Improving the Quality of Environmental Data

The use of data standards across EPA's multiple program offices provides consistently defined and formatted data elements and sets of data values which provides the public access to more meaningful data.

EPA’s Data Standards are managed by a program office within the Office of Environmental Information (OEI). The program works closely with Federal agencies, states, tribes, and other information trading partners to develop data standards. By its nature the program is a part of EPA’s Enterprise-wide Data Architecture and EPA’s Quality Systems.

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