direction of all EPA Information/Technology/Information Management decisions and commitment of resources to support them.
- Read the EPA Data Governance Advisory Council Charter (pdf) to learn more about the roles and responsibilities of the DGAC and its relationship to other agency governance bodies.
- Access DGAC Meeting Summaries to learn more about the DGAC’s work.
- Read the Chief Information Officer Strategic Advisory Council Charter (pdf) to discover the background, purpose, scope and more related to the CIO-SAC.