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65 A PPE ND IX B Re su lt s of Su rv ey Qu es ti o nna ir e Pr oc e ss to Se le ct St at es to Be In te rv ie we d St ep 1 Five functional areas were defined for each Department of Transportation: 1 - Planning, 2 - Design, 3 - Pr oc ur em ent, 4 - Co ns tr uc ti on , an d 5 - Op er at io ns an d Ma in tena nc e. St ep 2 Each functional area was requested to indicate the format used to “Receive”, “Proceeding/Generate,” and “Sent” da ta . Th e fo rm at op ti on s in cl ud ed : 1- Mo st al wa ys di gi ta l— Mo st ne ve r pa pe r, 2 - Fr equent ly di gi ta l— Se ld om Pa pe r, 3 - A ppr ox im at el y equa l am ount s of di gi ta l & pa pe r, 4 - Fr equent ly pa pe r— Se ld om Di gi ta l, an d 5 - Mo st al wa ys pa pe r— Mo st ne ve r di gi ta l. St ep 3 Ea ch of the re sp on se s fr om the fi ve fu nc ti on al ar ea s wa s gi ve n the “D ig it al ” va lu es pr es ented be lo w. It is im po rt an t to hi gh lig ht th at th is wa s do ne to be ab le to qu an ti ta ti ve ly co mp ar e the an sw er s am ong the st at es . 1 - Mo st al wa ys di gi ta l— Mo st ne ve r pa pe r → 100% Di gi ta l 2 - Fr equent ly di gi ta l— Se ld om pa pe r → 75% Di gi ta l 3 - A ppr ox im at el y equa l am ount s of di gi ta l & pa pe r → 50% Di gi ta l 4 - Fr equent ly pa pe r— Se ld om Di gi ta l → 25% Di gi ta l 5 - Mo st al wa ys pa pe r— Mo st ne ve r di gi ta l → 0% Di gi ta l St ep 4 Ea ch of the an sw er s fr om the fi ve fu nc ti on al ar ea s fr om ea ch st at e wa s mu lt ip lie d by it s co rre sp on di ng “d ig it al ” va lu e an d a dded together . It is wo rt h noti ng th at if a di vi si on di d NO T an sw er the su rv ey a de fa ul t va lu e of “0 ” wa s gi ve n to the an sw er s fr om the di vi si on . St ep 5 Th e to p ra nk ed ba se d on “d ig it al ” va lu es we re sh or t- lis te d fo r fu rt he r in ve st ig at io n. A ddi ti ona lly, the in pu t fr om the pa ne l wa s us ed to de ci de the depa rt me nt s of tr an sp or ta ti on th at we re go in g to be in te rv ie we d. S ee Ta bl e B1 an d Fi gu re s B1 th ro ugh B 12 fo r su rv ey re su lt s.

66 TABLE B1 WEIGHTED RESPONSES OF AGENCIES TO DETERMINE MOST DIGITAL

67 P MP EQ MD D P MP EQ MD D P MP EQ MD D 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 RECEIVE PROCESS SEND Planning Function Responses P MP EQ MD D FIGURE B1 Data formats sent, processed, and received through the planning functional area. Note: P = paper, MP = mostly paper, EQ = equal amounts of paper and digital, MD = mostly digital, and D = digital. 0 0 0 3 2 4 10 10 6 8 8 10 0 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Paper Mostly Paper Equal Paper/Digital Mostly Digital Digital RECEIVE PROCESS SEND FIGURE B2 Data formats passing through the planning functional area.

68 P MP EQ MD D P MP EQ MD D P MP EQ MD D 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 RECEIVE PROCESS SEND P MP EQ MD D FIGURE B3 Data formats sent, processed, and received through the design functional area. Note: P = paper, MP = mostly paper, EQ = equal amounts of paper and digital, MD = mostly digital, and D = digital. 0 0 1 1 1 2 10 6 7 9 99 1 4 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Paper Mostly Paper Equal Paper/Digital Mostly Digital Digital RECEIVE PROCESS SEND FIGURE B4 Data formats passing through the design functional area.

69 P MP EQ MD D P MP EQ MD D P MP EQ MD D 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 RECEIVE PROCESS SEND P MP EQ MD D 2 0 0 4 2 5 9 10 13 7 9 3 2 2 3 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 Paper Mostly Paper Equal Paper/Digital Mostly Digital Digital RECEIVE PROCESS SEND FIGURE B5 Data formats sent, processed, and received through the procurement functional area. Note: P = paper, MP = mostly paper, EQ = equal amounts of paper and digital, MD = mostly digital, and D = digital. FIGURE B6 Data formats passing through the procurement functional area.

70 P MP EQ MD D P MP EQ MD D P MP EQ MD D 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 RECEIVE PROCESS SEND P MP EQ MD D 0 0 0 3 2 5 15 14 10 7 8 9 0 000 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Paper Mostly Paper Equal Paper/Digital Mostly Digital Digital RECEIVE PROCESS SEND FIGURE B7 Data formats sent, processed, and received through the construction functional area. Note: P = paper, MP = mostly paper, EQ = equal amounts of paper and digital, MD = mostly digital, and D = digital. FIGURE B8 Data formats passing through the construction functional area.

71 P MP EQ MD D P MP EQ MD D P MP EQ MD D 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 RECEIVE PROCESS SEND P MP EQ MD D 2 1 1 3 3 3 6 7 7 10 11 9 0 0 2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 Paper Mostly Paper Equal Paper/Digital Mostly Digital Digital RECEIVE PROCESS SEND FIGURE B9 Data formats sent, processed, and received through the operations and maintenance functional area. Note: P = paper, MP = mostly paper, EQ = equal amounts of paper and digital, MD = mostly digital, and D = digital. FIGURE B10 Data formats passing through the operations and maintenance functional area.

05 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 PLANNING DESIGN PROCUREMENT CONSTRUCTION O&M P MP EQ MD D 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PLANNING DESIGN PROCUREMENT CONSTRUCTION O&M FIGURE B11 Comparison of paper-digital levels of all functional areas. Note: P = paper, MP = mostly paper, EQ = equal amounts of paper and digital, MD = mostly digital, and D = digital. FIGURE B12 Purely digital survey responses by functional area. 72

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