Forestry Information Mall

September, 2005

Greg Goss, Project Manager

Project Overview PresentationOne stop shopping for links to the information government and

industry operational staff need

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Forest Information Mall Proposal Addresses Immediate Operational Staff Needs*…

District and licensee staff need:

One stop shopping to the information and systems they need to do their jobs

Transparent, scaleable, task-defined access

Access to communities of practice and user forums where knowledge and learning can be shared

One place to find the experts and contacts for questions and feedback

*based on extensive consultation with district and industry field staff during Information Access streamlining team proposal development and focus testing

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The “Forest Information Mall”Attributes

Build a one-stop internet-based access point (the “Forest Information Mall”) for licensee and government staff access to:

Information needed for planning and reporting FRPA Objectives, Resource features, Inventory, etc.

All relevant MoFR and MOE, MAL systems and viewing tools Data and systems access application process Business Information Centre website

Business processes maps; MoFR data, systems, and organization info

Policies, legislation, guidelines, standardsThe mall does not duplicate data, systems or information, it enables

access to existing resources

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The Forest Information Mall Attributes Continued

One-stop access to:

Manuals, checklists, forms, etc. Forestry user forums Government staff expertise directory (“expert locator”) Improved search engine Help and training services Functional user feedback for all aspects of the business

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The Forest Information Mall Cont’d

The Forest Information Mall will be a single, user-friendly access point to existing websites (e.g. LRDW, BIC website, MoFR/MoE, MAL departmental internet sites)

The Mall will link to local (district) data sources where appropriate

e.g. FRPA FSP planning info made available by the DDM

The Mall will be organized by task grouping and program areas to create a strong business linkage between systems and the user

The development of this pointer is inexpensive and will yield great time and frustration savings

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More info…

The Forest Information Mall project website, including a mock-up of the Mall concept, is located at:

http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfp/streamlining/WebMall/Forest_Information_Mall.htm

For more information contact Greg Goss, Project Manager at:

Greg.goss@gems3.gov.bc.ca