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Suggested Citation:"1.0 Introduction." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Information Findability Implementation Pilots at State Transportation Agencies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25883.
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NCHRP Web-Only Document 279: Information Findability Implementation Pilots at 1 State Transportation Agencies 1.0 Introduction This document presents the results of pilot test applications of the findability techniques described in the research phase of NCHRP Project 20-97. The testing was conducted in two rounds. The first round of tests included the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT). The second round involved the Iowa Department of Transportation (IADOT) as well as additional testing activities at WSDOT and UDOT. This memo serves a single self-contained document summarizing the both rounds of findability tests. It also includes implementation plans for each of the three participating states.

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With a quick online search, you can discover the answers to all kinds of questions. Findability within large volumes of information and data has become almost as important as the answers themselves. Without being able to search various types of media ranging from print reports to video, efforts are duplicated and productivity and effectiveness suffer.

The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Web-Only Document 279: Information Findability Implementation Pilots at State Transportation Agencies presents the results of pilot applications of findability techniques at the Washington State Department of Transportation, the Utah Department of Transportation, and the Iowa Department of Transportation.

The document is supplemental to NCHRP Research Report 947: Implementing Information Findability Improvements in State Transportation Agencies and three videos on the Washington State DOT Manual Modernization Pilot. .

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