Thirty-seven agencies reported that they are involved in an information resource management process. Thirty-two, or over 86%, of those agencies noted that they have an inventory of environmental information, but only 11 (30%) of the agencies stated that they have an inventory of environmental information which is relevant to the development of environmental indicators or for policy planning and decisionmaking.

The responding agencies reported that the primary aspects of the information resource management process which they are addressing include data gaps, data quality, data collection, and data distribution. According to the responding agencies, data which is needed for indicator development, strategic planning, and decisionmaking include locational data, cross media data integration, updated base maps, inventories of data availability and quality, the ability to share data in an electronic format, indicator lists, database lists, consistent data formats, environmental monitoring data, and specific data sets such as groundwater, soils, land use, and game and fish population levels.