GAO urges EPA to make a plan for its ‘difficult’ and ‘outdated’ air quality IT systems

GAO urges EPA to make a plan for its ‘difficult’ and ‘outdated’ air quality IT systems

“Two legacy information technology systems that govern the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s monitoring of air pollution across the nation are due for modernization, according to the Government Accountability Office, which issued new recommendations for updates to the EPA’s Air Quality System and AirNow services.

AQS and AirNow, IT systems the EPA depends on to measure the air quality across hundreds of cities, jurisdictions and tribal territories, were both developed in the 1990s. Stakeholder and EPA personnel testimony outlined in GAO’s report that was publicly released Friday suggested that the user experience of both systems is challenging, and upgrading the system with new capabilities is difficult…”

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Source: GAO urges EPA to make a plan for its ‘difficult’ and ‘outdated’ air quality IT systems. By Alexandra Kelley, October 3, 2023. NextGov.

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