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About the Office of Digital Services and Technical Architecture (ODSTA)

What We Do

Serves on the leading edge of enterprise technologies for the EPA. The Office researches, plans and manages future directions of EPA's Information Technology/Information Management (IT/IM) architecture, supports the introduction of new technologies and technology support capabilities in response to Agency requirements, and ensures that Office of Mission Support (OMS)-operated systems align with key federal mandates.

ODSTA Managed Programs & Projects

  • Data – a consolidated home for all of EPA’s data assets and tools. Explore those data and learn about how and why EPA shares our data.
  • AI Inventory – Artificial Intelligence tools EPA uses.
  • Developer Central – Resources and information for developers supporting EPA.
  • Enterprise Architecture – ODSTA manages EPA’s Enterprise Architecture program.
  • Portfolio and Investment Management – ODSTA is responsible for sharing information about IT acquisitions and spending and managing how EPA acquires, uses, maintains, and disposes of information technology.

Mail code: 2843T | EPA mailing addresses
Location: EPA Headquarters at Washington, D.C. Federal Triangle campus 


ODSTA Organization

Niki Maslin, Acting Director and Chief Technology Officer

Dwane Young, Acting Deputy Director and Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer

Richard Allen, Chief Data Officer

​Vince Allen, Chief Architect

Technical Architecture and Planning Division

  • Dwane Young, Acting Director

Digital Services Division

  • Kristen Gastner, Director

Portfolio Management Division 

  • Chi Tran, Director

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