2016 SAG Award Winners

Maricopa County Office of Enterprise Technology (on behalf of GIS users across all county depts.) and Kevin LaVallee

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Project Goal

Last year, Maricopa County improved upon the foundation of an already strong GIS program by expanding its use within many departments to support business decisions, improve communication and workflows, and engage citizens. While simultaneously leveraging EEAP to strengthen the County’s internal IT infrastructure and plan for the move to a virtual environment, the County adopted a more comprehensive WebGIS approach. This resulted in a new GIS map gallery, completion of plans for an Open Data Portal (coming later this year), and development/publication of numerous Web applications for targeted business purposes.
One such business need was completion of an application resulting in the award of a $750,000 grant over 5 years to the Office of Health Promotion and Education Division of Public Health for Teen Pregnancy Prevention programs, which Public Health and OET attribute, in part, to the incorporation of simple ArcGIS Online maps to show current statistics.
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Business Problem Solved

Multiple business process improvements and strategic initiatives were addressed through these various projects.
Public Health internal Web applications/maps for assessing heat-related deaths (by year), influenza cases, life expectancy and service areas, and an emergency preparedness and response planner showing response resources.
Senior and Adult Services Division of Human Services application for mapping case locations and routing Case Workers.
Parks and Trails Locater.
Mobile application showing restaurant locations, inspection ratings, recommendations, and complaints across the County.
Assisted Emergency Management with developing an internal evacuation application for at risk populations within 10 mile radius of a nuclear power plant.
Long Range Transportation System Plan application
Assessor’s Office intelligent edit process and workflow job automation application.
Elections Reviewer application for viewing district boundaries, polling places, and voting precincts.

Technology Implemented

The entire Esri suite of applications that integrate to create the WebGIS experience was expanded upon within our departments through ArcGIS Online and Portal for ArcGIS, ArcGIS Maps for Office, Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS, ArcGIS for Local Government, Esri Roads and Highways, and ArcGIS for Server products within our new virtual environment.

Development Team Biography

The project teams consisted of multiple County employees and departments to expand the use of GIS in their respective areas. These departments included the Office of Enterprise Technology, Assessors, Elections, Emergency Management, Flood Control, Human Services, Public Health, and Transportation.