Data System Governance and Sustainability

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Data System Governance

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Comments from Data Summit Workshop

Governance

Group discussed that, along with need to build a community that would operate on a voluntary “opt in” basis there would also need to be some group constituted with enough decision making authority to establish stability and confidence in the standards and protocols on which the system would rely. Group discussed a wide variety of possible structures.. Governance Models:

• FACA (new or existing) - Does EPA already have a FACA that could do that?
• NADP - National Atmospheric Deposition Program
• CASAC - Clean Air Science Advisory Committee (Existing FACA) - Steering committee on ambient methods
• ESIP - Earth Science Information Partners
• EPAR10: Air Consortia—mesoscale modeling through UW and AQ model through WSU
• IMPROVE: Steering Committee that governs the improve program. Voluntary
• NARSTO: Interagency Private Sector Consortium – legal entity with Charter