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Agency Enhances The National Environmental Publications
Information System; Solution Enables Users to Search and Retrieve
Over 11,000 EPA Documents Online
August 1, 2005 - Vienna, VA - ZyLAB, an innovative developer
of document management and compliance solutions for paper intensive
organizations, today announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), has implemented the ZyIMAGE Enterprise Webserver Suite
solution. This search and retrieval solution powers the newly launched
National Environmental Publications Information System (NEPIS) to
help users locate information in over 11,000 EPA documents; equating
to over one million pages.
NEPIS began in 1997, to offer one-stop shopping for full-text,
on-line EPA documents. This external facing Web site houses a vast
repository of information that includes a wide range of EPA-related
documents, from home owners guides to research documents. This repository
grows on a regular basis as documents are continuously scanned into
the system. The new site is located at http://nepis.epa.gov.
NEPIS works in concert with The National Service Center for Environmental
Publications which maintains and distributes EPA publications in
hardcopy, CD ROM and other multi-media formats. The current publication
inventory includes over 7,000 titles. NSCEP also develops and distributes
the annual EPA National Publications Catalog.
The ZyIMAGE Enterprise Webserver Suite solution offers users, such
as the EPA, with the ability to rapidly produce a full-text searchable
archive of scanned images. The system enables the EPA to comfortably
preserve the digital images permanently in an endurable and open
XML format. NEPIS users will now have the ability to use simple
searches or execute advanced queries to find the answers they are
looking for with great precision.
"ZyLAB is pleased to be involved in the NEPIS project to ensure
that EPA-related documents are easily accessible through the use
of our non-proprietary technology," said Dr. Johannes Scholtes,
president of ZyLAB North America LLC. "Our technology provides
advanced full-text retrieval, including scalable fuzzy search, relevance
ranking, advanced hit highlighting & hit navigation in imaging
so that customers can instantly find the information they are seeking.
We look forward to working with the EPA to ensure that all of its
data is captured and managed in a way that users can easily access
the information they require."
About ZyLAB
Founded in 1983, ZyLAB is the leading provider of low-cost content
management and compliance solutions for small-and-medium-sized business
(SMB) and government organizations that need to digitally file and
manage millions of pages of paper and electronic documents. ZyLAB's
comprehensive investigative capabilities, with its high quality
search and retrieval features supporting over 200 languages, gives
users the ability to organize and easily share all information online.
In particular, ZyLAB solutions are relied upon extensively by legal,
law enforcement/intelligence, and financial/back-office professionals.
With over 7,500 installations worldwide and over 350,000 users, ZyLAB
has a wide breadth of experience and knowledge across a variety of
different industries and business applications. Our clients include
such U.S. Government organizations as the FBI, Department of Homeland
Security, Department of the Treasury, Department of Justice, SEC,
Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, IRS, Department
of Labor, State Department, Amtrak's OIG, Office of Personnel Management,
Department of Defense and all branches of the US military, as well
as such well-known companies as the New York Stock Exchange, Pepsico,
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Media Contact:
Evan Weisel
Welz & Weisel Communications
P: 703-323-6006
evan@w2comm.com
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