Elliot Schlanger

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Aligning GIS and IT in the State of Maryland
National States Geographic Information
Council NSGIC 2008 Midyear Conference Annapolis,
Maryland
Elliot Schlanger CIO State of Maryland March, 2008
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Todays Discussion

• Perspectives on GIS
• GIS as a decision enabling tool
• GIS alignment
• Mission going forward

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Perspective
What is a map?
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Perspective
Maps and data are accurate, comprehensive, easily
accessible and free after a one-time payment of
269.95
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Perspective
Challenges
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Perspective
Geographic information systems (GIS) is one of
governments greatest business enablers and
decision making resources in all agencies, at
all levels
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The Stat Story

• Jack Maple, the Crime Fighter, father of
  ComStat
• ComStat tenets

• Accurate and timely information shared by all
• Rapid and focused deployment
• Effective tactics and strategies
• Relentless follow-up and assessment

• Crime mapping is the key

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ComStat
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CitiStat
Digital maps are used to plot complaints, vacant
homes, lead paint violations, food inspections,
and potholes, allowing managers to track
employee performance and public service delivery.

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CitiStat Transportation
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CitiStat - Sanitation
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CitiStat - Sanitation
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CitiStat - Housing
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CitiStat - Housing
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StateStat
Digital maps are used to plot the locations of
facilities throughout the State.
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StateStat - State Police
StateStat monitors fatalities that occur
under State Police jurisdiction
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StateStat - Parole Probation
Washington supervisees who move to Maryland are
transferred, by the interstate compact, to
Maryland supervision. This map shows the location
of these individuals.
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StateStat - Parole Probation
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StateStat - Parole Probation
The StateStat team noted some addresses that
seemed concurrent or very close together, for
example, in this close-up screenshot of Anne
Arundel County. From this data we were able to
determine neighborhoods where violent offenders
may be congregated, and therefore in need of
expanded community services or police
supervision.
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BayStat
Through BayStat, we have established new,
targeted criteria for state land purchases with
Program Open Space funds. The new criteria make
sure that the program is driven by measurable,
annual targets.
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BayStat
Creation of a statewide parcel map and creation
of a GIS layer with data for BMPs and other
agricultural data.
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GIS Alignment
What are the problems today?

• The silos of government
• Historical separation of GIS from the
  mainstream IT environment
• Lack of cohesiveness between levels of government
• Disconnect with customers

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Vision
Governors Goals

• To strengthen and grow our middle class, our
  family-owned businesses and our family farms.
• To improve public safety and public education in
  every part of our state.
• To expand opportunities of learning, earning,
  enjoying health of people and the environment to
  more people rather than fewer.
• And to make government work for the citizens of
  Maryland again.

The State CIO must be in alignment.
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Perpetual Objectives
IT
GIS

• Capability
• Consolidation
• Interoperability
• Standards

• Capability
• Consolidation
• Interoperability
• Standards

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Enterprise Technology Alignment
Traditional IT
Traditional GIS

• Synergistic
• Business process focused
• Serves all customers

Enterprise Technology Management
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Mission going forward
Move from agency GIS to enterprise GIS

• Improve quality of data
• Reduce redundancy of data
• Replace ad hoc coordination with collaboration
• Reduce technology gaps between the haves and
  have nots
• Derive procurement economies of scale
• Manage software licensing
• Delight the customer

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MD iMAP
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MD iMAP
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MD iMAP
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MD iMAP
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MD iMAP
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Challenges and Issues

• Managing state and local data as well as delivery
  systems for statewide use
• Resourcing (in-house vs. outsourcing) of GIS
  capability and support activities
• Statewide licensing of GIS software applications
• Standards, policies and guidelines for
  encouraging and supporting all agencies in their
  use and leveraging of GIS capabilities
• Creating a sufficiently robust IT infrastructure
  that can support the development and sharing of
  critical spatial databases between all levels of
  government
• Defining and staffing the right governance to
  lead and sustain the enterprise GIS model
• last, but not least, how to fund all this