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SIMCorB
ORDORD
The Science Information The Science Information Management Coordination Management Coordination
Board (SIMCorB)Board (SIMCorB)
Presentation to Norine Noonan
March 26, 1999
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ORDORDAgendaAgenda
Welcome and Introductions Assessment Scenario The SIMCorB Implementation Coordination Plan
ORD Information Strategy SIMCorB Guiding Principles Users and Requirements Current Projects Architectural Vision Priority Projects
Discussion and Wrap-up
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“EPA's data resources represent one of the Agency's greatest assets. As a national Federal source of reliable and comprehensive statistical information on the state of public health and the environment, EPA is uniquely equipped to provide the public with critical tools to pursue responsible policies. ”
Browner and Hansen, EPA Reorganization Memorandum, February, 1997
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ORDORD Strategic DriversStrategic Drivers
Challenge to ORD: Leverage evolution in technology to meetthe needs posed by changes in the practice of environmental science!
Technology is EvolvingTechnology is EvolvingEnhanced analytical and modeling capabilityImproved database/object managementInternet/IntranetPortable Devices
Practice of Environmental Science is ChangingPractice of Environmental Science is ChangingIncreased and multiple scalesMultiple investigator, geographically dispersedLess resources available for data collection
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ORDORD Assessment ScenarioAssessment Scenario
Provide a vision of ORD Information Management(IM)/Information Technology(IT) of the near future
Demonstrate components of the vision that exist today by addressing an environmental assessment question using real ORD data, information and tools
Develop a business case for further investment in IM/IT coordination by demonstrating how current IM/IT efforts support the assessment process
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ORDORD Assessment Questions Assessment Questions by Perspectiveby Perspective
The public: Can I eat the fish from the Florida everglades?
The environmental resource manager/Risk Assessor:
At what concentrations do contaminants in fish pose an unacceptable risk to human health?
The scientist: What is the distribution of mercury in the Florida
everglades
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ORDORD Assessment QuestionsAssessment Questions
General question: What factors determine the spatial
distribution of mercury in the Florida Everglades?
Focused question: Is the distribution of mercury in the
Florida Everglades related to population density?
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ORDORD Steps in the Assessment Steps in the Assessment ProcessProcess
Form research team Collect background information Identify data and analytical
requirements Search for or collect data Conduct analyses ‘Publish’ new data products and results
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DemonstrationDemonstration
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ORDORDSteps in the Process, Steps in the Process, ChaptersChaptersin the SIMCorB in the SIMCorB Implementation Implementation Coordination PlanCoordination Plan
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Strategy
Guiding Principles
Current Projects
Users
Architectural Vision
Priority Projects
ACN359
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ORDORD Strategic ViewStrategic View
Build IM/IT into ORD’s Research Planning Process
Provide tools and services to promote awareness of ORD’sinformation products
Develop communication paths and equipment toallow access to ORD data, metadata and information
Provide the infrastructure to develop and maintain ORD’s IM systems and ensure productive use by all ORD and external holders
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Strategy
Guiding Principles
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ORDORD SIMCorB MissionSIMCorB Mission
Coordinate science IRM activities within ORD
Develop ORD 0-5 year Science IRM Implementation Plan
Provide ORD-wide scientific IRM policies, procedures and standards
Guide development of ORD scientific IRM investment portfoliothrough strategic and implementation planning, sponsorship of projects, development of issue and concept papers, and Proof of Concept demonstrations.
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Strategy
Guiding Principles
Current Projects
Users
Architectural Vision
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Enhance ORD’s ability to perform collaborative research and share results.
Increase ORD influence on Agency IT decisions that effect management of scientific data, information and tools
Better position ORD to interact with major EPA initiatives with a significant IRM component like The New Information Office, EMPACT, REI, EDR, etc.
Enhance ORD standing and ability to work with organizations outside EPA that are dealing with science IRM issues.
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Strategy
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Key Benefits ofKey Benefits of SIMCorB SIMCorB
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ORDORD Guiding PrinciplesGuiding Principles
Science and Information in Environmental protection
Information Management Policy Data and Data
Administration
Systems Design Operations Technology Outreach and Liaison
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Strategy
Guiding Principles
Current Projects
Users
Architectural Vision
Priority Projects
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“Will someone 20 years from now, not familiar with the data of how they were obtained, be able to find data sets of interest and then fully understand and use the data solely with the aid of the documentation archived with the data set?”
Solving the Global Change Puzzle, National Academy PressCommittee on Geophysical Data, National Research Council, 1991
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Data andInformation Management
Information Technology
Users, RequirementsUsers, RequirementsSIMCorB
Strategy
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Users
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ORDScience & Business
ProcessQuestions
Answers
"Men have become the tools of their tools. " - Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
ScientistsExecutivesAdministratorsDecision makersThe public
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Current Efforts and Current Efforts and IssuesIssues
Enhanced Collaborative ResearchEnhanced Collaborative ResearchEIMS DemonstrationMultimedia Integrated Modeling System (MIMS)Other...
IssuesIssues
1) Good, practical technology, but must keep up with opportunities provided by rapid evolution to maintain ORD credibility
2) Scope of use and understanding within ORD is still small
3) Resources need to be more effective allocated, lots of redundancy
4) Big cultural change required, for example, professional incentives to share data
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Current Efforts andCurrent Efforts and Issues Issues
ORD influence on Agency decisions on management of scienceORD influence on Agency decisions on management of scienceand information and information
SIMCorBDeputy CIOPersonal Relationships
IssuesIssues
1) Communication is sporadic
2) Although pockets of excellence, ORD generally not thought of as a place where much in the way of IM/IT is occurring
3) Records management
4) Other than super computing, no computer science research!!!
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Current Efforts andCurrent Efforts and Issues Issues
Enhance ORD standing and ability to work with organizations Enhance ORD standing and ability to work with organizations outside EPA that are dealing with science IRM issues.outside EPA that are dealing with science IRM issues.
CENDICODATA, GCDMWGRegions, States, NGO’s
2) Time is required to build relationships, identify organizations of interest and interact substantively
IssuesIssues
1) Identification of opportunities is not as methodical, what are we missing?
3) Communication from and to the rest of the Agency
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ORDORD Architectural VisionArchitectural Vision SIMCorB
Strategy
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ORDORD Priority Projects 1Priority Projects 1
Education and Training
Enhanced Capacity for Science IM/IT in ORD Laboratories and Centers
SIMCorB Support
Activities Supporting ORD as an Organization Activities Supporting ORD as an Organization Engaged in Science Information ManagementEngaged in Science Information Management
"If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe." - Carl Sagan
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ORDORD Priority Projects 2Priority Projects 2
Develop Data Administration and Quality Assurance Standards
User Requirements and General IM/IT Policy and Standards Development
Projects Supporting Scientific Information Management Policies, Procedures and Standards
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home. " - Ken Olson, founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
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ORDORD Priority Projects 3Priority Projects 3
Continued Development of the SIMCorB/ORD Web-Site
Strategy to Promote Partnerships with other Organizations
SIMCorB Site Visits
Projects Supporting OutreachProjects Supporting Outreach
"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book - I'll waste no time reading it. " - Moses Hadas (1900-1966)
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ORDORD Priority Projects 4Priority Projects 4
Implement the SIMS Architecture
Develop ORD Data, Information and Tools Inventory in EIMS
Implement Architecture to Support Long-term Science Data Archives
Evaluate New and Emerging Technologies for Scientific IM
Proof-of-Concepts: Endocrine Disrupters, UVB
Projects Supporting Development of Projects Supporting Development of Common System Components for Science Common System Components for Science Information ManagementInformation ManagementWe all agree that your theory is crazy, but is it crazy enough?"
- Niels Bohr (1885-1962)
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ORDORD SummarySummary
Commitment by ORD to the principles of scientific information management and the “vision”
Commitment to implement the SIMCorB Implementation Coordination Plan
SIMCorB line in the ORD budget $495K for start-up of the Plan’s projects
SIMCorB review and optimization of the ORD IM/IT expenditures, for example, Working Capital Fund projects
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