The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) Data Reporting
Federal Highway Administration
September, 2009
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Office of Highway Policy Information Data Programs
Motor Fuel Highway Performance Monitoring System Traffic Monitoring Highway Finance Driver Licensing Motor Vehicle Registration National Household Travel Survey Toll Facilities
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Accountability and Transparency
“Every American will be able to hold Washington accountable for these decisions by going online to see how and where their tax dollars are being spent.”
- President Barack Obama
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ARRA Funds for Transportation
Provides $48.1 billion for transportation, including:– $27.5 billion for highways– $8.4 billion for transit– $8.0 billion for high speed rail– $1.3 billion for Amtrak– $1.5 billion for National Surface Transportation
Discretionary Grants
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Appropriation for Highways-
$27.5B
Less Amount Allocated Before Apportionment $840M
Transportation Enhancements
– 3%
Sub-Allocation for Areas Based on
Population – 30%
For Any Area of the State –
67%
For Individual Urbanized Areas
over 200,000 by % of Population
For Areas with Population
≤ 200,000
For Areas with Population
≤ 5,000
Distribution of Highway FundsDistribution of Highway Funds
Remainder Apportioned to States $26.6B
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Challenges
Determining data needs– Statutory– OMB– Oversight
Implementation– Tight schedule– Changing requirements– Non-sequential development
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RADS - Recovery Act Data System
Used for ARRA related:– Data submittal– Reports– Analysis– Reviews
Independent system that interfaces with other data systems
Recently released version 2.0
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Data ModelConceptual Overview
RADS -Data Integration,
Analysis, &Reporting
Other Data -Bid Tab
EDA
Finance Data
Reports, Maps, and Charts
Jobs, Awards& Project
Information
- Existing FHWA data
- State reported data
- New FHWA database
- FHWA generated reports
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Information Flow Diagram
Collect, Compile, & ReportFHWA HQ
Contractor A Local DContractor CLocal B
Texas DOT
Virginia Division Texas Division
Congress OST Recovery.gov
Virginia DOT
Compliance Review
Review, Report, & Summarize
Reporting Job Data
Contractor DContractor B
RADS
1201(c)1609
State DOT1512
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Evolution of RADS
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Recovery Act Funds Obligated by Type of Project
$9.8
$3.4
$1.3 $1.1 $1.0 $0.9$0.5
$0.3 $0.5
$0
$2
$4
$6
$8
$10
$12
PavementImprovement
PavementWidening
NewConstruction
Safety/Traff icManagement
BridgeImprovement
BridgeReplacement
TransportationEnhancements
New BridgeConstruction
Other
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Count of Recovery Act Projects Obligated by Project Type
4,487
599 514 453 415235
102 37
729
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1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
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TransportationEnhancements
Safety/Traff icManagement
BridgeReplacement
BridgeImprovement
PavementWidening
NewConstruction
New BridgeConstruction
Other
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ARRA Projects and Obligations
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$5
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$15
$20
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$200.0
$400.0
$600.0
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$1,600.0
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