There was an Open Call on Tuesday, June 27, on an ePermitting ROI calculator that is under development. As an E-Enterprise project, states and EPA have partnered to study how states are digitizing their permitting systems and how to accelerate their use. To assist states in evaluating the impact of potential investments in ePermitting, this state/EPA workgroup developed a Return on Investment calculator that allows states to see the amount of economic activity that could be happening if approval times were reduced through ePermitting efforts or other process streamlining. Additional metrics provide monetized estimates of the beneficial impacts of increasing certainty in permit reviews, and the efficiency gains from instant access to information available online. Users can tailor cost factors unique to their state or use the default settings provided and generate a one-page summary report of the estimated impact of economic activity that could be realized with process streamlining. 

 

 

 

 

For more information, please contact David Nicholas at [email protected] or Bob Zimmerman at [email protected]. 

 

The EN2017 Program Committee sincerely thanks all of the presenters and attendees for making this year’s National Meeting a rousing success! 

 

Presentation slides and video recordings from the dozens of sessions held are now available online here: http://www.exchangenetwork.net/en2017-agenda

  

We plan to keep the conversations going long after the event. Stay tuned for future EN Alerts announcing Open Calls on various topics of interest. Many thanks for your ongoing support and engagement!