New Jersey Spatial Data Infrastructure Implementation: I-Team Strategic Plan Update and Business Plan Development

The goals of the project are to revise the New Jersey Spatial Data Infrastructure Implementation: I-Team Strategic Plan, written in 2002, and to develop a congruent business plan. The New Jersey Office of Information Technology, Office of Geographic Information Systems (OGIS) has determined that an update to the plan is important at this time, due to a critical mass of data development, improvements to technology, and the ever-growing and widespread use of geospatial information. The primary results of the project will be a revision to the plan’s existing content, the addition of essential content not in the existing plan, and creation of a strategies to support data stewards and meet the needs of other stakeholders.

Based on the content of the strategic plan update, a business plan will be developed to provide a road map for accomplishing the identified goals. The business plan will identify the roles and responsibilities of state government agencies, and address the needs of other stakeholders.

To fulfill the project goals the following activities are anticipated:

• Examine business processes used for the development and maintenance of framework data in the original plan. Assess the effectiveness of past data development and maintenance efforts, and include recommendations for improvements in the business plan.
• Perform a requirements analysis to determine which other data sets of statewide significance should be included in the plans. The main criterion for inclusion will be widespread need for the data among state government agencies and other stakeholders. Develop a business plan for creation and maintenance of these data sets. Perform a portfolio analysis to identify data gaps relative to the business needs of state agencies and other stakeholders.
• Provide recommendations to leverage and integrate existing resources, improve agency interoperability, implement standards and guidelines, and design application tools for data development and maintenance.
• Examine strengths and weaknesses of existing tools for data discovery, distribution, and documentation. Provide recommendations for improvements to these tools, or for replacements.
• Establish a process in the business plan to provide an increasing level of content to the New Jersey Geographic Information Network (NJGIN), The National Map (TNM), and Geospatial One-Stop (GOS).
• Re-draft the executive order authorizing the New Jersey Geospatial Forum, the coordinating body for GIS activities in New Jersey, and OGIS, the internal state government coordinating body for GIS governance. The executive order was originally signed in January 2001 by former Governor Christine Todd Whitman.

Interim Report

New Jersey Office of Information Technology

Contacts:

Andrew Rowan, Ph.D.
609-633-0276
andrew.rowan@oit.state.nj.us

Douglas M. Schleifer
609-984-7544
doug.schleifer@oit.state.nj.us

Edith Konopka, Ph.D.
609-777-3774
edith.konopka@oit.state.nj.us

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