Author Biography

Niemann, Brand

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biographical Notes

Brand L. Niemann received his Ph.D. in Meteorology and Air Pollution Science from the University of Utah and has been with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for 22 years and is currently a Computer Scientist and XML and Web Services Specialist in the Office of Environmental Information. He has received awards and recognitions for his work from the U.S. EPA, the U.S. Department of the Interior, the US Geological Survey, LOTUS, and ComputerWorld-Smithsonian. He is the recipient of Vice President Gore's Hammer Award to teams of federal employees and their partners whose work resulted in a government that works better and costs less. He lead a team that was recognized by OMB Associate Director for Information Technology and E-Government, Mark Forman, and the Quad Council with a Special Award for Innovation in the 2002 CIO Showcase of Excellence for their use of XML in a distributed content network and use of VoiceXML in providing universal access to emergency response information. He is the chair of the CIO Council?s (Architecture and Infrastructure Committee) new XML Web Services Working Group (http://web-services.gov). He is also a member of the Emerging Technology Subcommittee of the CIO Council?s Architecture and Infrastructure Committee and their representative to both the Governance and Components Subcommittees. He was very recently recognized with the Emerging Technology/Standards Leadership Award at the SecureE-Biz.Net Summit, from Mark Forman, Associate Director, IT and eGovernment, OMB, and David McClure, VP e-Gov, Council for Excellence in Government: for ushering in new technology to allow us to conduct e-Business securely to further implement the President's Management Agenda. He can be contacted at niemann.brand@epa.gov\ \