EPA opens wallet to get more states on data exchange

The Environmental Protection Agency is offering between $75,000 and $300,000 for state and tribal governments to join the Central Data Exchange.<@SM>

The Environmental Protection Agency is offering between $75,000 and $300,000 for state and tribal governments to join the Central Data Exchange.EPA announced the grant opportunity in the Oct. 21 .The Central Data Exchange is a nationwide network that facilitates electronic reporting and exchange of environmental information among EPA and state and tribal partners.State and tribal governments can apply for funding in one of three areas: Grant applications are due Jan. 15. For a copy of the grant solicitation, go to .


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  • Readiness—to support the development of information management and technology capabilities to participate in the exchange network

  • Implementation—to support the development of the exchange network flows, data standards, Extensible Markup Language schema and Web services

  • Challenge—to support the planning and development of projects.


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