Request to Add or Remove Users in a Web Area

On this page:

• All New Users
• You Need Approval
  • Find the Editor-in-Chief (EIC)
  • When to Contact WebCMS Support
• Responsibilities of the Editor-in-Chief and Webmaster
  • Editor-in-Chief
  • Webmaster
  • Find Members of a web area
• Web Council Members
• AboutEPA Web Area
• New Web Areas

All New Users

You must log in to the WebCMS - https://www.epa.gov/user - before you can be added as a member to a web area. You will not see much, but you still need to log in first. 

• Access to the WebCMS
• Read more about user Roles in WebCMS

You Need Approval

Users who request to be added to or removed from a web area under www.epa.gov and espanol.epa.gov must contact the Editor-in-Chief (EIC) and provide the LAN ID. Contact IntranetCMS to request adding users at work.epa.gov.

Once approved, the EIC will add or remove the user, or contact the web area's webmaster.

Find the Editor-in-Chief of a Web Area

• Go to the EPA Web Plan but you must be logged into WebCMS to view it, or
• When logged into WebCMS, click on your LAND ID in the dark gray bar. This will list all the web areas you are a member of, and the EIC. Click on the EIC to open the info page to get specific details.

When to Contact WebCMS Support

WebCMS Support will add a user only when the request is approved by the EIC first, you can't find a webmaster, or it's a special situation. If you have questions, please contact WebCMS Support (web_cms_support@epa.gov) for assistance, and copy the EIC in the email. 

Responsibilities of the Editor-in-Chief and Webmaster

Editor-In-Chief

The Editor-in-Chief is the manager of a web area who approves, and requests changes to user roles or have them removed. The EIC may add users themselves if they have the webmaster role, otherwise they will contact a webmaster to add or remove users.

Webmaster

The webmaster can add and remove users, and change the member role.

• Add new users
• Remove users
• Change a user's role

What else can a webmaster do? The role of the webmaster

If requested, any webmaster of the given web area may add Web Council Members as an editor.

Find Members of a web area

Under the Group Dashboard, click on the Members tab to view all members. Click on the user LAN ID to view the member and their email address.

Web Council Members

Contact WebCMS Support (web_cms_support@epa.gov) for assistance in adding you to web areas in a particular Office. Let us know what role you are requesting (webmaster or editor).

AboutEPA Web Area

WebCMS Support does not handle this web area. Please contact the web area's EIC, Cindy Walke (Walke.Cynthia@epa.gov), if you want to be added to the AboutEPA web area, or if you have any questions.

• Managing the "About EPA" Website

New Web Areas

Once a new web area has been approved by the Office of Digital Communications (ODC), WebCMS Support will build the new web area and add users that the new EIC has listed. WebCMS support will assign the EIC the editor role if it was not indicated in the request form. The Web Council Member will also be assigned the editor role.