1.2: Web Resources Management
Ensure that Agency-wide web resources are managed efficiently. Other Information:
How does your agency currently ensure that Agency-wide web resources are managed efficiently (e.g. governance, technology/infrastructure,
hosting, staffing, operations, etc.)? EPA has a policy and set of procedures, standards, guidance, and best practices for
the governance and management of the EPA website. These policy documents provide a framework for clear infrastructure and
content management responsibilities, identifying and allocating necessary resources, promoting Agency-wide standards for best
Web practices, and recognition and support for the Agency's Web community. The Office of External Affairs and Environmental
Education and the Office of Environmental Information (the CIO’s office) co-lead the Agency’s Web Council, which is chartered
to establish and enforce these procedures, standards, and guidance. Under the “Web Governance and Management Policy” mentioned
above, OEAEE and OEI work together to communicate with the EPA Web community, senior management, and EPA as a whole about
the EPA Web effort. Also, since establishing our Web presence in 1994, EPA has had a policy that restricts EPA content to
www.epa.gov, and the agency has avoided the proliferation of independent Web sites that so many departments and agencies are
now fighting against.
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