EPA Data Governance Council Meeting Summary - March 28, 2022 General Updates • EPA's Chief Data Officer, Richard Allen, welcomed the group. • The DGC is spinning up new DGC subcommittees on Artificial Intelligence, Communications, CRADA, Data Skills Training and Metadata Stewardship. • FY 22 ITPR Data Discussions will begin in April 2022. The two primary topics that will be discussed are managing unstructured data and the proposed data governance structure. • Ongoing DGC project updates are available in the 03/28/2022 DGC Project Updates wiki. Lanes of Opportunity (LoOps) • Kristen Callahan presented an update on the LoOps. • There are eight LoOps identified from the FY21 data discussions that address data challenges and opportunities. o Data Hub - An Informatics Integrateable Ready Data Repository o EPA Gateway powered by Login.gov o Modernization of the OARM Datamart o Data Governance Council Subcommittee on Governance and Strategy o Regulated Facilities Data Needs Project - Phase 2 o Underground Injection Control (UIC) Data Application o CDM Phase 2 - PRIV / Privileged Access Management (PAM) o DLP for Network • An overarching goal of the LoOps is to increase communications across EPA on some of our most important cross-cutting activities around data. The goal is to create more connectivity, share best practices and find new connections. LoOps Deep Dive Presentation: Data Hub-An Informatics Integrateable Ready Data Repository • Amar Singh presented an overview of the Data Hub project. • EPA's Office of Research and Development manages research data through: o Development of QAPPs o Scientific data management plans for research activities o Use of ScienceHub to store data/metadata related to completed or published research o Creation of databases and systems to manage data o Data pipelines • Data Hub was developed in an effort to implement a more comprehensive and coherent scientific information management strategy to increase research transparency and accessibility. • Data Hub is a data repository which can be integrated for various research programs and application needs. It is designed to scale up in sustainable technology. EPA Data Governance Council Meeting Summary 1 March 28, 2022 ------- • The vision for Data Hub is to create data, information and knowledge management infrastructure and tools that can support efficient integration, transformation, dissemination, and mining of large-scale data on exposures and hazards related to environmental stressors and ecological integrity that provides: o Nimbleness for scientists to innovate while serving global outreach o Ability to connect data from anywhere o Enables inter-enterprise data sharing EPA Data Governance Council Meeting Summary 2 March 28, 2022 ------- |