Value of Information and Information Services

Details

• Creators:
  Dresley, Susan C.
• Corporate Contributors:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Information services
  • Information dissemination
  • Costs
  • Research
  • Literature reviews
  • Interviewing Information professionals
  • Value
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-SA-99-038
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Description:
  This report describes and, where possible, quantifies the value of information and information services for transportation agencies. It evaluates the various means of accessing information and looks at the important role of the information professional. In 1994, the Transportation Research Board Committee A5001 on the Conduct of
  
  Research addressed the need to improve recognition of the value of information, information services, and information professionals. As a result, the Federal Highway Administration initiated a project overseen by a panel of technical experts to 1)determine the value of information and information services and 2)identify strategies for promoting information programs (included in this report as an appendix). This report documents how information services help transportation agencies operate more efficiently and effectively. (57 p.)
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8414/dot_8414_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 143.67 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center ; Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:02d53cb481b36cafaed501f2b0b6e1df8f368aba3f9cc4c403939cdc105d5bcf03ca51ca51491a44f5dec02feb20d9cd546d979ce8499cd4ddda5dd9accade82