Information Experts

EPA Selects Information Experts for “SunWise” Program Communications

RESTON, Virginia, September 15, 2006 –The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded Reston, Virginia-based Information Experts with a $1.2 million contract to provide a broad range of communications services to the "SunWise" program to teach the public about the dangers of overexposure to the sun.

The SunWise program is part of the Stratospheric Protection Division (SPD) (formerly GPD) which operates in part under Title VI of the Clean Air Act Amendments (CAA) of 1990. The CAA provides the EPA with the authority to implement a program for the management of health and environmental risks associated with ozone depletion and its effects on ultraviolet (UV) radiation levels.

Information Experts was selected to provide creative outreach, education, and support services to raise awareness of the program and provide engaging, informative materials to ensure citizens understand the risks of overexposure to the sun and what they can do to protect themselves and their families. Work planned to date includes creation of exhibition marketing components, providing conference support, development of an interactive Web-based tutorial, and inventing a new online games to engage kids.

This will be Information Experts’ third contract with the EPA, currently also serving the Radiation Protection Division in Washington, D.C., and the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards in Research Triangle, N.C.

Marissa Levin, CEO of Information Experts:

“We are pleased to be part of the SunWise team. The EPA is doing important work and we’re eager to help them communicate what we can all do to be safer and healthier. We are especially gratified and challenged by this work because it impacts all of our practices: strategy, marketing, and education. And it looks like fun too. Our designers are already lobbying internally to work on the online games!”

About Information Experts, Inc.
Information Experts is an 8(a), woman-owned integrated communications firm offering comprehensive organizational strategy, marketing communications, and training services for government and industry. We hold GSA schedules for AIMS, MOBIS, and STARS.