1. 1 SIMCorB Business Plan ORD Infrastructure Meeting Washington, D.C. July 17, 2000 SIMCorB Organization Policy Systems Outreach

2. SIMCorBSIMCorB 2 Purpose of the Plan n Provide a road-map to attain ORD science IM vision n Define milestones, budgets and schedules for coordinated set of projects

3. SIMCorBSIMCorB 3 Objectives and Phases Science IM Objectives n Organizational culture n Policies and standards n Outreach n Information systems n Content Phases n FY00 - Groundwork n FY01 - Content n FY02 - Analytical capability n FY03 - Operational

4. SIMCorBSIMCorB 4 Content Phase n Develop inventory of ORD project information ä Drinking Water Pilot, ORD Projects, Science Inventory, etc n Develop product inventory ä NRML Publications, HEDS, EMAP, ReVa data sets, etc ä OEI spatial inventory, CREM, etc n Transition to Project Life-cycle approach

5. SIMCorBSIMCorB 5 ORD Information on the Web n The ORD Web Team is redesigning the ORD web site using EIMS to store all the ORD information assets.

6. SIMCorBSIMCorB 6 ORD Information on the Web n NERL project descriptions and products have been added to EIMS n The Joint DOE/EPA Enviro-Science E-Print Service is increasing the products available in EIMS. n The Office of Science Policy is exploring use of EIMS to capture an inventory of the Agency’s science activities.

7. SIMCorBSIMCorB 7 ORD Information on the Web n Global Change Research Program is an EIMS partner. n Initial efforts to develop an ORD Integrated Project Description have begun. n Joint ORD/Office of Drinking effort to capture project descriptions in EIMS n Regions 2, 5, 8, 9, and 10 have become EIMS partners and plan to use EIMS to collect their inventory.

8. SIMCorBSIMCorB 8 OMIS Project Description Bibliographic Background Data Background EIMS New Data Field Data Lab Data Model Results Documents and Reports Archival and Records Mgmt. Models Project Life-cycle

9. SIMCorBSIMCorB 9 Analytic Support n Facilitate selection and use of data sets and tools n Libraries of analytical routines on the Internet ä GIS, Visualization, and statistical n Global Change Program, MIMS and EPA visualization laboratory participating in pilots

10. SIMCorBSIMCorB 10 Operational n Continuous addition of projects and products n Continuous addition of analytical routines to libraries n Improvement of the interface that allows selection and integration of data sets and tools from the inventory n Reduced contracting costs

11. SIMCorBSIMCorB 11

12. SIMCorBSIMCorB 12 Cost Reduction Concept IM Costs for Individual Programs and Projects IM Costs for Individual Programs and Projects Cost of SIMCorB Coordination Activities Realized cost savings due to coordination

13. SIMCorBSIMCorB 13 Estimated Costs by FY

14. SIMCorBSIMCorB 14 Summary Resource Estimates Ensure coordination of science IM activities Use ORD IM resources more efficiently Ensure IM investments benefit all of ORD Distributed to L/C/O that lead projects

15. SIMCorBSIMCorB 15 Perspective