Implementing Data Governance at Transportation Agencies: Volume 1: Implementation Guide (2024)
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"8 Websites and Documents." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Implementing Data Governance at Transportation Agencies: Volume 1: Implementation Guide. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/28837.
8. Websites and Documents
This chapter includes a curated list of websites and documents related to data governance – both those that are general in nature and those specifically related to transportation agencies.
General Data Governance Websites
| Organization | About … | Link |
| DAMA International | DAMA International is a not-for-profit, vendor-independent, global association of technical and business professionals who advance the concepts and practices of information and data management. | https://www.dama.org/cpages/home |
| Dataversity | DATAVERSITY is a producer of educational resources for business and Information Technology (IT) professionals on the use and management of data. Dataversity provides content to practitioners, experts, and developers who participate in face-to-face hosted conferences, free online events, live webinars, white papers, online training, daily news, and articles and blogs. | https://www.dataversity.net/ |
| Data Governance Institute | The Data Governance Institute provides Data Governance best practices and guidance. | https://datagovernance.com/ |
| The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN) | An independent website with articles and case studies about data management, governance and related topics. | https://tdan.com/ |
| US General Services Administration (GSA) Data and Analytics Center of Excellence | Website includes a variety of data governance related resources including sample charters for data governance bodies and a data and analytics playbook. | https://coe.gsa.gov/coe/data-analytics.html#coe-updates |
| Lights On Data | A website which offers free templates, definitions, best practices, articles and other resources to help with data governance and data management questions and challenges. | https://www.lightsondata.com/ |
| Transforming Data With Intelligence (TDWI) |
TDWI offers training and resources for analytics and data management topics, including AI, modern data platforms and architectures, machine learning, data governance, data modeling, and more. | https://tdwi.org/Home.aspx |
Suggested Citation:
"8 Websites and Documents." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Implementing Data Governance at Transportation Agencies: Volume 1: Implementation Guide. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/28837.
| Organization | About … | Link |
| Data Centric Manifesto | A set of principles that establish the foundation for data centric strategies (in contrast to the typical application-centric viewpoint) | http://datacentricmanifesto.org/ |
| NIST Computer Security Resource Center Glossary |
Glossary of terms and definitions extracted verbatim from NIST’s cybersecurity- and privacy-related publications–Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), NIST Special Publications (SPs), and NIST Internal/Interagency Reports (IRs)–as well as from Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) Instruction CNSSI-4009. | https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary |
| United States Geological Survey (USGS) | Guidance, best practices, and tools for data management. | https://www.usgs.gov/datamanagement/stewardship |
General Data Governance Documents
Suggested Citation:
"8 Websites and Documents." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Implementing Data Governance at Transportation Agencies: Volume 1: Implementation Guide. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/28837.
| P. Aiken, M. D. Allen, B. Parker and A. Mattia | “Measuring Data Management Practice Maturity: A Community’s Self-Assessment,” in Computer, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 42-50, April 2007, doi: 10.1109/MC.2007.139 | 2007 |
Transportation and Selected Other Public Agency Data Governance Websites
| Organization | About … | Link |
| AASHTO Core Data Principles | The AASHTO Committee on Data Management and Analytics (CDMA) maintains a webpage with the AASHTO Core Data Principles that have been adopted by several transportation agencies. | https://transportation.org/data/resources/ |
| AASHTO Data Communities of Practice | The AASHTO CDMA sponsors a Data Governance Community of Practice and a Chief Data Officers (CDO) Community of Practice providing opportunities for information sharing and discussion on data-related topics. | https://transportation.org/data/about-us/ |
| AASHTO Research Advisory Committee (RAC) Survey Site | The AASHTO RAC maintains a website with results of surveys conducted to learn about various member agency practices. There are several prior surveys related to data governance. | https://transportation.org/research/resources/rac-surveys/ |
| Caltrans Enterprise Data Governance | This website provides a brief overview of Caltrans’ enterprise data governance initiative and links to selected resources. | https://dot.ca.gov/programs/ctdata |
| FHWA Data Governance | FHWA maintains a set of resources related to its internal data governance implementation | https://www.fhwa.dotgov/datagov/ |
| Florida DOT – The Story of ROADS | A story map presentation of FDOT’s Reliable, Organized, Accurate Data Sharing (ROADS) initiative | https://fdot.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=d827c163302347b4a3b7baee74571853 |
| Iowa DOT | This website provides an overview of Iowa DOT’s data governance and management planning activities including links to relevant documents | Iowa DOT Transportation Matters – Iowa DOT’s Enterprise, Strategic Data Governance and Management Plan in the Works |
| Minnesota DOT | This website provides links to MnDOT’s data management policies | https://www.dot.state.mn.us/policy/data-management.html |
Suggested Citation:
"8 Websites and Documents." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Implementing Data Governance at Transportation Agencies: Volume 1: Implementation Guide. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/28837.
| Organization | About … | Link |
| Ohio DOT | This website provides a brief overview of Ohio DOT’s Data Governance Program and includes a link to a video and other resources | https://www.transportation.ohio.gov/programs/datagovernance/datagovernance-program/home |
| Oregon Enterprise Information Services | This website provides links to the State of Oregon’s Data Governance Policy, Maturity Model, and Plan Template | https://www.oregon.gov/eis/datagovernance-and-transparency/Pages/datagovernance-policy.aspx |
| Resources.Data.Gov | An effort by the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Government Information Services of the National Archives, and the General Services Administration to provide an online repository of guidance and tools to implement the OPEN Government Data Act and the Federal Data Strategy. | https://resources.data.gov/categories/data-management-governance/ |
Transportation and Selected Other Public Agency Data Governance References
| Author | Title | Year Published |
| Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services | Data Governance Resource Index | Undated |
| AEM Corporation for NCHRP | NCHRP Research Report 1099 Business Intelligence Techniques for Transportation Agency Decision Making | 2024 |
| 911.GOV | Model Data Governance Agreements and Governance Structure | 2023 |
| State of Oregon | Oregon Data Literacy Framework Report | 2023 |
| Federal Chief Data Officers Council | An Approach to Measuring CDO Value and Impact | 2023 |
| Federal Chief Data Officers Council | 2023 Federal CDO Council Survey | 2023 |
| US Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Government Information Services of the National Archives, and the General Services Administration | Data Governance Playbook | 2022 |
Suggested Citation:
"8 Websites and Documents." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Implementing Data Governance at Transportation Agencies: Volume 1: Implementation Guide. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/28837.
Suggested Citation:
"8 Websites and Documents." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Implementing Data Governance at Transportation Agencies: Volume 1: Implementation Guide. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/28837.
Suggested Citation:
"8 Websites and Documents." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Implementing Data Governance at Transportation Agencies: Volume 1: Implementation Guide. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/28837.
| Author | Title | Year Published |
| Cambridge Systematics, Inc. for NCHRP | NCHRP Report 666: Target-Setting Methods and Data Management to Support Performance-Based Resource Allocation by Transportation Agencies, Volume I: Research Report | 2010 |
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