State/EPA Data Management Financial Assistance Program

The Environmental Protection Agency Office of Information Management administered the State/EPA Data Management Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 66.925), with the most recent grant award issued on April 15, 2003—over twenty years ago. This program is inactive; no grant opportunities are currently posted and no awards have been disbursed since 2003. The program issued six Project Grants across a six-year period between 1997 and 2003, averaging fewer than one award per year in its final years.

The program funded environmental data management and information exchange initiatives at the state level, with specific projects including National Environmental Information Exchange Network (NEIEN) infrastructure, GIS development for NPDES permitted discharger location tracking, and state-EPA data management systems implementation. All assistance was delivered as Project Grants; no Cooperative Agreements or other assistance types were employed.

The EPA Office of Information Management was the sole funding source across all six awards. Combined federal dollars obligated totaled $141 thousand across the portfolio lifetime, with combined total dollars obligated (including non-federal match) reaching $1.5 million, indicating recipients provided approximately $1.36 million in matching contributions. Individual award magnitudes ranged from $75 thousand to $1.41 million, with the largest award supporting a State/EPA Data Management Financial Assistance Program project in 2001. Three awards recorded negative obligations, indicating cost recoveries or de-obligations during project closeout or reconciliation.

Representative awards included the 2003 NEIEN project ($75 thousand), the 2001 State/EPA Data Management program award ($1.41 million), and the 1999 State/EPA Data Management Grant supporting a multi-year initiative. This program should be treated as inactive and is not recommended for pursuit under current circumstances.