Enterprise Architecture at the US Environmental Protection Agency

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Enterprise Architecture at the US Environmental
Protection Agency

• John Sullivan, OEI, and Brian Burch, CBP

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EPAs Enterprise Architecture Evolving in an
Evolving World
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Environmental InformationExchange Network
An Internet and standards based method for
exchanging environmental information between
partners!
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New Strategic PlanKeystone of the Architecture
1997 Strategic Plan
2003 Strategic Plan
Clean Air
Clean Air and Global Climate
Clean and Safe Water
Clean and Safe Water
Safe Food
Land Preservation Restoration
Preventing Pollution
Healthy Communities Ecosystems
Better Waste Management
Compliance Env. Stewardship
Reduce Global Risks

• 2003 Plan
• Simplified goal structure
• Same basic content
• Greater specificity of objectives and performance
  measures
• Include cross-goal strategies

Expand Right to Know
Sound Science
Greater Compliance
Effective Management
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EPAs Business Reference Model
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The EPA BRM extends the FEA BRM
FEA Business Reference Model v.2.0
EPA Business Reference Model
Services to Citizens
Mode ofDelivery
SupportDelivery ofServices
Mgt of Gov. Resources
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EPA Data Architecture Identifies key info objects

• 12/02 Target Data Model is a taxonomy
• Represents data types essential to EPA Services
  for Citizens
• Separate Administrative Data Model supports other
  levels of the BRM
• Now moving toward Strategic Information Model

EPA Target Data Model
Sources
Substances
Facilities
Environmental Stressors
Populations
Places
Environmental Activities
Information References
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Strategic Information ModelIdentifies key info
needed by Strategic Plan
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CORE REFERENCE MODEL
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EPAs Application Architecture

• Designed to integrate data
• A long term commitment to rebuild key Agency
  applications
• Built on shared common services
• Data Collection
• Data Processing
• Data Storage
• Data Access
• Metadata Registries
• Provides EPAs Exchange Network node

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EPAs Application Architecture Built for
Sharing (w/examples)
QueriesOut
Environmental Portlet
Administrative Portlet
Science Portlet
Business Intel (Appl Tools
ETL
Identity Mgt
Data Marts
EPA Portal
Framework for Business Warehouses
AIR
R e g i s t r i e s
Access Mgt
DataProcessing
ODS (Natl Prog) Processing
EAI
Data In
CDX
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How the Exchange Network pieces fit together
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• Blueprint for aligning our IT infrastructure to
  meet our business needs

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• Blueprint for aligning our IT infrastructure to
  meet our business needs
• Clean Bay
• C2K commitments

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• Blueprint for aligning our IT infrastructure to
  meet our business needs
• Our ? partnership
• Partnership includes anyone with data,
  information, knowledge, systems related to the Bay

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• Blueprint for aligning our IT infrastructure to
  meet our business needs
• Data, information, knowledge, systems

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• Blueprint for aligning our IT infrastructure to
  meet our business needs
• Action plan

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• We (the partnership anyone with data,
  information, knowledge, systems related to the
  Bay) have specific commitments to clean the Bay
  (10-fold increase in oysters, decrease rate of
  harmful sprawl by 30)
• We (the partnership) need to share data,
  information, knowledge, systems to effectively
  track our progress towards the commitments and a
  clean Bay
• The IT architecture is our (the partnerships)
  plan to cooperatively develop and share data,
  information, knowledge, systems to support the
  commitments

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Current EPA/CBP/State Architecture
CBP
CIMS Standards
DBs
Apps Wsp BayAtlas COMET
State
DBs
Apps Eyes My WS DCR DSS
EPA Standards
EPA
DBs

• Issues
• Dual Submissions
• Dual Standards
• Data Versioning, timeliness, multiple answers

Apps EF Surf WME
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Leveraging EPAs Architecture and Infrastructure

• Leverage
• State/EPA data
• EPA knowledge

State
EPA
State/EPA ECOS Standards
DBs
CDX
Apps Eyes My WS DCR DSS
DBs
Apps EF Surf WME
CBP
DBs
Apps Wsp BayAtlas COMET
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CBPs Conceptual Infrastructure
State
EPA
State/EPA ECOS Standards
DBs
CDX
Apps Eyes My WS DCR DSS
DBs
Apps EF Surf WME
CBP
CBP Services
State/CIMS or existing Standards
DBs
Apps Wsp BayAtlas COMET
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CBPs Conceptual Architecture
Other Ag Orgs
States
DBs
DBs
Apps ? ?
Apps EF Surf WME
CBP
CBP Services
CIMS or existing Standards
DBs
Apps Wsp BayAtlas COMET
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Leveraging EPAs Architecture Supporting C2K

• Data flows
• STORET critical
• PCS
• TRI
• Information/knowledge
• Indicators
• Status trends
• Interpretations
• Geospatial blueprint
• Accurate, timely land cover data

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Making it happen

• EPA
• CDX availability (STORET, etc.)
• Beyond data
• States
• Submit data via CDX
• CBP
• Infrastructure to support non-EPA exchanges

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Contacts

• John Sullivan, EPA Chief Architect
  sullivan.john_at_epa.gov, 202-566-0328
• Brian Burch, Chesapeake Bay Program,
  burch.brian_at_epa.gov, 410-267-5736