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Title:

THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE BUSINESS INFORMATION LINK: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT

Accession Number:

00803842

Record Type:

Component

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309067332

Abstract:

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water resources management programs have undergone changes during the past two decades, including a shift in emphasis from the construction of new projects to the operation and maintenance (O&M) of existing projects. Consequently, expenditures for new construction have fallen while the O&M of existing projects has claimed an increasing share of the total agency budget. Given the current outlook of declining fiscal resources, Corps managers have recognized a need to evaluate the way the organization is doing business. The Corps O&M program appropriated approximately $1.7 billion for fiscal year 1999 to support an inventory of more than 4,000 projects. The program is managed through 8 division and 38 district offices across the nation. The Operations and Maintenance Business Information Link (OMBIL) integrates national program performance measurement, starting with criteria gathered at the lowest level, the local water resource project. The overall impact on the O&M program is twofold: Frontline employees contribute directly to corporate performance measurement, ensuring a national effort to achieve corporate goals and objectives, and the management hierarchy is able to support users at all levels through this outcome-oriented process. The result is a modified business methodology that enables more efficient and effective decision making.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1729, Transportation Management and Education.

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Sissom, J D
Compton, A
Lichy, D E

Pagination:

p. 57-62

Publication Date:

2000

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1729
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309067332

Features:

Figures (5) ; References (2) ; Tables (3)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Operation and maintenance

Subject Areas:

Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 8 2001 12:00AM

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