From a State transportation perspective, what impact has Technology Letter (TL) 19-01, describing California’s Open Data policy, had on Caltrans’ contribution to “empower[ing] the people of California”?

Evaluation Plan

1. Title

Caltrans’ Open Data

2. Audience

The primary audience for this report would be engaged Californians, consultants, State government, local government, other State governments, and elected officials.

3. Description of the Program/Policy/Infrastructure

California’s Open Data Portal

4. Evaluation Question(s)

From a State transportation perspective, what impact has Technology Letter (TL) 19-01, describing California’s Open Data policy, had on Caltrans’ contribution to “empower[ing] the people of California”?
- What types of data sets has Caltrans made available on the California Open Data Portal?
  1. TL 19-01 mentions that the data could be used for analysis by the public to look for safety and efficiencies, is that possible with the data that Caltrans makes available?
  2. What types of data sets could Caltrans add that would be beneficial to the traveling public?
- Of the Caltrans data that is available, is the data easy to search, easy to download, and easy to combine?

5. Relevance of the Evaluation

Open data has been an increasingly important part of the information landscape.
“Managing government information as an asset will increase operational efficiencies, enhance performance planning, improve services, support mission needs, inform policy decisions, safeguard personal information, and increase public access to valuable government information.”
The California Department of Technology wants the various State Department to treat their data as an asset to “unlock[] the value of government data to propel innovation, improve the delivery of public services, and empower the people of California.”

6. Evaluation Methodology

Reviewing Caltrans Open Data sets that are available on the following sites:
- https://data.ca.gov/dataset?q=caltrans
- https://gisdata-caltrans.opendata.arcgis.com/
- https://svctenvims.dot.ca.gov/DEA_Library/
- https://dot.ca.gov/programs/sb1/efficiencies-reports
- http://www.rebuildingca.ca.gov/
- https://cleancalifornia.dot.ca.gov/
- https://dot.ca.gov/programs/asset-management/caltrans-project-portal
- This is a draft version, more website will be added if/when they are identified
Analyzing the Website with Caltrans public-facing data to see how compliant the data sets are with TL 19-01:
- Is the data easy to search
- Is the data easy to download
- Does the data easily combine with other data sets
- Type of data
  - Is the data significant enough that to be included in analysis, such as:
    - Impacts economic development
    - Improves government services
    - Informed policy decisions
    - Performance planning
    - Research and scientific discoveries
    - Increased public participation in democratic dialogue
  - Metadata
    - Is it included?
    - If included, does the metadata comply with the newly added SAM Section 5160.1, which outlines Open Data Policy requirements?
    - SAM §5160.1 Requirements:
      - Build or modernize Information Technology (IT) solutions in a way that maximizes interoperability and accessibility
      - Is the data available through either the State or the Department’s Website?
      - Is standardized metadata present?
        
        Is a data dictionary present?
      - Standardized data governance and “release practices to ensure consistency”,
    - Mainframe vs cloud
      - Cloud will offer greater future benefits, easier to share and connect data sets
  - Compare findings against two to three other states:
    - Virginia – won a data viz in 2014, incorporates Tableau and Power BI in many of their open data visualizations
    - Washington – the DOT is Washington is active with Tableau, although they are not as robust as Virginia
    - Other states – pending research
    - Build dashboards using open data for each of the states, comparing the final results
      - To see if the open data is enough to provide the analyze identified in TL 19-01
    - Interview questions with folks involved with Open Data
      - Ping Choi
      - Walter Yu
      - EDGG guy
      - The project management guy
      - Tony tavares
      - Cory binns
      - Sergio Aceves
      - DEA – someone from DEA’s GIS
      - Someone from the GIS open data portal
      - Someone from PIO
      - Joy bonaguro – state data officer
      - Someone from California Technology Agency – who could speak about TL 19-01
      - The gov

7. Work Plan for MTM 283 & MTM 290

Attached

8. Annotated Bibliography

References

California Department of Technology. 2019. California Department of Technology TL-19-01. March. https://cdt.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/TL-19-01.pdf.

DGS. 2019. Open Data Policy Requirements – 5160.1. March. https://www.dgs.ca.gov/Resources/SAM/TOC/5100/5160-1.

Ministry of the Interior and Safety (South Korea). 2022. Open and use public data. 1 27. Accessed October 11, 2022. https://www.index.go.kr/potal/main/EachDtlPageDetail.do?idx_cd=2844.

9. Bibliography of Other Sources Cited in the Evaluation Plan

Bibliography

California Department of Technology. 2019. California Department of Technology TL-19-01. March. https://cdt.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/TL-19-01.pdf.

DGS. 2019. Open Data Policy Requirements – 5160.1. March. https://www.dgs.ca.gov/Resources/SAM/TOC/5100/5160-1.

Ministry of the Interior and Safety (South Korea). 2022. Open and use public data. 1 27. Accessed October 11, 2022. https://www.index.go.kr/potal/main/EachDtlPageDetail.do?idx_cd=2844.

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Is the evaluation question specific, feasible, and easy to understand? If not, why? And are all terms defined as needed?
If the author completed the methods described, would s/he have a strong, credible answer to the evaluation question? Why or why not? For example, is there important evidence (data) that would be missing? Would any of the methods provide unnecessarydata?
Do the methods seem feasible and realistic? For example, is the desired data accessible? Would the author have time to complete the methods? What details of the methods need to be explained more fully?
Overall assessment
- What is the strongest element of the draft?
- What would be the single most useful revision the author could make?

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