EPA awards national Environmental Info Exchange Network grants to six states in the southeast.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and has announced that six states in the southeast have been awarded environmental information grants to work with EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. in developing the National Environmental Information Exchange Network. The Exchange Network is a joint project for sharing environmental data between EPA, states and other partners over the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the . To accomplish this, it is necessary for network participants to develop hardware and software that enable their computer systems to communicate and exchange data with EPA's computers. The environmental information grants announced recently to GEORGIA Georgia, country, Asia Georgia (jôr`jə), Georgian Sakartvelo, Rus. Gruziya, officially Republic of Georgia, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,677,000), c.26,900 sq mi (69,700 sq km), in W Transcaucasia. , KENTUCKY Kentucky, state, United States Kentucky (kəntŭk`ē, kĭn–), one of the so-called border states of the S central United States. It is bordered by West Virginia and Virginia (E); Tennessee (S); the Mississippi R. , MISSISSIPPI Mississippi, state, United States Mississippi (mĭs'əsĭp`ē), one of the Deep South states of the United States. It is bordered by Alabama (E), the Gulf of Mexico (S), Arkansas and Louisiana, with most of the border formed by , NORTH CAROLINA North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , SOUTH CAROLINA South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. and TENNESSEE will fund this important work by states and other participants. Completion of this network will simplify reporting by industry and greatly improve the quantity and quality of the environmental information EPA provides to U.S. citizens. This announcement is also an important step in the President's E-Government Initiative, which uses Internet technology to improve the delivery of government services to citizens, streamline businesses' paperwork and increase cooperation among federal, state and local authorities. The grant funds will be used for environmental information projects that promote: --Exchanging environmental information with other states and partners using common formats. --Integrating different types of data within states, including air, water, waste and toxics. --Reconciling inconsistencies between different data reporting sources. --Creating a single node for submission of data to EPA Headquarters, (a node is one central computer network location for exchange of environmental information). The Network Grant Program includes four types of grants: --Network One Stop Grants continue the work accomplished under the One Stop Reporting Program which awarded grants to states that had already committed significant state resources to data management and reporting improvements. --Network Readiness Grants foster network participation, such as node development, assignment of data leadership roles, establishment of trading partner agreements, and internal data cleanup. --Network Challenge Grants are for collaborative work that advances the Exchange Network, including projects that result in a higher level of quality data, simplified reporting, or provide increased public access to the data. --Network Administration Grants are to support state/tribal technical and administrative functions of the Network. |
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