EPA Environmental Exchange Network

NCAI/EPA Exchange Network Collaboration

NCAI Partners With EPA on Environmental Information Exchange Program

NCAI is working with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a cooperative agreement to help disseminate information to tribes about potential participation in the Environmental Exchange Network. The Environmental Information Exchange Network (Exchange Network) is a program that aims to share environmental, health, geographic, and other types of data between states, tribes, and territories through the internet using common data standards. The overarching goal of the Exchange Network to  improve decision making by giving Network partners access to consistent, accurate environmental data.

The Exchange Network has the potential to put more power in the hands of tribal governments by being able to monitor their individual environmental concerns more effectively with access to accurate state and federal data. The EPA Exchange Network staff is fulfilling the spirit and intent of the EPA American Indian and Alaska Native Government Policy in reaching out to tribes to include them in this technologically advanced effort. Linda Travers, Acting Assistant Administrator of EPA’s Office of Environmental Information said, "We look forward to NCAI's involvement in expanding the Exchange Network to the tribal community.  This partnership will support tribal participation in the development, operation and governance of the Exchange Network."       

2008 Exchange Network Tribal Users Meeting, April 9-10, 2008

Click HERE for presentations.

2007 NCAI Exchange Network Tribal Users Meeting Materials

NCAI hosted the second Exchange Network Tribal Users Meeting March 20-21 at the Cherokee Nation Casino and Resort in Tulsa, OK.

2006 NCAI  Exchange Network Tribal Users Meeting

Seminole Hard Rock in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, April 6-7, 2006. (Meeting materials) 

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