The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) classifies business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data. It is a standard business classification scheme used by the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Every five years, an updated set of NAICS codes is released. EPA’s System of Registries now includes the current standardized list of NAICS codes, available through a series of web service queries for use by environmental programs and partners. There are four services available, such as returning NAICS information by code, definition, and keyword.

The NAICS data exchange is available at: https://www.exchangenetwork.net/data-exchange/naics/.

John Harman
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
P: 202.566.0748
E: harman.john [at] epa.gov

The Exchange Network Community will soon convene in Philadelphia for EN2015, the 2015 Exchange Network National Meeting! The EN2015 Presentations are now available online for your preview at https://www.exchangenetwork.net/en2015-agenda.

Unable to attend EN2015 in person? All General and Concurrent Sessions will be broadcast live via free webcast. You can login to the webcasts anytime at http://live.hosted.events/EN2015/. Links to the webcasts are also available in the online Agenda.

We look forward to seeing many of you in Philadelphia! If you have any questions about EN2015, please contact ECOS’ Greg McNelly at gmcnelly [at] ecos.org.

Andrew Battin, EN2015 Quad-Chair, US EPA
Matt Leopard, EN2015 Quad-Chair, US EPA
Victoria Phillips, EN2015 Quad-Chair, Massachusetts DEP
Andrew Putnam, EN2015 Quad-Chair, Colorado DPHE

The FY 2016 Exchange Network (EN) Grant Program Solicitation Notice is now available at http://www2.epa.gov/exchangenetwork/fiscal-year-2016-national-environmental-information-exchange-network-grant-program.  Applications are due to EPA by November 13, 2015.

In FY 2016, EPA expects to award about $10 million for 40-50 assistance agreements for EN Phase 2 (or Phase 1) projects of up to $500,000 each. The exact number of assistance agreements will depend on the final amount of EPA’s appropriation for the EN grant program, the number of applications submitted to EPA by the application deadline, the amounts of proposed budgets, and the outcome of application reviews.

The primary outcome expected from EN assistance agreements is improved access to, and exchange of, high-quality environmental data from public- and private-sector sources. With this outcome in mind, applications should demonstrate support for and results toward EN program priorities.

EPA only accepts project proposals for EN assistance agreements submitted electronically through Grants.gov, unless applicants have a waiver. EPA anticipates that it will announce selection decisions in or around April 2016, and plans to issue awards by July 31, 2016.

Applicants can learn more at EN2015, the 2015 Exchange Network National Meeting, where a pre-Meeting Session has been scheduled on September 28, 2015, at 5:30 PM. Additionally, EPA will host webinars to assist applicants. Webinar details will be provided via EN Alerts and at http://www2.epa.gov/exchangenetwork.

For more information, please contact Salena Reynolds, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, at reynolds.salena [at] epa.gov.

Salena Reynolds
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
P: 202.566.0466
E: reynolds.salena [at] epa.gov