Building an Environmental Component to Digital Government Presentation to: Science on the Semantic Web Sue Stendebach, NSF October 24 and 25
National Science Foundation: Digital Government Research Program • Digital Government Research Program (DG) expands the NSF model: – IT grants to university/college researchers – Grantees must partner with government – local to international – Practical basic IT research, which through technology transfer, can be applied
Why Digital Government? • Government’s need to respond to rapid technological change – Internet has fundamentally altered the service delivery environment – Public expects government to evolve in its technological capability as has the private sector – Scope and scale of government IT applications are enormous
Research/Government Partnership • Collaboration among academic research and government is mutually beneficial: – Agency expands its IT solutions via research partnership – Researcher addresses specific agency challenge(s), with advantage of data and testbed – Technology transition is important objective
Digital Government for the Environmental Arena • Detail from EPA to NSF, with goal of building environmental component to DG • EPA and other agencies with environmental mandates looking to evolving IT innovation • Opportunity for EPA to leverage DG grants and academic knowledge discovery • Partnership can facilitate transition of new technologies to full agency usability
Sampling of EPA’s IT Needs • • Heterogeneous database integration Data collection automation/analysis/dissemination Improved access/interfaces with the public Digitized public response to proposed regulations IT tools for advanced global climate research Water security via sensors/other… Modeling, GIS, other for scientific research Satellite imagery/remote sensing
EPA’s Growing Involvement • EPA interest in several potential projects: – Semantic web for environmental information – Global integrated air emissions inventory network – Technologies to ensure water security – Emergency response technologies – Higher levels of GIS capabilities – Electronic Rulemaking
Example: Air Emissions Network • EPA scientists recognized void – need fully integrated web-based international network – Distributed data access; analytical tools • NSF hosted discussion session on solutions – Local, state, federal agencies’ needs – International entities – EU, UNEP… – Air inventory and network experts – Numerous researchers’ interest/ideas
Plans for Air Emissions Network • EPA’s Air Office partnering with researchers submitting grant proposals • Add partners: – locals, states, other nations – NOAA, NASA, USDA, UNDP, World Bank • Develop infrastructure via existing technologies • Research to develop pilot technologies that build on infrastructure • Build capacity in developing countries • Create fully functional air network
Realities • • • Much of the data is missing or inaccurate Data is in different formats Some won’t want to share data – politics Developing country resource constraints Degree of persuasion to encourage crossboundary use • Security and trust
Digital Government Research Program: Proposal Submissions • • General call for proposals – Nov. 7, 2002 Small ITRs – Nov. 18, 2002 Medium ITRs – Feb. 10, 2003 Large ITRs -- pre-proposal – Nov. 15, 2002 Large ITRs – full proposal – Mar. 24, 2003 SGERs – up to $100 K – anytime Workshop/planning grants -- anytime
Contact Information • Sue Stendebach – 703/292 -4780 – sstendeb@nsf. gov • www. diggov. org • www. nsf. gov • http: //capita. wustl. edu/NEISGEI/
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