Statewide Data and Information Systems Committee
08/2000 – Performance Measures
03/2001 – Data Integration
07/2001 – Adding Value with Data Collection Programs
03/2002 – Using Spatial Data, Tools and Technologies to Improve the Delivery of Transportation Programs
05/2003 – Data Partnering
06/2004 -- Data Business Plans
Idaho
Transportation Department
Statewide
Transportation Data and Information Systems
TRB January 2005
Transformation of ITD's Information Technology Services
Five System Transition Teams have been chartered to define the steps necessary to transform the five major information systems managed by the Department. These Systems are Planning, Engineering, Operations/Emergency Response, Motor Vehicles, and Financial/Agency Support. Additionally a transition team has been established to define the corporate IT structures necessary to support the five major systems.
The goal of the new strategy is to accelerate our ability to deploy new IT applications while minimizing development, operations and support costs. The new strategy involves improving ITD's core competencies, taking advantage of private sector competencies and building new inter-agency partnerships. This transformation will position the Department to better deliver IT services in the future and is not a reaction to historical service delivery approaches.
Each Systems Transition Team is developing a "systems plan" outlining the long-term plans for systems transformation. Each plan will incorporate the following transformation principles:
- Exploit new technology and industry best practices
- Use sourcing strategies for IT services and component development activities.
- Contract sharing to obtain additional resources
- Maximize the use of off the shelf software (COTS)
- Include public/private partners in the transformation
Partnering on ITS Project
ITD is working with a county highway district to install numerous sensors and cameras along the interstate. The highway district will be collecting the data through their traffic management center and then sharing it with ITD. We have discussed the possibility of ITD identifying specific sensors they want to use for permanent traffic recorders. ITD will then take responsibility for the maintenance of those sensors to assure continued data collection at those sites.