Fact finding is one of the hallmarks of a democratic society especially in an era of heightening awareness of environmental protectionism. It is further evidenced by increasing interests among the public and related interest groups over ascertaining relevant environmental information. Toward this end, the EPA (Environmental Protection Administration) of Republic of China has embarked upon numerous projects with an aim of collecting environmental data through which a meaningful data warehouse has been established. The advantages of an effective environmental information management can be explained by using both managerial and technical perspectives. First, from managerial perspective, setting up standard policy and procedures over environmental management for government departments and agencies will enhance environmental data quality and maintain data integrity. Second, from technical perspective, using effective data mining technique into the established data warehouse resides within the EPA can further streamline environmental management system and allow much better integration between actual applications and feasible analyses. Besides, this project is also designed to analyze current regulations regarding environmental information and understand the relationship among them. Furthermore, this project suggests that some rules regarding environmental information management have to be developed for providing a foundation for future management and information disclosure. Lastly, this project proposes amendment to the existing guideline for collecting environmental information resources.

environmental information；regulation；evaluation