ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

States and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognize a need to improve how sites of environmental interest are identified and information is recorded. New environmental management strategies, such as place-based and multi-media management, must evolve to meet new decision-making and planning demands.

Information systems must enable agencies to uniquely identify sites of interest and relate those to environmental resources and concerns. It is no longer adequate to perceive an environmental Facility Site only through a program-specific lens.

Agency interest in improved customer service necessitates a comprehensive view of a Facility Site to improve and streamline interactions between the two. Integrated Facility Site information is a foundation for a range of new capabilities, such as consolidated or integrated reporting, targeted outreach, targeted enforcement, and geographically based environmental management approaches.

However, information technology for most environmental agencies still consists of numerous stovepipe systems and disparate database systems. These standalone systems support only the needs of a specific regulation, business activity, or environmental media. Agency ability to share information across different business functions or environmental media is limited by operation of numerous separate databases. In addition, operating numerous databases has resulted in inefficient business processes and the need for duplicate data entry, which is also leading to redundant data stores, systems inefficiency, increased opportunity for error, and costly and difficult maintenance of these legacy systems.

Making IT Work.   Together.

SPS will assess your requirements, compare them with a proven enterprise environmental system built for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), and identify resources, time, and cost-estimates to configure or extend the TCEQ solution if necessary. The TCEQ solution is available at no cost. Our assessment and estimates will be based upon close collaboration with your staff and our expertise gained building the Texas-wide environmental system.

How SPS Works For You

SPS will work for you by accomplishing a major technology transfer from a proven system to your technical and functional environment. The SPS-provided GOTS solution consists of three main systems:

(1) Central Registry, a FITS II compliant Facility Registration system

(2) CCEDS, the Consolidated Compliance and Enforcement Data System

(3) Title V, a Permitting information system

Using formal Component Based Development (CBD) design standards and protocols, SPS implemented twenty-two software components, providing services supporting environmental management. SPS designed the application architecture to accommodate change and new functionality – each component can be readily customized to precisely fit your requirements. The system employs a 3-tier system architecture. Together, the CBD approach and system architectures facilitate adding your specific functions and implementing the system into your technical environment with minimal, if any, impact on underlying data and application structures. Consequently, your resources are dedicated to your functional requirements – they are not needed to rework the architecture or modify your environment.

In a matter of weeks, SPS will transfer and install the necessary component(s) of the GOTS, to include:

• Facility Registration
• Facility Administration
• Incident Management
• Investigation / Inspections
• Violations
• Enforcement
• Licensing/Training
• Title V Permitting
• Documentation
• Out-of-the-box Reports

SPS will in parallel perform a functionality gap assessment to capture your Agency's specific requirements and determine the improvements that are necessary, along with a legacy systems migration analysis. The results of this assessment will be used to tailor the GOTS and migrate existing data to the new system. SPS can also provide user training and maintenance for the system along with facilitating updates and functionality transfers to/from other Agencies.

About SPS
Software Performance Systems, Inc. (SPS), a small business based in Maryland, is a privately held information technology services provider. Established in 1995, SPS specializes in the design and integration of large Web-based solutions for State and Local Governments and commercial clients. SPS has been honored with many national awards, including: #10 ranking in the Computerworld Top 100 Best Places to Work in IT, Deloitte's Virginia Technology Fast 50 and North America Technology Fast 500, and as a SBA Exporter of the Year. More importantly, SPS solutions helped our clients win prestigious awards, including the Grace Hopper Federal Government Technology Leadership Award, the E-Gov Pioneer Award, the Excellence.gov Grand Prize Award, and the Government IT Agency Award for Excellence in Government.
SPS...proven over time.

Contact Information
Software Performance Systems, Inc.
Sid Chowdhary, VP State and Local Government Solutions Division
240-949-8825 / 1-866-734-6777
SChowdhary@goSPS.com
www.goSPS.com