Complying with Executive Order 13148 Using the Enterprise Environmental Safety and Occupational Health Management Information System: Fid-Bau Portal

Complying with Executive Order 13148 Using the Enterprise Environmental Safety and Occupational Health Management Information System

McFarland, Michael J. / Nelson, Tim M. / Rasmussen, Steve L. / Palmer, Glenn R. / Olivas, Arthur C.

Abstract

All U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) facilities are required under Executive Order (EO) 13148, “Greening the Government through Leadership in Environmental Management,” to establish quality-based environmental management systems (EMSs) that support environmental decision-making and verification of continuous environmental improvement by December 31, 2005. Compliance with EO 13148 as well as other federal, state, and local environmental regulations places a significant information management burden on DoD facilities. Cost-effective management of environmental data compels DoD facilities to establish robust database systems that not only address the complex and multi-faceted environmental monitoring, record-keeping, and reporting requirements demanded by these rules but enable environmental management decision-makers to gauge improvements in environmental performance.

The Enterprise Environmental Safety and Occupational Health Management Information System (EESOHMIS) is a new electronic database developed by the U.S. Air Force to manage both the data needs associated with regulatory compliance programs across its facilities as well as the non-regulatory environmental information that supports installation business practices. The U.S. Air Force, which has adopted the Plan-Do-Check-Act methodology as the EMS standard that it will employ to address EO 13148 requirements.