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The NTLs Recovery Act
TIGER Team

   Transportation Libraries Roundtable
   Rosalyn Alleman
   Reference Librarian
Recovery Act Customers and Questions

Customers:                Questions:
 Congressional offices    Is my project/organization
 State and local           eligible for ARRA funding?
  governments              What type of funding is
 Businesses                available, and from which
 Private citizens          agency?
                           How do we apply

                            for/spend/report on funding?
                           Submitting required

                            certifications/reports
Recovery Act FAQ Library - Introduction

   Stakeholders looking for answers to urgent
    questions about ARRA funding, many
    questions not unique
   NTL had knowledgebase set up already in
    RightNow
   Modal administrations had FAQs scattered
    all over
   RightNow Knowledgebase allowed storing
    and searching all FAQs at the same site
Creating FAQs Customers Need

   Created basic FAQ right after ARRA passed,
    with links to DOT agencies, legislation,
    states, etc. in response to customer inquiries
    before TIGER Team initiated program
   Created other FAQs based on mode-specific
    Q&A; checked for updates regularly
   Created FAQs based on answers to our
    questions by specialists within DOT
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TIGER Team Reporting - Objectives
   Indicates volume of questions we answer and for
    which DOT agencies (FHWA, FRA, etc.)
   Shows who our customers are (specific government
    agencies)
   Shows what the hot issues are for a given week (top
    FAQs)
   Lets the DOT agencies know about unanswered
    queries to their agencies by the NTL
   Based on the classifications given to each incident
    as it is resolved
Recovery Act Reporting: Daily

   Counts total questions answered that day
   Identifies questions waiting for response from
    Recovery Act points of contact throughout the
    DOT by agency and number of days waiting
Recovery Act Reporting: Weekly
   Top 3 FAQs for the week (# times used by
    Reference team to answer questions)
   Number of e-mails vs phone calls
   Summary of subjects and number of questions
    handled for each administration
   Graph showing weekly totals
   Summary of customer types including list of all
    federal/state/local governments that contacted us
   Summary of top FAQs on the web site (ranked by
    usage)

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  • 1. The NTLs Recovery Act TIGER Team Transportation Libraries Roundtable Rosalyn Alleman Reference Librarian
  • 2. Recovery Act Customers and Questions Customers: Questions: Congressional offices Is my project/organization State and local eligible for ARRA funding? governments What type of funding is Businesses available, and from which Private citizens agency? How do we apply for/spend/report on funding? Submitting required certifications/reports
  • 3. Recovery Act FAQ Library - Introduction Stakeholders looking for answers to urgent questions about ARRA funding, many questions not unique NTL had knowledgebase set up already in RightNow Modal administrations had FAQs scattered all over RightNow Knowledgebase allowed storing and searching all FAQs at the same site
  • 4. Creating FAQs Customers Need Created basic FAQ right after ARRA passed, with links to DOT agencies, legislation, states, etc. in response to customer inquiries before TIGER Team initiated program Created other FAQs based on mode-specific Q&A; checked for updates regularly Created FAQs based on answers to our questions by specialists within DOT
  • 9. TIGER Team Reporting - Objectives Indicates volume of questions we answer and for which DOT agencies (FHWA, FRA, etc.) Shows who our customers are (specific government agencies) Shows what the hot issues are for a given week (top FAQs) Lets the DOT agencies know about unanswered queries to their agencies by the NTL Based on the classifications given to each incident as it is resolved
  • 10. Recovery Act Reporting: Daily Counts total questions answered that day Identifies questions waiting for response from Recovery Act points of contact throughout the DOT by agency and number of days waiting
  • 11. Recovery Act Reporting: Weekly Top 3 FAQs for the week (# times used by Reference team to answer questions) Number of e-mails vs phone calls Summary of subjects and number of questions handled for each administration Graph showing weekly totals Summary of customer types including list of all federal/state/local governments that contacted us Summary of top FAQs on the web site (ranked by usage)

Editor's Notes

  1. Example of FHWA Q&A web site
  2. RNT ARRA FAQ site
  3. RNT FAQ example RNT ARRA FAQ site
  4. Creating/editing FAQs in RNT agent view
  5. Show Recovery Act Questions Reports_M-F here
  6. Show both weekly reports.