1. Title: Build EPA Apps in the Cloud
Dr. Brand Niemann
Former US EPA Senior Enterprise Architect and Data Scientist
Current Binary Group Senior Enterprise Architect and Data Scientist
September 16, 2011

2. Home Page

3. Description
Stage I: While Dr. Brand Niemann was the Senior Enterprise Architect and Data Scientist at the US EPA, he published a paper entitled "Put Your Desktop in the Cloud in Support of the Open Government Directive and a Data.gov/Semantic" (Published in a Paper April 19, 2010). Then he developed his own Open Government Plan and Build over 42 Apps related to his EPA work and over 25 Data Science Products related to his work for Data.gov and other interagency activities.

4. Description
Stage II: Since leaving the US EPA after 30+  years of federal service, Dr. Niemann has continued to work on EPA, Data.gov, and international data applications as Director and Senior Data Scientist for the Semantic Community and AOL Government as a "data blogger". The June 9th announcement of the EPA Apps for the Environment by Administrator Lisa Jackson was a very significant development because in the broader perspective it made it possible for Dr. Niemann to build on Stage I and envision a Stage III which would make this an even more valuable and sustainable program. Dr. Niemann decided to subdivide Stage II into a Phase I (Making EPA Data More Useful in the Cloud) and Phase II (Chesapeake Bay Program Stats and Indicators in the Cloud) because the 30 data sets needed to be put into a more useful form and because the Chesapeake Bay data sets offered more opportunities for meaningful integration and use by decision makers and the public than the 30 data sets.

5. Description
Stage III: The presentation at the Geospatial Summit this week on "GIS Integrating and Sharing Data: Lessons Learned from the EPA" by Lisa Jenkins & David G. Smith, US EPA, highlighted the need to integrate all the complicated backend business processes from Stage I in a state-or-the-art dynamic case management platform like Be Informed which Dr. Niemann is currently piloting for DoD, Army, Veterans Administration, and other clients of the Binary Group (Username: guest and Password: guest) where Dr. Niemann is currently employed as a Senior Enterprise Architect and Data Scientist. The results of Stage III with Be Informed would be integrated with the results of Stage II. This means this contest sets the stage for a longer-term more sustainable and meaningful activity where these "contest apps" have a permanent home and broader purpose (see request for success stories by Whitehouse Office of Open Innovation).

6. Links Stage Dates Self-Service Cloud Platforms URLs I 2009 - 2010
MindTouch and Spotfire (supports mobile apps like the iPad) II
June 9 - September 16, 2011
MindTouch and Spotfire (supports mobile apps like the iPad)
III
Ongoing
Be Informed (supports mobile apps like the iPad)
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7. List of Data Used Stage I: EPA work and Data Science Products
Stage II: Phase I (Making EPA Data More Useful in the Cloud) and Phase II (Chesapeake Bay Program Stats and Indicators)
Stage III: In Process Based on the Data Sources Used in Phases I and II.

8. Installation Instructions
Not Applicable. This was done with self-service cloud platforms-as-a-service.

9. Video Stage I: Stage 2: Stage 3:
Put Your Desktop in the Cloud in Support of the Open Government Directive and a Data.gov/Semantic
My Open Government Plan
42 Apps Related to EPA work
25 Data Science Products Related to Data.gov and Other Interagency Work
Stage 2:
Semantic Community
AOL Government
Phase I: Making EPA Data More Useful in the Cloud
Phase II: Chesapeake Bay Program Stats and Indicators in the Cloud
Stage 3:
Binary Group (Username: guest and Password: guest)
Be Informed

10. Put Your Desktop in the Cloud in Support of the Open Government Directive and a Data.gov/Semantic

11. My Open Government Plan

12. EPA Activities See Next Slide

13. EPA BP Oil Spill Data Tools
Puts Data Within Four Mouse Clicks:
See the Data
Sort/Filter the Data
Download the Data
Share the Data (iPad App)

14. Data Science Products Product Consists of Five Items See Next Slide

15. EPA Ontology

16. Semantic Community

17. AOL Government

18. Phase I: Making EPA Data More Useful in the Cloud

19. Phase II: Chesapeake Bay Program Stats and Indicators in the Cloud

20. Binary Group at LandWarNet 2011
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21. Binary Group at LandWarNet 2011
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22. Be Informed See Demo Video On YouTube