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From YouTube: County Board Work Session - February 6, 2018
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D
All
right
welcome
to
our
open
data
work
session,
February,
5th,
I
I,
know
we're
looking
forward
to
the
opportunity
to
talk
with
the
manager
about
one
of
his
chief
areas
of
interest
in
prioritization
for
his
own
tenure.
We're
looking
forward
to
receiving
an
update
tonight
to
have,
or
at
this
afternoon
rather
to
have
an
opportunity
for
our
manager
and
the
open
did
a
working
group
to
share
publicly
some
of
their
major
initiatives
and
milestones,
as
well
as
preview
work
still
to
come
and
elicit
some
general
insights
from
the
county
board.
D
As
our
is
our
chief
objective
today.
So
I
do
want
to
commend
before
I
turn
it
over
to
our
manager.
The
open
data
working
group,
members
I'm,
not
sure
anybody's
physically
with
us,
but
for
those
who
might
be
watching
at
home.
We
are,
as
the
board
I
know,
grateful
for
your
work
and
I
know.
The
manager
is
as
well
and
we'll
talk
about
that
working
group
in
greater
detail.
So
without
further
ado
over
to
you
thank.
E
You,
madam
chair,
just
you
know,
for
the
record.
We
did
invite
each
of
the
members
of
the
open
data
advisory
group
to
come.
Duke
banks
has
said
he
will
be
by
we
had
someone
else.
Do
a
video
for
us
which
isn't
gonna,
be
able
to
play
very
effectively
and
we'll
see
about
the
other
members,
but
they
all
knew
about
it
and
expressed
to
hope
to
be
here.
We're
not
sure
whether
they're
gonna
make
it.
E
Before
we
begin,
the
full
presentation,
I
did
want
to
know
two
things
and,
as
Jack
Belcher
often
says
to
me,
we're
in
a
world
where
we
are
drowning
in
data,
but
often
starved
for
information.
And
so
let
me
take
that
a
bit
further.
We
always
need
to
be
aware
that
making
data
available
is
a
good
thing,
but
not
an
end
in
itself.
We
do
it
so
that
we
can
gain
insight
so
that
we
can
learn,
and
so
we
can
have
a
principled
debate
about
where
our
public
policy
should
go.
E
So
how
data
is
used,
how
its
interpreted
in
the
context
or
such
data
is
vital
and
so
information
in
a
vacuum
will
be
of
little
use.
So,
let's
keep
that
in
mind
as
we
go
through
talking
about
all
the
data
we
have,
and
so
with
that
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
Jim
Schwartz.
Who
has
some
further
remarks
and
we'll
start
off
our
presentation?
Great.
F
Thank
you
mark,
so
we're
gonna.
Take
you
through
a
presentation
this
afternoon
and
we've
actually
got
a
number
of
speakers
which
I
think
is
not
just
going
to
represent
the
depth
of
knowledge
that
many
people
have
on
this
topic,
but
also
that
this
is
in
fact
an
enterprise-wide
effort.
I
mean
this
is
this
is
a
across
the
government.
We
are
focused
quite
a
bit
on
the
managers
priority.
F
E
F
When
we
talk
about
strategy,
one
of
the
things
that
we
are
trying
to
focus
on
is
creating
a
clear
roadmap
that
allows
us
to
balance
our
priorities,
some
of
which
the
the
manager
just
spoke
about
with
the
resources
that
are
available,
because
this
is
an
undertaking
that
does
require
resources.
In
order
to
you
know
to
meet
the
public,
the
public's
demands-
and
you
know
the
obligations
that
we
have
to
focus
on
the
right
things.
I
would
say
that
this
is
a
work
in
progress.
F
We've
done
a
lot
over
the
last
couple
of
years,
but
we
continue
to
learn
and
we
continue
to
evolve
in
terms
of
how
we
see
this.
It's
critically
important
in
all
of
this
effort,
that
we
manage
privacy
issues
and
also
the
quality
of
our
data,
putting
quality
assurance
and
review
of
data
protocols
into
practice.
We
also
have
to
make
sure
that
the
system
is
able
to
keep
data
current
and
relevant.
F
We
acknowledge
that
open
data
is
our
data.
Access
has
not
always
been
readily
accepted
by
government
practitioners.
This
is
a
fairly
new
area
for
many
of
the
people
doing
this
work.
It
requires
a
shift
in
culture
to
the
org
to
the
entire
organization
to
the
entire
enterprise,
and
we
believe
that
we're
seeing
that
that
shift
begin
to
happen
and
I
believe
that
we'll
continue
to
make
progress
in
this
area.
F
So
these
are
some
of
the
moving
parts
of
our
approach
to
open
government.
There
are
several
pieces
here
represented
in
this
slide,
which
we're
going
to
break
down
in
in
more
detail
as
we
go
through
the
presentation,
but
some
of
them
represent
transparency.
You
know
to
the
public
what
it
is
that
we
are
providing
to
the
public
by
way
of
what
their
government
is
doing
and
some
are
really
oriented
around
how
we
will
use
data
to
hopefully
make
better
decisions
and
provide
services
to
our
community
in
a
better
way.
F
Mark
has
already
mentioned
that
his
charge
that
in
his
charge,
we
have
an
open
data
working
group.
This
is
the
internal
group.
This
is
separate.
This
is
different
from
the
open
data
Advisory
Committee,
which
we'll
talk
about
in
just
a
few
minutes,
but
we
just
wanted
to
make
that
distinction,
while
those
two
are
working
very
closely
together,
one
is
has
representatives
from
each
of
the
departments
across
the
organization
and
is
really
trying
to
sort
of
push
the
noodle.
F
If
you
will,
when
it
comes
to
this
topic
today,
we're
gonna
highlight
some
of
the
work
that
we're
doing
across
government,
both
internally
and
with
our
partners.
I
want
to
start
with
a
couple
of
tools
that
we
have
launched
over
the
last
few
years,
all
of
which
will
be
familiar
to
to
the
board
and
as
we
go
through
these
I'd
like
you
to
be
thinking
about
you
know,
what's
your
own
experience
with
some
of
these
tools
has
been
so.
F
The
first
is
FOIA
and
while
I'm
talking
here,
I'm
going
to
ask
Robert
sharp
who
handles
our
FOIA
requests,
our
Freedom
of
Information
I,
don't
to
get
caught
up
in
too
many
of
the
acronyms
that
you
know
we
take
for
granted
in
our
own
internal
vernacular.
But
obviously
we
know
FOIA
has
Freedom
of
Information
Act
requests,
of
which
last
year
we
received
over
600
600
FOIA
requests
came
in
to
the
county
since
June
of
2016.
We
have
been
posting
these
online
for
public
access
and
transparency.
F
We're
very
proud
of
the
fact
that
in
December
of
2016,
we
received
a
Virginia
Coalition
for
open
government
award
for
our
FOIA
posting
and,
as
Robert
will
describe
in
a
few
a
little
more
detail
here
in
just
a
moment.
We're
making
strides
in
actually
developing
a
new
way
to
put
our
internal
FOIA
tracking
our
database,
so
that
we
can
do
better
analysis.
You
know
of
the
data
that's
consumed
or
contained
rather
in
the
FOIA
work
that
we
do.
F
G
Sure
Jim
mentioned
an
internal
tracking
tool
that
we're
using
this
is
something
that
County
Attorney
has
been
asking
for
for
a
while.
Oya
is
a
legal
mandate.
This
is
discretionary.
This
is
part
of
open
government.
We
obviously
take
the
legal
mandate
very
seriously.
The
county
attorney
has
asked
for
a
more
robust
system.
So
right
now
we
have
police
fire
and
County
as
of
just
this
year.
All
FOIA
is
in
one
tracking
system,
which
is
going
to
allow
for
a
robust
data
analysis
moving
forward.
We
didn't
have
that
capability
here
ago.
G
H
G
For
searching
emails,
hard
drives
shared
drive
simultaneously,
it's
it's!
It's
very
big
brother,
but
it's
it's.
It's
going
to
greatly
improve
our
ability
to
collect
responsive
documents
that
are
in
electronic
form.
So
again,
we're
very
excited
about
that,
because
a
couple
years
ago
we
didn't
have
that
capability.
So
I
think
that
is
going
to
provide
better
customer
service
to
residents.
It
is
going
to
be
a
better
use
of
staff.
Time
and
again,
it's
huge,
so
there's
a
lot
happening
internally.
G
G
F
E
F
F
Only
about
25%
of
the
requests
coming
in
from
the
community
come
through
the
mobile
app.
Last
year
alone,
we
had
the
community
submit
over
8,000
items.
These
are
the
kinds
of
things
that
they
report,
like
potholes
street
lights,
that
are
out
as
we've
just
gone
through
this
spate
of
cold
weather,
people
are
using
it
to
report
water
main
breaks,
water
line
problems
throughout
the
county.
Photos
can
be
included
so
that
the
workforce
can
get
a
better
understanding
of
what
the
problem
is
before
they
dispatch
resources.
F
They
can
get
more
detail
and
if
the
GPS
on
the
device
being
used
is
enabled,
then
we
can
get
some
locations
more
specific
location
information.
Also,
service
requests
are
automatically
directed
to
the
appropriate
County
staffer.
So
the
person
that's
uploading,
the
information
doesn't
have
to
figure
out
which
department
is
responsible
for
the
item
that
they
are
identifying,
and
this
is
you
know
we
think
a
pretty
good
example
of
us.
You
know
providing
a
higher
level
of
service
and
this
I'm
collaborating
with
our
community.
That's
seeing
things
that
perhaps
we
may
get
to
only
later.
F
My
Arlington
app
has
now
been
around
for
a
couple
of
years.
I
think
it's
important
to
reinforce
that
this
app
makes
it
easy
to
access
popular
county
information.
So
as
an
example,
this
is
where
anyone
can
get
information
about
when
your
next
board
meeting
is
or
when
Commission's
meet,
and
the
information
is
searchable
by
geography
by
location
date
and
some
other
criteria.
The
same
is
true
for
County
sponsored
events.
F
People
want
to
know
what's
going
on
in
the
county,
in
a
certain
geographic
area
or
by
date,
or
even
the
age
group,
that
the
the
event
might
be
appropriate
for
that
it
kind
of
information
is
contained
here
in
the
app
they
could
also
get
permitting
information,
including
the
status
of
a
permit,
the
permit
type,
the
description
of
the
work
and
the
contractor
or
the
location
of
the
the
owner
of
the
property.
It's
searchable
again
by
geography
and
by
permit
type
real
estate.
F
Information
on
sales
and
assessment
information
is
also
searchable
by
geographic
location,
price
and
property
type,
and
this
is
also
a
place
where
our
residents
can
get
news
feeds
information
that
comes
out
of
our
public
of
public
engagement
office,
and
it's
also
where
people
can
get
arlington
alerts
where,
as
you
know,
they
get
emergency
information
when
something's
going
on
in
the
county
or
information
that
they
have
chosen.
You
know
in
various
categories
to
get
alerts
about
not
always
just
emergencies.
Our
next
piece
of
enabling
public
access
is
the
my
arlington
projects
webpage.
F
This
went
live
in
December
of
last
year.
This
offers
a
map
view
of
Arlington
County
government
projects,
so
I'm
sure
you're
familiar
with
the
fact
that
our
projects
we
have
a
web
page
that
lists
our
projects
and
some
fairly
substantial
information
about
those
projects.
This
maps,
those
projects
or
let
allows
people
to
access
information
by
type
and
status
of
the
project.
You
can
look
up
your
own
home
address
on
the
on
the
map
to
see
what's
going
on
there
just
by
one
example.
F
This
map
is
updated
several
times
a
day,
so
it's
it's
keeping
up
with
progress
on
projects
and
it
links
people
with
more
detailed
information.
That's
already
online.
It
also
links
information,
as
I
said,
with
the
project
web
page
and
the
open
data
portal
that
you'll
hear
a
little
bit
more
about
in
just
a
few
minutes.
F
I
do
want
to
also
I
just
note
that
one
of
the
things
that's
sort
of
lagging
in
this
particular
map
is
that
by
right,
projects
aren't
posted
here
as
yet,
and
we're
still
working
on
how
we
might
be
able
to
put
up
projects
that
are
actually
initiated
by
VDOT
or
some
of
utility
companies.
There's
a
discussion
going
on
with
staff
right
now
about
whether
or
not
some
of
our
permitting
processes
may
give
us
the
information
that
could
help
us
to
you
know
cross
reference
it
here
on
the
map.
C
F
D
B
You,
madam
chair,
just
a
couple
of
questions
on
on
the
FOIA
piece,
but
I
will
say:
I've
done
the
my
Arlington
projects
app
a
number
of
times,
I.
Think
it's
terrific,
it's
very
easy
to
do
on
your
on
your
phone
and
very
informative.
So
with
respect
to
with
respect
to
FOIA
is
mr.
manager,
one
of
your
members
of
the
open
data
Oh
dag
the
group
is
a
member
of
the
sunlight
foundation
which
I
was
really
happy
to
see
and
the
sunlight
foundation
is
crafted
31,
separate
benchmarks
or
metrics,
or
recommendations
for
a
localities.
B
Open
data
and
first
among
them,
is
a
recommendation
that
says,
quote
proactively:
release
government
information
online,
in
other
words
proactively,
as
opposed
to
reactively,
which
is
what
we're
doing
when
we
get
a
FOIA
request.
So
Mike.
My
question
of
the
moment
is:
do
we
expect?
Is
it
reasonable
to
expect
that,
over
time,
the
volume
and
the
quality
of
data
that
we
will
be
posting,
hopefully
at
a
more
accelerated
clip,
will
have
the
hopeful
by-product
of
reducing
FOIA
requests?
B
I
guess
that's
kind
of
my
first
question
am
I
and
my
second
question
is
how
long
are
FOIA
requests
taking
to
be
processed
because
I
just
went
on
the
website
and
as
the
manager
points
out,
there's
been
a
couple
new
postings
as
of
February
5th
the
item,
the
response
date,
but
I'm
not
seeing
a
data
page
for
Anna
button
that
was
on
the
website
just
a
few
weeks
ago
in
terms
of
pending
FOIA
requests.
So
has
that
been
taken
down?
B
G
Let
me
address
the
first
question:
you
know
patterns.
How
can
we
proactively
put
information
up
I
like
to
think
we
will?
You
know,
especially
now
that
we
have
a
tool
that
allow
us
to
analyze
requests
moving
forward,
that
we
can
find
something
along
those
lines,
but
my
first
reaction
is:
there's
no
obvious
low-hanging
fruit,
for
example,
we
get
a
lot
of
property,
specific
requests
and
they
may
ask
for
from
developers
environmental
history,
easements
building
permits,
code
enforcement
inspections,
so
very
property
specific,
and
we
could
conceivably
proactively
put
this
sort
of
information
online.
G
It
would
be
a
major
undertaking
to
do
that.
We
would
have
to
do
that
for
every
parcel
in
the
county,
so
I
mean
that's
sort
of
the
first
thing.
Should
we
do
that?
You
know
you
know
it
would,
in
theory,
reduce
the
volume
of
FOIA
requests,
but
again
it's
it's
a
very
expensive
proposition
and
I
also
want
to
point
out
that
soya
is
a
legal
mandate.
So
if
someone
makes
it
for
a
request,
we
have
an
obligation
to
fulfill
that
request.
We
can't
necessarily
say
well
how
about
you,
try
this
or
go
to
Google.
G
You
know
it's
something
that
we
take
very
seriously.
We
followed
the
guidance
of
the
county
attorney's
office.
Your
second
question
posting.
We
prioritize
a
legal
obligation.
First
5-day
a
business
turnaround
in
terms
of
public
posting
of
documents.
We
have
one
to
redact
all
personal,
identifying
information
first,
and
so
that
can
be
labor-intensive.
It's
a
secondary
priority,
I'm
aware
of,
for
example,
there's
a
very
large
parks
request.
That's
pending.
It
has
a
lot
of
resident
names
and
contact
information,
and
that
is
being
redacted.
G
It's
it's
not
up,
so
so
that's
an
example,
and
there
have
been
times
full
disclosure
where
we've
you
know
fallen
behind
on
the
public
posting
and
then
catch
up,
certainly
and
moving
forward.
One
of
the
things
I'm
really
happy
about
with
this
new
internal
tracking
tool
that
we
have
is.
It
will
allow
for
real-time
posting
of
anything
that
doesn't
require
redaction.
So
it
just
basically
click
a
button
respond
to
a
request.
It
goes
straight
up
so
you're
going
to
see
improvements
there,
but
some
of
these
more
labor-intensive
requests
there
still
may
be
a
lack
so.
B
How,
though,
would
one
I
mean
am
I
correct?
In
my
recollection,
there
had
been
a
page
that
that
inventoried
all
pending
FOIA
requests
since
a
particular
date
and
and
and
and
how
is
one
to
be
able.
How
can
a
citizen
track
a
pending,
FOIA
request
on
the
website?
Now
it
doesn't
appear
unless
I'm
missing
something
that
that's
possible.
No.
G
B
G
B
G
Well,
the
citizen
who
made
it
again.
Are
you
talking
about
the
public
posting
or
someone
who's
made
a
FOIA
request,
and
is
it
the
latter,
the
latter?
Okay,
all
right
well
we're
in
constant
communication
with
citizens
along
those
lines
we
take
the
five-day
business
mandate
very
seriously.
There
are
occasions
where
we're.
G
Right,
a
very
straightforward
request,
say
very
simple:
we
have
to
a
legal
obligation
to
turn
that
around
in
five
business
days
now
there
are
times
where
a
citizen
may
make
a
very
broad
request.
You
know
she
give
me
all
emails
that
say
Arlington
way,
you
know
without
a
date
range
well,
that
is
thousands
and
thousands
of
documents.
G
So
any
time
a
request
exceeds
$200,
because
there's
the
full
cost
recovery
model
we
charge
sixpence,
six
cents
per
page
and
the
cost
of
staff
time
should
a
request
be
so
broad
that
it's
going
to
exceed
$200
we're
gonna
check
in
with
the
resident
and
say
you
know,
hey
your
request
is
the
estimate.
Cost
estimate
is
$500
whatever
it
may
be.
G
Do
you
still
want
us
to
follow
through,
or
would
you
like
to
narrow
the
request
at
that
point
in
time
we
are
basically
hitting
pause
on
the
five
business
day
requirement
and
once
they
get
back
to
us
and
they
give
us
the
yes
or
than
they'll,
and
we
can
ask
for
a
deposit
if
it's
a
very
large
request,
the
clock
resumes
so
we're
in
constant
communication.
We
want
to
provide
the
best
customer
service
possible,
it's
a
very
serious
legal
mandate
and
we
want
to
provide
responsive
documents
at
the
lowest
cost
possible
to
residents.
G
B
G
G
B
D
C
I
You,
madam
chair
I'll,
start
with
FOIA
since
we're
there
with
the
screen
that
you
all
had
up
just
showing
the
FOIA
page
notice
that
some
of
the
request
descriptions
are
fairly
descriptive
to
let
you
know
what
it
might
include
and
some
include
just
dates.
Do
we
have
any
conventions
on
naming
these
requests?
Any
standards,
no.
G
I
B
I
The
community
I
don't
know
why
I
would
want
to
click
on
something
that
just
said
an
address,
so
I
wouldn't
just
encourage
you
to
come
up
with
some
standards
and
conventions
and
naming
that
sure
at
least
give
someone
an
idea
of
whether
or
not
they
want
to
click
on
it.
I
do
have
a
question
about
the
the
data
mining
or
the
search
tool
that
we
mentioned,
which
I
can
imagine
would
be
a
huge
relief
in
terms
of
mm-hmm.
G
I
A
lot
of
these
responsive
documents
at
the
same
time
does
raise
the
concern
that
the
push
the
automatic
push
function
that
you
talked
about
is
that
something
that's
desirable,
given
the
need
to
have
a
human
I
look
to
see
if
anything
should
be
redacted,
should
we
ever
be
in
the
business
of
providing
a
direct
technological
data
mining
tool
that
then
uploads
something
publicly
without
a
human
eye?
Looking
at
it,
oh
there's.
G
A
couple
human
eyes:
let
me
reassure
you
for
first
and
foremost
for
the
legal
obligation
part
the
county
attorney,
reviews
everything
they
look
for
exemptions.
You
know
protected
health
information,
things
like
that
and
then
on
our
n,
the
county
manager
side
before
we
post
anything
on
online,
we're
looking
for
to
protect
resident
privacy.
So
in
theory
we
could
legally
put
someone's
name
phone
number
address
up
there
in
practice,
we
don't
do
that.
That's
an
administrative
decision
that
we've
made
so
where
the
tool
will
make
it
easier
is
for
some
of
the
more
straightforward
government
documents.
G
I
I
G
I
G
I
And
I
would
imagine
also
that
this
would
would
help
to
some
degree,
even
though
you
didn't
mentioned
this
is
a
benefit,
some
of
those
costs
and
staff
time
for
certain
FOIA
requests.
This
tool
might
enable
us
to
reduce
those
costs
because
I
know
that's
been
an
area
of
concern
for
some
people
in
the
community,
where
it's
seemingly
a
very
simple
request,
but
because
it
may
require
a
lot
of
staff
work
to
search
through
you
know
various
various
fora
it
becomes
cost
prohibitive.
I
would.
G
C
I
That
was
done
by
a
volunteer
group
of
which
the
original
reporting
constituent
was
a
part
of
to
close
it.
So
can
you
just
give
us
a
sense
of
of
how
that
how
that
function
is
is
performing
from
a
metric
standpoint?
How
long
does
it
typically
take
take
too
close,
too
close
reports-
and
you
know,
are
these
just
some
of
the
the
aberrations-
the
extremes
that
we
we
see?
It's
not
the
norm.
I'm.
F
You
know
I'll
look
I'm,
not
sure
if
Jennifer
Smith
has
any
background
or
Greg
Greg
Emanuel
wants
to
comment
on
that
I
would
I
would
observe
that
I
would
probably
put
that
in
the
bucket
of
the
quality
control
that
I
talked
about
before
that
you
know
our
diligence
on
developing
the
right
metrics,
you
know
doing
the
right
follow-through
doing
some
sort
of
after
actioning
one
in
a
situation
happens,
it's
the
one
you
just
described
where
the
volunteer
group
actually
completed
the
work.
I
think
it's
just
not
that's
to
me.
F
K
You
want
add,
I,
don't
have
a
whole
lot
and
that
I
didn't
bring
data
on
our
completion
rates,
but
that's
certainly
something
we
can
follow
up
on.
I
know
the
tool
is
imperfect
for
a
number
of
scenarios.
We
certainly
ran
into
the
street
lights
with
Dominion,
for
you
may
have
heard
about
those
before
when
things
are
outside
of
work.
You
know
it's
someone
else
doing
the
work
and
it
gets
really
kind
of
messy
there,
but
it's
still
valuable
tool
to
get
the
to
get
that
request
in
I'm.
I
F
I
L
It's
probably
kind
of
the
same
whether
it
comes
through
the
mobile
app
or
online.
It's
just
the
coming
online
versus
a
phone
call,
always
cheaper
than
a
phone
call
or
in-person
anything.
You
can
do
online
it
it's
following
the
same
route.
On
the
back
end,
this
a
pothole
goes
through
the
same
path,
whether
it
comes
through
the
app
or
through
the
website.
So
from
that
regard,
it's
it's
the
same.
That
helps
I.
F
Would
say
on
the
backend
to
is
going
back
to
your
earlier
question
about
you
know,
metrics
and,
and
you
know
my
response
about
quality
control,
ensuring
that
each
of
those
service
requests
gets
the
same
level
of
attention
regardless
of
the
path
that
had
followed.
I
think
is
something
that
we,
you
know
continue
to
pay
attention
to.
So.
D
I'd
love
developments,
I've
come
at
mr.
Emanuel
was
making
about
the
challenge
of
sinking
this
app
up
with
Dominion,
for
example,
or
Washington
gas
or
V
dot,
or
any
of
the
other.
Probably
half
dozen
or
more
operators
of
utilities
and
services
in
our
community
I
had
the
experience
recently
of
reporting
a
problem,
and
it
was
a
pothole
related
to
Washington
gas
work
and
I
got
the
response
and
I
think
a
lot
of
our
residents
get
and
sometimes
frankly,
find
a
little
frustrating
which
is.
D
Your
problem
has
been
closed
out
with
an
exclamation
point,
and
indeed
my
problem
has
not
been
closed
out
right.
So
I
I
wondered
if
you
could
preview
for
us
or
share
any
efforts
and
I
noticed.
There's
what
you'd
mentioned
on
trying
to
get
the
projects
map
updated
with
projects
from
others.
I
know
it
is
very
hard
for
us
to
do.
We
have
good
relationships
with
Washington
Gaston
in
others,
but
they
don't
report
to
us,
nor
are
they
under
our
authority
or
control.
D
Yet
it
is
also
true
that
in
a
relatively
small
County,
we
have
a
lot
of
operators
here
and
from
the
Constituent
point
of
view,
trying
to
get
a
pothole
fix.
It
is
a
little
unsatisfying
to
hear
that
Arlington
can
help
you
under
these
relatively
circumscribed
circumstances.
So
is
there
an
opportunity
to
eventually
improve
our
linkages
to
these
third
parties,
such
that
there
might
be
better
communication,
if
not
ultimately
seamless
than
at
least
a
little
more
of
a
handoff?
Well.
F
I
would
tell
you
that,
while
we
don't
have
a
solution
for
that
today,
that
is
the
topic
of
a
number
of
conversations
that
the
Cape
team
has
been
undertaking.
They
have
been
sort
of
the
center
of
gravity
for
a
lot
of
these,
the
tools
and
the
relationships
with
the
outside
partners,
so
those
conversations
are
taking
place
while
we
don't
have
a
solution
yet
we're
hopeful.
Okay,.
A
And
I'll
just
follow
up
on
that
I
mean
I.
Think
it's
great.
If
we
can
get
that
seamless
communication
getting
those
outside
parties
to
actually
respond
and
do
something,
it's
a
whole
other
issue.
But
it's
nice
if
it's
clear
to
people
who's
responsible,
at
least
and
I-
guess
just
I'm
interested
in
the
whole
metro.
So
it's
25
percent
of
using
that
how
many
people
are
doing
it
on
a
combination
of
online
and
the
app
now
when
they
come
in
as
opposed
to
phone
calls.
Do
you
know,
as.
L
Opposed
to
phone
calls
I,
don't
know,
I,
think
the
stat.
From
last
year
we
had
about
8,000
submittals
from
residence
des
also
uses
the
tool
internally
when
they
get
requests
as
well.
But
but
residents
submitted
items
about
8,000
I,
don't
know
how
that
compares
to
phone
calls
and
that
8,000
includes
through
the
mobile
app
and
the
corresponding
website
yeah,
and
to
me
I.
A
We
will
see
more
and
more
and
one
of
my
overall
questions
and
I
know:
Marc
you
presented
I,
think
it's
Civ
Fed
right
and
when
you
were
rolling
this
out,
are
we
continuing
to
work
on
kind
of
pushing
this
out
a
lot
because
I
think
what
happens?
Is
you
push
it
out?
Some
people
see
it
and
they're
all
yet,
but
you
have
to
you
know,
repeat
it
I'm
sure
we're
doing
that,
but
I'd
be
interested
in
a
brief
summary.
The
efforts
we're
doing
on
that
and
then
also
not
now
but
over
time.
A
E
One
thing
we'll
get
back
to
you
with
is
a
trend
line
on
the
number
of
people
that
are
using
both
report,
a
problem
and
I
think
we
can
do
the
counts.
On
my
Arlington
at
my
Arlington
and
the
my
Arlington
project,
app
the
on
the
project
apt
itself,
we
did
a
big
push
out.
This
was
two
months
ago
when
it
when
it
came
out
and
I
did
a
video,
we
did
lots
of
outreach
to
the
civic
associations
and
sieve
Fed,
but
it
requires
constant
attention.
E
We
want
to
encourage
people
to
use
these
tools,
but
at
the
same
time
we've
had
an
ongoing
debate
as
long
as
I've
been
in
the
county
about
whether
we
should
be
moving
to
a
3-1-1
approach,
in
other
words,
with
one
number
where
people
call
and
I
think
that
there's
you
can
see
that
there
are
difficulties
and
even
something
as
simple
as
what
we're
doing
getting
there.
But
there's
another
school
of
thought
that
says
no
door
is
the
wrong
door,
which
is
the
way
some
of
our
residents
approach.
It
and
I
absolutely
respect
that.
E
A
I
know
we
will
I'd,
you
do
have
to
keep
reporting
and
particularly
the
report.
A
problem
to
me
is
the
perfect
partnership
between
the
county
and
our
citizens,
because
we
can't
be
watching
every
single
street
light.
Every
single
pot
hole
every,
but
there
are
people
out
there
who
know
and
they
actually
make
it
so
that
we
can
perform.
You
know
better
service
and
it's
a
real
partnership,
so
I
think
that's,
that's
great
I
think
that's
it.
A
On
the
we
talked
a
lot
about
privacy
on
the
FOIA
and
I
I
find
myself
also,
which
I
know
with
it's
the
whole
security
thing
I
mean
you
and
I
know
we're
careful
about
it.
But
people
need
to
be
sort
of
cognizant
about
that.
Even
our
our
citizens
sometimes
know
we
don't
want
to
put
everything
up
there,
because
we
don't
want
the
whole
world
to
know
everything
all
the
time
and
you
have
to
be
have
to
be
kind
of
cautious
about
that
as
well.
I
think
that's
it
for
the
woman
thanks.
M
Chair
to
hopefully
very
quick
questions,
the
first
is
so
I
think
I
understood
that
we
last
year
had
about
8,000
incidents
on
the
report
upon
roughly
that's
close
enough
and
and
I'm
sure.
We've
got
all
kinds
of
metrics
on
response
rate,
how
quickly
they
were
closed
and
how
we
did.
You
know
how
we
did
right,
but
do
we
have
do
we
track
the
reopen
rate,
in
other
words,
item
items
that
were
closed
that
then
had
to
be
reopened.
M
L
M
L
M
Only
reason
I
bring
it
up
is
I
think
that
there
is
a
rule
of
thumb
here
right
that
if
you
don't
measure
it,
it
doesn't
count,
but
there's
also
the
flip
side
of
that.
If
that,
if
you
measure
it,
sometimes
that's
all
that
counts
and
people
figure
out
ways
to
game
it
on
both
sides
of
it.
So
it's
a
very
delicate
balance,
but
I
do
think
in
terms
of
that.
If
we're
concerned,
because
I'd
be
interested
to
know,
what's
the
reopen
rate
on
those
8,000
items,
I've
also
heard
sort
of
anecdotally
and
experienced
myself.
M
As
mr.
Dorsey
pointed
out,
the
you
know
that
something
is
closed,
but
yet
it
really
wasn't
really
resolved,
and
you
can,
you
know,
and
sometimes
I
think
you
I
could
picture
this-
that
somebody
just
doesn't
know
what
to
do
with
it,
so
the
oil
I'll
just
close
it
and
hope
it
goes
away
right,
I,
don't
know.
If
that
happens,
maybe
it
does.
Maybe
it
doesn't
I,
don't
know
how
significant
that
problem
is
so
I
would
encourage
us
to
look
at
that
reopen
rate
and
see.
If
that's
not
saying
mr.
Mangum
did
you
want
to
add.
K
K
It's
a
asset
management
system
in
a
work
order
system
in
a
perfect
example
of
a
reopen
that
we're
following
and
I've
tasked
my
team
with
looking
closely
is
patches
utility
patches
and
going
back
systematically
and
checking
to
see
if
they're,
settling
or
not,
and
if
we
need
to
get
back
out
there
again
and
on
the
arterials
to
be
different.
If
heavy
trucks
or
buses
are
pounding
them,
then
typically
we
have
to
go
out,
but
it's
a
way
of
judging
the
quality
of
our
patch
repair
on
a
residential
street
tip.
K
M
And
I
appreciate
that
you're
doing
that
kind
of
follow-up,
that's
the
sort
of
deep
thinking
that
I
think
is
very
important.
So
thank
you
for
that.
I
have
a
another
one.
Other
question:
a
little
different
topic
are
any
of
these
tools
available
in
foreign
language
and
could
take
advantage
of
Google
Translate
or
some
other
tool
like
that
that
make
them
accessible
in
other
languages.
I.
H
L
M
I
L
M
And
then,
in
my
follow
up
to
that
would
be
as
have
we
sort
of
tested
that
out,
because
sometimes
how
its
coded
comes
up
affects
the
quality
of
the
Google
Translation
and
in
terms
of,
and
so
it
might
be,
a
relatively
less
resource-intensive
effort
to
make
sure
that
it's
Google
Translate
friendly.
But.
D
Mr.
Getchell
ask
one
more
question
and
then
we'll
move
on
to
the
back
half
of
the
presentation
which
is
actually
about
the
map.
The
the
projects
web
page
I
recently
received
some
feedback
from
a
neighborhood
leader
in
Penrose
and
how
widespread
this
was,
but
she
really
had
a
lot
of
trouble
with
the
geolocation
services,
particularly
when
you
get
into
a
sort
of
single-family
neighborhood,
less
dense
levels
that
they're
not
as
accurate,
particularly
if
there
might
be
you
know
a
project
on
a
small
property.
D
You
know
the
the
navigation
dots
are
taking
you
to
places
that
don't
quite
match
the
addresses
or
it
says
nothing's
happening,
and
then
you
zoom
out
and
see
something
happening
for
streets
over.
But
you
know
it's
in
your
neighborhood
etc.
Is
that
a
piece
of
feedback
you've
heard
from
others
is
there?
Is
that
I've
been
identified
at
all
as
an
area
for
improvement,
or
is
that
in
your
experience
of
one-off
yeah,.
L
We've
had
a
few
isolated
things
where
the
mapping
was
a
little
bit
off
it's
without
having
the
specific
item
that
they're
looking
for
that
they're
not
seen
it's
it's
hard
to
troubleshoot
we've
had
a
couple
of
those,
and
my
DTS
appears
I
think
are
in
the
audience
now
they
can
maybe
add
to
that.
But
we've
only
we've
had
a
couple
and
then
we've
been
able
to
go
back
and
adjust
things
so
no
wide
scope
patterns
or.
L
F
So
I
think
it's
safe
to
say
that
anybody
who's
asking
for
a
piece
of
information
for
them.
In
that
moment,
that's
the
most
important
request.
That's
out
there,
but
I
think
it's
also
safe
to
say
that
there
isn't
an
area
of
of
government
transparency
that
that
means
more
to
the
to
the
masses
of
people.
N
Afternoon,
so
what
we
have
today
is
not
much
there's
there's
data
out
on
the
website
that
contains
budget
and
actual
information
for
each
department.
It's
a
static
data
set.
We
update
every
month,
it's
what
we
could
do
with
the
tools
we
have
today,
but
what's
coming
next,
is
much
more
exciting
and
I
can't
show
you
the
actual
tool,
though
I'll
be
really
excited
to
do
it
once
we're
under
contract
award.
N
We
are
in
contract
negotiations
right
now,
so
you
can
have
to
use
your
imagination
a
little
bit
so
this
the
data
that
we'll
be
able
to
display
is
both
general
ledger
data,
which
is
you
know,
actual
versus
budget.
So
imagine
you
see
a
pie
chart
with
all
departments
of
the
county
and
how
they
make
up
the
budget.
You
click
on
des
brings
down
all
the
divisions
under
des
transportation
facilities,
design,
water
sewer
streets.
Then
you
can
click
on
it
and
it'll.
N
So
we
wouldn't
want
to
display
information
that
is
relative,
illegal
litigation.
We
wouldn't
want
to
display
public
safety
investigation
investigative
data
we
wouldn't
want
to
display
folks
receiving
public
benefit,
HIPAA
related
data.
So
it's
going
to
take
and
it's
gonna
take
time
and
it's
gonna
be
an
implemented,
phased
approach
as
we
work
with
each
of
the
departments
to
make
sure
we're
displaying
appropriate
data.
As
you
said
earlier,
mrs.
Garvey,
the
security
is
really
important.
The
sensitivity
to
the
data
we
display.
We
have
some
unknowns.
N
We
don't
know
what
the
kind
of
call
volume
this
is
going
to
generate.
We
didn't
add
headcount
to
support
this.
It
could
be
more
could
be
less
I've
talked
to
jurisdictions
that
have
said
both.
Sometimes
the
questions
that
come
in
as
a
result
are
more
pointed
rather
than
broader,
as
they
were
previously.
N
We
don't
know
what
the
research
is
gonna
entail.
We
don't
know
how
people
might
take
data
out
of
context,
and
then
we
have
to
come
back
and
help
them
rear,
Ekans,
I'll,
really
not
on
if
they
didn't
understand
the
program
or
or
what
that
data
means
us
having
to
then
explain
it
to
them.
So
it's
gonna
be
phased.
It's
gonna
is
gonna.
Take
time
to
work
through
this.
Our
next
steps
are
to
obviously
finalize
the
contract
award,
develop
a
work
plan
milestones
in
a
timeframe.
N
I
think
the
manager
is
committed
to
us
implementing
that
this
year
we
have
to
develop
the
interfaces
we
have
to
work
with
the
departments.
We
have
to
train
folks
and
we
have
to
test.
Obviously
so
it's
it's
gonna
be
terrific
and
I'm.
Looking
forward
to
when
we
have
once
we've
awarded
the
contract
that
we
can
sit
down
and
show
you
an
actual
demo
point
to
you
to
some
of
the
other
jurisdictions
that
are
using
it,
and
you
can
see
what
neat
things
they've
done,
because
everybody
does
it
a
little
differently
happy
to
answer
questions.
C
B
I'm
is
Meredith.
Thank
you
very
much,
definitely
very
very
exciting.
Is
it
possible
at
all
to
refine
that
the
time
frame
you
think
we're
looking
at
for
for
being
able
to
go,
live
and
meaningful
on
on
the
new
budget
information
I
mean
it
clearly,
it's
it's
going
to
be
too
late
for
this
next
budget
cycle,
but
are
we
pretty
optimistic
that
for
the
fiscal
20
budget
cycle
and
and
just
if
you
could
speak
to
that
and
also
will
will
this
program
also
allow
meaningful
and
manipulative
data
access
in
in
the
in
the
CIP
context?
One.
N
Of
the
categories
you
will
be
able
to
drill
down
on
is
capital
projects,
so
not
the
entire.
You
can't
say,
show
me
the
CIP,
but
those
projects
that
are
actively
have
a
budget
and
that
are
actively
in
progress
and
have
actuals
you'll
be
able
to
drill
down
on
them
now.
Data
doesn't
magically
tie
itself
together.
If
you
have
a
project
that
has
a
phase
one,
a
phase,
2
phase,
3
and
they're
coded
differently
in
the
system,
you
may
have
to
weave
that
together
yourself,
you
won't
necessarily
it
may
not
all
sit
in
one
place.
N
N
N
Spent
a
lot
of
time,
considering
that
point
honestly,
if
the
system
will
allow
multiple
any
number
of
years
back,
we
have
to
look
at
the
data
how
much
the
data
has
changed
new.
If
we've
done
any
reorg
Sauveur
time,
then
the
trends
are
going
to
be
skewed,
because
you
won't
have
the
apples
to
apples
right.
B
I
Yeah
I
mean
I'm,
excited
and
and
intrigued,
and
also
terrified
by
this
at
the
same
time,
just
because
the
reporting
functions
will
you
know,
I
think
lead
to
a
lot
of
conclusions
which
may
not
necessarily
reflect
you,
know,
contextual
pictures,
so
I'm
just
concerned
about
how
we're
going
to
deal
with
that.
If
we're
gonna
have
some
upfront
disclaimers
that
very
clearly
advise
of
limitations
or
the
the
limited
way
in
which
people
should.
I
H
J
N
I
It
could
be
extremely
benign.
You
know,
people
seeing
you
know,
trying
to
match
up
expenditures
which
we're
a
project
is
a
completion
and
determining
whether
or
not
it's
over
under
budget,
and
you
know
it
all,
just
not
necessarily
coming
together
so
neatly
and
I'm.
Just
we're
seeing
a
world
where
we're
going
to
be
doing
a
lot
of
explaining
it.
N
Could
be
a
charge
that
somebody
just
doesn't
understand.
Many
many
years
ago
there
was
a
p-card
charge
for
a
program
for
the
over
55
for
the
senior
program
where
tickets
were
purchased
to
an
event
or
to
a
lunch,
and
somebody
assumed
that
was
fraud.
We
were
buying
tickets
to
a
restaurant.
You
know
paying
a
meal
at
a
restaurant.
Well,
actually
the
the
residents
had
all
paid
it.
It
was
that
they
had
paid
us.
We
were
paying
the
vendor
in
one.
I
D
Know
I
mr.
Dorsey
I
really
wouldn't
associate
myself
of
those
concerns,
and
you
know
some
of
this
is
assumption
of
mal-intent.
There
will
always
be
data
to
substantiate
that
some
of
it
too,
though,
is
I,
mean
these
are
questions
around
data
literacy
right,
one
of
the
things
I
think
about
and
some
of
our
human
services
type
partnerships
is
one
of
the
interesting
things
we
see,
often
in
public
health.
D
You
know
whether
it's
sexual
assault
or
mental
health
issues,
sometimes
an
increase
in
reporting,
can
actually
be
a
good
sign,
because
it
means
that
the
behavior
the
incident
has
been
D
stigmatized
and
that
becomes
a
sort
of
data
literacy.
How
do
we
read
the
data
and
how
do
we
think
about
trends?
I?
Do
wonder
if
this
is
something
within
the
scope
of
the
open
data
working
group.
If
we
want
to
think
about
using
the
release
of
this
more
financial
open
data
as
an
opportunity
to
help
educate
ourselves.
D
This
is
a
incredibly
highly
educated
community,
with
probably
quite
a
few
data
scientists
among
us
who
might
have
some
interest
in
helping
us
think
about
what
kind
of
communications
we
make
out
to
the
to
to
those
who
might
be
engaging
with
this
data
set.
Although
I
don't
know
that
any
of
that
forecloses
the
future
mr.
Dorsey
has
predicted
for
us
and
I
think
we,
we
might
do
well
to
all
steal
ourselves.
A
Miss
crystal
I'll
just
add
a
little
bit
to
that.
Hopefully
there'll
be
a
flurry
and
then
the
fact
that
we're
so
transparent
will
reassure
people.
What
we're
trying
to
do
is
actually
increase
trust
in
government,
so
hopefully
there
might
be
a
flurry
at
first,
but
then
people
will
sort
of
settle
down
and
they'll.
You
know
realize
that
they
can
trust
us
and
it
really
is
all
right
out
there
for
them
to
see
that.
E
M
E
F
We
good
on
financial
data.
If
we
are
then
I
would
like
to
have
Jamie
leaves
who
is
from
our
Department
of
technology
services.
Jamie
is
a
process
and
data
analysis
manager
and
is
really
taking
the
lead
on
a
lot
of
these
efforts.
With
regard
to
how
we're
using
data
we've
already
talked
a
little
bit
about
the
open
data
advisory
group
and
I'm
gonna
turn
over
to
Jamie
she's,
going
to
talk
about
the
Oh
dag
as
it's
become
known,
as
well
as
our
open
portal
and
some
of
the
ways
that
we're
using
data.
O
Thank
you
again
good
afternoon.
I
am
here
in
the
capacity
as
the
staff
liaison
for
the
open
data
advisory
group
and
also
the
chair
for
the
internal
data
steering
group
that
you
heard
about
earlier.
The
county
manager
established
the
open
data
Advisory
Group
in
April
last
year,
in
an
effort
to
hear
what
constituents
wanted
from
open
data.
There
is
a
sense
of
publishing
everything,
but
even
that
everything
should
be
in
prioritized
and
efficient
manner.
The
chair
of
the
group
Jason
Thomas,
is
a
professional
data
user
and
a
personal
data
user.
O
He
very
much
wished
to
be
here
today,
but
is
traveling
for
work
right
now.
He
sent
a
video
introduction
to
himself
and
to
the
work
that
the
group
has
done,
which
had
some
technical
difficulties,
so
those
that
are
interested
we'd
be
happy
to
share
that
message
with
you.
We
do
have
one
member
of
the
group
in
person
Duke
banks
of
the
Civic
Federation.
He
has
attended
every
meeting
and
and
contributes
very
significantly.
O
The
group
has
been
working
on
recommendations
and
the
four
meetings
we
have
had
so
far
and
plan
to
have
in
our
March
meeting
the
synopsis
of
those.
What
are
we
going
to
do
with
those
and
how
to
bring
them
to
the
county
manager
and
what
work
needs
to
be
done?
The
group
also
serves
as
a
champion
of
open
data
usage
and
we
are
starting
to
see
how
they
are
using
the
open
data
portal.
O
One
person
developed
the
I
found
a
dog
app
that
uses
the
recently
published
dog
license
information
where
you
can
put
in
the
license
number
and
get
back
the
address
of
the
owner
and
be
able
to
hopefully
connect.
If
you
didn't
see
a
poster
so
we're
starting
to
see
more
engagement
like
that,
and
there
was
a
lot
of
interaction
about
how
we
might
take
that
further,
in
coordination
with
the
treasurer's
office
and
pictures
of
the
dog
and
so
on.
So
that
is
the
open
data
advisory
group.
O
So
one
of
the
very
first
recommendations
of
the
open
data
advised
group
was
also
a
recommendation
of
the
data
steering
group
that
it
is
difficult
to
know
when
you
are
done.
If
you
do
not
know
what
you
have
and
what
status
it
is
and
in
publication.
So
recently,
in
November,
the
county
manager
authorized
the
creation
of
a
phase
1
of
a
data
inventory.
What
assets
do
we
have
and
are
those
assets
containing
information
and
public
information
that
could
be
published?
This
will
go
to
at
least
two
outputs.
O
That's
in
open
data
is
the
open
data
portal,
so
this
is
a
public
website
available
from
the
county's
website
launched
in
February
2016,
and
it
has
about
185
data
sets
in
it.
Now
we
just
published
in
January
all
of
the
park
reservation
data,
so
usage
of
tennis-courts
fields
of
all
types.
This
is
a
very,
very
large
data
set
and
a
very
proactive
move
to
get
this
information
out.
O
The
open
data
portal
has
tools
that
allow
you
to
browse
by
category
communicate
community
and
Recreation,
and
such
public
works.
You
also
can
search
by
a
data
catalogue.
This
was
something
the
open
data
Advisory
Group
had
asked.
If
you
don't
know
how
it's
categorized
can
I
just
search
for
it
and
get
a
link
to
it
and
that's
what
that
tool
does
you
can
receive
through
the
blog
what
data
sets
have
been
published
and
when
they,
the
most
recent
information,
and
you
can
also
request
a
data
set,
there
are
businesses
good.
O
There
are
a
number
of
data
set
requests
coming
in
and
they
take
from
10
minutes
to
that
County
data
to
several
months
to
process,
depending
on
the
complexity
of
the
data,
but
we
are
working
through
those.
We
recently
applied
some
additional
project
management
staff
to
working
through
those
requests
and
have
five
scheduled
for
February
and
two
already
scheduled
for
March
publication.
F
Thank
You
Jamie
Jamie's
gonna
stay
with
us
for
a
minute.
While
we
move
on
to
leveraging
data,
and
for
this
we
have
a
couple
of
examples
of
how
we're
using
data
within
the
county,
and
so
we
have
with
us
today.
Michael
Dharma
Arwen
from
the
Department
of
Human,
Services
and
mate
wetland
from
the
Department
of
Environmental,
Services
and
Michael
Dharma
is
going
to
start
with
an
example
of
how
DHS
is
using
data
with
regard
to
child
care.
Thank.
J
You
so
to
help
the
Arlington
County
child
care
initiative,
workgroup
and
leadership
round
table
prepare
an
action
plan
for
community
input.
The
Department
of
Human
Services
completed
a
detailed
analysis
of
data
related
to
Arlington's
demographics,
workforce
risk
factors,
school
readiness
and
child
care
resources.
One
of
one
persistent
question
that
the
work
with
when
roundtable
opposed
during
this
process
was
what
percentage
of
license
child
daycare
slots
are
actually
used.
This
is
a
key
question
for
planning
purposes,
but
there's
no
definitive
data
source
to
answer
it
because
every
provider
maintains
enrollment
data
on
their
own
independently.
J
Dhs
was
able
to
leverage
inspection
data.
However,
to
provide
some
insight
into
this
question,
the
child
care
licensing
office
visits
each
licensed
provider
twice
per
year.
On
the
day
of
that
visit,
the
staff
record,
the
providers
license
capacity,
the
number
of
children
enrolled
and
the
number
actually
in
attendance.
These
are
point
in
time,
samples
that
are
influenced
by
a
lot
of
factors
such
as
seasonal
variation,
staffing
levels
and
fluctuations
in
demand,
but
in
aggregate
the
data
showed
that
age,
eighty-two
percent
of
licensed,
not
the
child
day,
centers
and
family
day
homes
were
utilized.
P
P
These
a
a
very
good
example
of
this
is
the
LEED
Platinum
certification
that
was
recently
awarded.
That
was
done,
you
mainly
with
the
air
group,
and
also
facilities
to
actually
get
information
and
data
from
facilities
to
then
increase
operational
efficiencies
or
efficiencies
in
buildings.
This
is
a
an
example
of
that.
As
the
libraries
over
with
using
this
data,
we
have
reduced
the
consumption
of
energy
by
25
percent.
This
isn't
this:
is
it
changing
out
things
such
as
air
handlers
or
boilers?
F
Good,
thank
you
all
and
now
Jamie's
gonna
wind
it
up
with
a
little
bit
of
information
about
sharing
and
through
collaboration.
We've
already
talked
a
little
bit
about
what's
going
on
within
the
county,
but
we
actually
have
a
number
of
external
partners
too,
and
some
really
exciting
projects
on
the
horizon.
So
Jamie
and.
O
Partnership
is
really
the
key
to
using
data.
It's
it's
context.
It's
broader
insight.
Partnerships
are
key
to
every
aspect
of
this.
We
are
building
partnerships
to
make
sure
we
are
working
on
the
highest
priority
things
to
make
sure
we
are
getting
impactful
outcomes
from
the
limited
resources
that
we
can
dedicate
in
turn.
Externally,
of
course,
we're
engaging
the
community
through
the
open
data
advisory
group,
that
is
a
public
open
meeting.
O
E
One
thing
I
did
want
to
add,
which
I
think
touches
upon
a
question
that
was
raised
earlier.
You
were
talking
about
the
open
data
portal,
and
so
we
don't
live
in
a
perfect
world
that,
as
more
as
more
information
populates
the
open
data
portal,
there
could
be
a
convergence
at
some
point
where
people
won't
have
to
submit
Freedom
of
Information
requests
because
there's
more
raw
data
out
there.
That
allows
them
to
do
that.
So
you
know
I,
think
I,
think
our
goal.
There
were
two
goals
and
putting
the
FOIA
page
up.
E
One
was
to
help
people
realize
that
if
someone
else
has
already
asked
the
question,
they
need
not
ask
it
and
actually
providing
more
descriptive
information
about
what
those
addresses
are
will
be
helpful
and
providing
further
information
on
that.
But
the
other
point
would
be
that
and
we've
I've
had
conversations
with
some
people
have
said
you
know
what
I
really
want
to
know
is
I
want
to
know
every
county.
This
is
one
of
the
people.
E
We're
not
quite
there
yet
on
that
set
of
data.
But
there
should
be
a
convergence
point
where
this
actually
starts
paying.
Well,
we
start
getting
paid
back
for
the
amount
of
effort
we're
putting
in
the
other
thing.
I
did
want
to
mention,
which
is
that
we
have
for
Jamie
and
her
group.
There
were
staff
added
I,
think
in
the
last
budget,
or
was
the
two
budgets
ago
contractor
after
the
contractor
two
budgets
ago,
but
everything
else
we're
doing
is
additional
work
which
we're
doing
as
duties
as
assigned
we
haven't
set
aside.
E
So
we're
not
going
as
quickly
as
any
of
us
would
like,
but
it's
an
other
duty
as
assigned
kind
of
tasks,
and
the
last
point
I
wanted
to
make-
and
you
can
see
by
Michael
and
by
by
Nate's
point
here-
is
I've
tasked
each
department
to
take
cast
a
wary
eye
on
all
the
information.
They
have
pretend
that
they
were
consumers
of
the
data,
be
critical
of
their
own
sets
of
data
and
say
what
is
it
that
you
could
if
you
were
a
curious
and
inquiring
individual
in
the
public?
E
What
is
it
looking
at
your
data
that
you
wouldn't
want
to
know?
So
it's
it's
actually
falls
into
the
category
and
it
it's
not
meant
to
be
combative
here
by
the
best.
The
the
best
defense
is
a
good
offense,
in
other
words,
take
a
look
at
our
data
and
see
what
kind
of
connections
you
would
draw
that
other
people
might
draw
so
that
we
can
provide
the
context
when
other
people
draw
those
kinds
of
connections,
and
so
with
that,
we
open
it
up
to
any
other
general
questions.
You
might
have.
B
Yes,
that
slide
and
then
recall,
slide
7,
which
is
the
app
where
somebody
can
go
on
into
their
neighborhood
and
and
click
on,
and
and
look
at
the
status
of
an
NC
project,
for
example,
or
you
know,
or
any
other
sort
of
public
worker
project.
My
question
is:
can
can
what
we
confined
on
slide
7
already
and
what
may
be
available
through
the
open
data
portal
on
12?
How
can
these
talk
to
each
other?
So,
for
example,
I?
B
We
none
of
us
will
forget
I
guess
it
was
a
couple
years
ago
now,
when
there
was
an
application
for
a
certain
firearm
store
in
Lyon
Park,
and
you
know
and
and
and
the
neighborhood
understandably
felt
you
know.
Where
was
the
notification?
How
could
we
find
out
about
this,
but
I
mean
it's
not
just
things
like
that?
It
could
be.
You
know,
a
new
construction
project,
a
site
plan
application,
a
new
bar
or
restaurant,
something
like
that.
B
Is
there
a
way
for
us
to
to
aggregate
and
perhaps
ultimately
push
out
to
the
community
those
types
of
applications,
those
types
of
pending
activities
on
a
neighbourhood
basis,
so
that
they
wouldn't
have
to
click
on,
for
example,
to
you
know,
I,
don't
know
pick
one
Public,
Works
housing
and
building
and
so
forth,
but
rather
this
type
of
data
could
be
somehow
integrated
or
aggregated
onto
the
projects
website.
Maybe
we
call
it
something
else.
Am
I
making
myself
some
my
understandable
here
clear.
O
Thank
you,
I
think,
there's
a
lot
of
opportunity
to
do
that
and
I
think.
That's
specifically
the
charge
of
the
open
data,
Advisory
Group,
to
define
that
there's
an
infinite
number
of
combinations
that
could
be
done,
which
ones
are
imminently
useful
needed
now
for
topical
discussions
or
just
generally
and
forward-looking.
So
I
think
this
set
is
intended
to.
We
have
two
opportunities:
one
is
owned:
property
information
all
of
these
datasets.
O
Many
of
these
datasets
are
a
place,
a
geographical
location,
and
so
many
of
these
datasets
can
already
be
connected,
and
given
that
the
other
opportunity
is
the
context
or
the
data
analysis
and
the
presentation,
I
can
say
that
one
response
I
hear
regularly
when
I'm
reaching
out,
maybe
for
a
data
set
request
is
but
people
won't
might
not
understand
the
data
or
use
it
like.
We
were
speaking
earlier
about
the
financial
data
and
my
reaction
or
response
is
to
say
post
the
data
and
then
post
how
he
used
it.
O
It
share
with
the
community
what
you
did
with
it
share
your
own
graphics
and
your
own
analyses
that
say
how
you
arrived
at
this
conclusion
or
the
decision
making
process.
Whatever
the
topic
is,
the
technology
has
advanced
very
swiftly
in
the
last
few
years,
so
much
more
as
possible
than
was,
but
each
one
of
these
efforts
has
to
be
thoughtful
and
considered
too.
O
If
you
have
tennis
court
reservations
and
they
show
reservations
at
six
o'clock
in
the
morning,
that's
because
staff
reserved
the
court
if
they're
doing
maintenance,
but
somebody
could
look
at
it
and
say
why
is
the
county
accepting
money
for
a
reservation
at
six
when
they
don't
start
until
8?
So
you
have
to
manage
your
information
as
and
your
message
in
addition
to
providing
the
raw
data
and
I
think
one
without
the
other
will
will
lead
to
unfortunate
conversations
that
could
have
been
avoided
with
the
content.
E
One
other
thing,
I
wanted
to
add
I,
think
part
of
what
the
distinction
you're
making
is
between
the
push
and
pull
of
information.
So
it's
sometimes
asking
a
lot
for
a
resident
who
lives
at
a
certain
address
to
go,
even
though
I'm
very
proud
of
the
my
Arlington
app,
because
something
that
you
know
we
can
pian
that
for
a
lot
of
people,
the
best
situation
would
be
if
they
signed
up,
and
they
said
you
know.
E
E
The
other
thing
about
the
gun,
the
gun
shop
very
specifically,
and
the
data
the
way
that
data
is
captured
on
the
permit
applications-
and
this
is
somewhat
a
function
of
our
one-stop
permit
application,
which
is
the
data
fields,
were
not
separable
by
and
didn't
have
the
the
subtype
of
you
know
gun
shop
by
itself.
It
was
described
in
a
much
broader
category.
So,
even
if
you
had
the
push
notification,
you
might
not
have
unless
you
actually
spent
the
time
to
go
in
and
look
at
the
underlying
PDF
file
known
about
it.
E
B
I
appreciate
MS
leads
your
your
comments
and
your
enterprise
and
creativity.
So
just
one
more
general
question,
so
I
mentioned
the
the
sunlight
foundation
a
little
earlier
and
the
31
metrics
has
has
staff
looked
at
those
metrics
in
terms
of
what
we
already
a
do
or
adhere
to
and
and
what
we
may
have
pending,
and
the
staff
think
that
anyone
of
any
of
these
31
metrics
may
be
problematic,
for
any
reason,
are
not
appropriate
to
do
and
I'm
not
going
to
rattle
them
off.
O
O
We
have
an
approach
or
a
recent
to
all
of
them,
some
of
which
is
full
steam
ahead,
some
of
which
is
later,
some
of
which
I
think
there
are
a
handful
that
seem
either
not
applicable
or
just
simply
not
within
our
reach
at
this
time.
But
that
is
the
the
metrics.
If
you're
going
to
be
in
data-
and
you
cannot
measure
how
you're
doing
then
you
you've
sort
of
missed
the
boat,
so
I
think
having
the
sunlight
foundation
to
guide
us
and
provide
us
with
starting
measures
has
been
great.
B
A
Thank
you,
so
I
pretended
I
was
interested
in
filing
a
FOIA
request.
No
I
wouldn't
I
put
in
on
the
search,
how
to
file
a
FOIA
request
and
a
website,
and
it
bounces
up,
as
it
usually
does,
with
this
whole
list
of
things
that
look
like
press
releases.
That's
another
issue
for
our
web,
be
nice
of
it
like
took
me
to
the
page,
but
it
doesn't,
and
it's
not
obvious
the
page
is
there
to
click,
but
then
I
click
on
I,
look
at
it
and
there's
nothing
there.
A
That
says,
if
you're
thinking
of
filing
a
FOIA
request,
you
might
want
to
check
our
open
data
port
and
see.
What
is
there
you
might
want
to
see
is
has
a
file
date.
You
know.
Has
this
been
filed,
so
I
think
we
need
to
do
a
little
bit
of
reworking
that'll
leverage,
what
what
we're
doing
already
so
I,
just
kind
of
throw
that
out
that.
O
Has
recently
come
to
light
and
I
won't
speak
on
the
FOIA
side,
but
we
just
made
that
suggestion
to,
and
it
goes
in
both
directions.
We
start
to
dive
into
a
data
set
request
only
to
realize
it
has
also
been
submitted
as
a
FOIA
request
simultaneously,
and
so
it
that
only
bumps
into
each
other.
When
you
say
oh,
we
both
hit
the
right
person
to
speak
to
to
start
the
conversation,
so
I
think
going
in
both
directions
is
is,
is
a
new
conversation
part
of
our
learning
experience.
O
O
C
I
I
Mobile
app,
which
I
think
is
just
called
Arlington
Va
if
you
pull
it
off
in
the
story,
that's
that's
not
important,
but
the
the
app
itself
is
not
linked
to
on
the
prop
on
the
the
web
page
for
the
report,
a
problem
tool
so
or
at
least
it
may
not
be
it
may
be
available
in
on
the
desktop
version,
but
certainly
not
on
the
mobile
version.
So,
if
you're
looking
on
the
mobile
website
for
a
reporter
problem,
you
can't
find
any
way
to
actually
get
an
app
that
will
provide
you
with
that
functionality.
I
These
are
a
couple
of
big
picture
questions,
so
the
vendor
for
report,
a
problem
and
I
think
it's
the
same
vendor
for
my
Arlington
I,
guess,
they're
now
called
Axela
or
X
ela
or,
however
you
pronounce
it
just.
Can
you
give
us
a
sense
of
how
that
relationship
has
been
as
that
company
has
evolved
and
whether
or
not
we've
done
a
risk
analysis
to
see
whether
we
are
vulnerable
to
them
becoming
acquired
going
out
of
business?
Can
we
have
redundant
functionality
in
the
event
of
catastrophe.
L
They
are
owned
by
Axela.
They
were
purchased
I,
think
in
the
last
couple
years,
public
stuff
purchased
by
us
all.
They
are
now
branded
Excel,
a
CRM
I,
don't
they
are
continuing
the
product
as
far
as
we
know,
right
now,
I
will
say
that
there
are
some
features
that
we
would
like
to
see
added
that
have
not
been
added
that
I,
don't
know
if
we'll
get
them
dad
or
not.
For
example,
completed.
L
We
would
like
to
have
different
types
of
responses
that
we
give
to
people.
Perhaps
one
of
those
might
be
referred
in
the
case
of
Dominion
lights
instead
of
saying
something's
completed,
it
could
say
referred
right.
We
have
not
yet
been
able
to
get
that
through
that
tool.
Maybe
it'll
come
with
a
different
tool.
I
think
that's
something
to
look
at.
I
I,
don't
I
mean
I.
Think
Excel
is
supporting
the
product.
If
we
have
issues
that
are
you
know,
yeah
they're
there
supporting
it
anything
that
is
not
working.
I
L
Would
say
that
there
are
other
vendors
out
there
that
offer
that
type
of
service
we
looked
at
some
several
years
ago.
Some
of
those
are
still
in
existence
or
there
there
are
competing
products
and
technologies
and
capability.
So
I,
don't
think
it's
the
kind
of
thing
where
you
couldn't
find
something
to
replace
what
we
currently
have
and.
I
L
E
Q
Q
I
mean
technically
it's
possible,
and
this
has
come
up
in
the
past.
Also,
it's
just
I
think
that
at
that,
at
that
time
the
timing
was
well.
There
are
a
lot
of
vendors
out
there
who
have
the
product.
Why
do
we
want
to
invest
our
own
time
into
building?
What's
there
that's
already
out
there,
so
it
hasn't
been
raised
as
a
high
priority,
but
if
that's,
what
would
be
it
technically
sure
functionality
can
be
built?
Could.
Q
L
The
report,
a
problem
tool,
is
actually
kind
of
a
light.
Crm
right,
there's
a
lot
of
complexity
behind
it
with
the
routing
of
items.
Each
individual
ticket
or
item
that
you
submit
has
its
own
different
variables
and
questions
that
are
submitted
with
that
and
then
on
the
back
end.
It
goes
to
different
people
and
even
within
that
there
are
different
routes
that
it
can
take
in
different
groups
that
it
can
send
to.
So
it
is
definitely
a
more
or
a
fairly
complex
product,
and
you
couldn't
just
build
that
overnight.
A
B
While
my
earlier
question
was
in
the
FOIA
context,
I'm
reminded
it
a
little
more
punching
around
that
we've
got
some
open
data
requests
dating
back
to
February
of
2016,
so
February
2016
capital
projects,
May
2016
trade
names,
10
2016,
and
this
is
surely
something
that
people
highly
covet:
Arlington
County
towing
data.
So
like
would
you
expect
these
to
be
working
themselves
through
the
queue?
B
O
The
process
is,
is
a
new
one
for
us,
but
the
attention
to
it
has
been
really
accelerated
since
November
when
we
dedicated
a
staff
member
to
open
data
project
management-
and
she
is
relentless
so,
but
even
still
with
relentless.
It
has
taken
a
few
months
to
get
these
to
bubble
up.
The
data
sets
that
I
mentioned
earlier
that
are
scheduled
for
February
and
March
are
open
data
set
requests
and
all
at
at
the
point
of
looking
at
a
backlog,
our
approach
was
to
start
with
the
newest
ones.
O
So
we
don't
continue
the
problem
and
then
work
our
way
backwards.
So,
unfortunately,
the
oldest
ones
are
getting
older,
but
in
two
years
with
no
follow-up,
maybe
they
are
less
relevant.
I,
don't
know,
I
can't
pick
and
choose
and
I'm
not
trying
to,
but
we
have
now
five
that
we
haven't
dug
into
out
of
the
35
or
so
and
will
by
March
they
will
have
a
contact
toe
data
we're
starting
next
week,
they've
identified
data.
O
B
O
So
so
the
open
data
Advisory
Group,
suggested
just
recently
that
we
add
some
text
at
that
front
page.
That
says
not
only
is
the
data
here,
but
if
you
want
to
know
about
a
dataset
request,
click
there's
more
information.
They
are
not
just
about
the
request,
but
about
the
actions
being
taken
on
it
and
we
will
that's
a
simple
change
able.
B
To
do
that,
that's,
terrific
and,
and
one
last
question
you
know
we
always
like
to
talk
about
best
practices
and
we
compare
ourselves
to
other
jurisdictions
all
the
time
and
it
seems
like
with
respect
to
open
data.
Montgomery
County
Maryland
is
the
you
know,
is
that
the
talisman,
and
so
could
you
maybe
speak
to
that
at
all
in
terms
of
what
we
might
be
borrowing
lifting
from
from
Montgomery
County,
and
is
that
it
really
is
that
a
good
comparison
or
a
good
aspiration?
B
O
O
We
don't
have
as
much
data
as
much
people
or
as
much
drive
for
that
information
up
to
now
in
our
last
year,
I
think
our
trajectory
has
been
a
sharp
angle
up
and
in
that
time
I
think
we
have
benefited
from
their
experience
to
say.
Well,
how
did
it
go?
And
let's
just
pick
the
stuff
that
went
really
well
and
and
follow
their
steps?
We
can
easily
learn
from
data
quality
data
security,
prioritization
methods,
things
like
that,
where
we
don't
have
to
do
that
work
ourselves
thanks.
N
I
As
we
consider
you
know,
I
appreciate
looking
at
other
other
places
that
are
due
the
job
and
we
can
we
can
model.
However,
you
know
and
I'm
not
gonna,
ask
that,
because
it's
gonna
seem
like
it's
discouraging
of
Montgomery,
County
and
I.
Don't
I
don't
mean
to,
but
for
us
is
we
think
about
the
amount
of
time
and
resources
that
we're
putting
into
it.
I
Just
from
your
assessment
are
we
are
we
right
sized
in
terms
of
having
an
efficient
approach
to
actually
delivering
on
a
being
responsive
to
requests,
while
also
devoting
the
appropriate
amount
of
time
to
not
only
getting
things
uploaded
but
doing
the
contextual
visuals
visualization
and
making
sure
that
it
does
communicate
very
clearly
to
other
people
beyond?
Just
simply
the
requester
that
it's
useful
in
a
broad
variety
of
circumstances?
Do
you
feel
like
we're
appropriately
sized
to
deliver
on
all
that?
We're
intending
to
do?
I
guess
is
the
short.
E
So
I
would
say
that
I
I
don't
feel
at
this
point
that
we
are
appropriately.
We
have
the
appropriate
level
of
resources
going
to
it.
I.
Don't
think
that
we
need
to
do
what
Montgomery
County
didn't
have
five
full
time:
staff,
I,
think
Jamie
and
her
group.
We
have
some
contract
support
and
we're
making
really
excellent
use
of
interns
and
we're
making
some
progress
there,
but
I
feel
like
we're
a
little
bit
under
resourced
there
at
the
the
other
place.
That
actually
causes
me
a
little
bit
more
anxiety.
E
What
is
it
that
we
can
do
for
the
data
to
make
use
for
our
mic
use
for
us
I
know
the
red
is
important.
We
serve
the
residents,
but
how
we
can
make
better
use
of
our
own
data
and
I
think
we
are
under-resourced
there
and
I
think
that
that
is
something
where
I'm
not
asking
to
ask
the
board
for
new
resources,
but
as
vacancies
occur
and
as
the
way
we
change
and
business.
You
know
five
years
ago,
open
data
wasn't
really
a
concept
that
we
hadn't,
embraced.
E
I
D
In
that,
mr.,
if
you
wouldn't
mind,
I
just
wanted
to
support
that
notion
that
the
manager
just
shared
in
having
had
some
opportunity
to
hear
Michael,
Dharma's
excellent
research
before
with
regard
to
the
child
care
initiative.
I
would
note
that
one
of
the
things
that
our
deputy
director
for
Human
Services,
who
oversaw
that
child
care
initiative,
risk
and
reach
survey
pointed
out,
is
that
this
is
similar
work
that
had
been
done
in
Alexandria,
with
significantly
greater
expenditures
on
outside
consultants.
D
So
I
do
think
if
we
were
to
improve
these
sorts
of
capabilities
in-house,
we
could
be
looking
at
and
I
hope.
We
would
be
looking
at
cost
savings,
not
only
in
the
long
term
as
we
make
the
delivery
of
services
more
efficient
and
effective,
but
even
in
the
near
term.
If
in
terms
of
reducing
the
amount
of
consulting
services
or
analysis
for
which
we
need
to
contract
out,
then.
I
The
next
question
is
a
follow-up
to
figuring
out
how
we
sort
of
expand
and
broaden
this
work
as
broadly
as
it
will
be
utilized.
Have
we
figure
or
what
has
been
the
first
question.
I
guess
is
you
know,
since
we
make
the
VIP
available
it's
easy
to
to
access
on
the
open
data
portal,
have
we
seen
a
lot
of
do
we?
Do
we
compile
any
metrics
on
how
many
people
actually
copy
that
and
use
it
in
other
applications
or
in
other
efforts?
I
I
O
Are
going
to
which
data
set?
We
are
our
own
best
customer.
We
use
the
report.
We
feed
the
my
Arlington
app
from
many
open
data
portal
sets.
So
when
we
look
at
our
numbers,
we
have
to
adjust
for
how
many
of
those
were
doing
our
cell,
and
we
can
certainly
share
that
information
with
you
but
more
anecdotally
to
see
who's
actually
using
it
because
we
don't
know
if
they
they
browsed
or
if
they're,
hitting
it
every
15
minutes
to
feed
an
applic
I
found
a
dog
so
we're
just
trying
to
have
people.
O
I
And
I
guess
the
next
question
is
probably
too
early
to
have
had
these
conversations,
but
would
it
be
advisable
to
at
some
point
engage
our
school
system?
You
know.
Certainly
it
seems
like
with
the
Arlington
tech
columnist,
echnology
czar
well
within
the
grasp
of
coding
literate
children,
regardless
of
being
in
a
specialized
tech
program,
to
figure
out
how
to
provide
some
of
that
support
that
maybe
we're
seeking
from
interns
or
just
to
generally
expand
the
universe
of
people
who
are
thinking
about
creative
ways
to
use
our
data.
Have
we
had.
O
Conversations
what
I
find
most
beneficial
about
the
university
partnerships
when
we
are
working
with
these
graduate
programs?
This
is
their
capstone
type
project,
and
so
they
are
gaining
real
life
experience
on
real
life
data
that
gives
us
a
benefit
at
no
cost.
You
have
to
look
at
your
projects,
particularly
that
can't
be
your
critical
path
project.
You
might
not
get
the
strongest
batch
of
students
before,
but
when
you
have
that
work
that
you
would
not
have
been
able
to
do.
Otherwise,
it's
opportunistic.
O
There
is
a
number
of
areas
where,
where
we
can
do
that,
I
think
we
are
graduating
better
students
when
we
invest
in
these
partnerships.
Schools
has
a
liaison
on
the
open
data.
Advisory,
Group
and
I
am
still
trying
to
wrangle
that
for
the
internal
group,
which
also
has
treasurer's
office,
County
Attorney's
Office
representation
as
well.
So
we
are
trying
to
look
broader
than
County
government.
Two
points
spoken
earlier.
It
should
be
easier
to
just
no
no
wrong
place
to
go.
You
can
get
an
answer
and
we
would
benefit
from
sharing
each
other's
data.
O
I
wanted
to
add
one
comment
on
the
resourcing
I
think
our
most
obvious
area
of
opportunity
is
not
to
build
out
a
large
open
data
and
data
analytics
team,
but
to
empower
the
people
within
the
agencies
to
do
this
work
themselves
and
to
reserve
the
dedicated
resources
for
cross,
departmental
efforts,
really
complex
things,
and
so
a
resource
need
that
I
would
see.
Moving
forward
is
help
finding
the
data
and
training
in
using
the
tools,
and
that
is
currently
an
ad
hoc
approach.
O
D
A
Just
say:
thank
you,
I'm,
really
glad
you
made
this
one
of
your
priorities,
I
think
if
the
board
had
sat
down-
and
we
really
talked
about
what
our
priorities
would
be,
one
of
my
ongoing
things,
I
think
this
very
well
would
be
one
of
them.
So
thank
you
very
much.
I'd.
I
Echo
that
and
just
I
think
this
has
probably
been
instructive
for
the
millions
who
are
watching
at
home
and
online
to
know
that
you
know
that
we
throw
out
words
like
open
data
and
transparency
very
easily,
they're,
very
easy
to
say,
but
with
them
come
a
subset
of
multi
layers
of
questions
and
concerns
that
we
have
to
tend
to
so.
The
work
while
easy
to
say
and
articulate
is
very
complicated
to
execute
in
a
way
that's
achieving
our
goals
of
being
helpful
to
our
community,
but
also
informing
good
decision-making
and
I.
Think
this.
I
This
work
session
has
been
instructive
in
our
getting
a
better
handle
on
how
we've
we've
dealt
with
those
challenges
and
are
dealing
with
them
in
Arlington.
But
I
would
like
to
thank
you
for
what
has
been
done
and
and
to
encourage,
even
though
some
of
its
gonna
make
me
personally
very
easy
to
just
encourage
are
continually
moving
forward,
and
you
know
recognizing
that
at
some
point
you
know
we
may
have
to
take
a
step
back,
and
you
know
reconfigure
our
approach
or
rethink
our
approach.
But
we
can.
We
can
do
that.
M
Just
very
quickly,
second
or
third,
the
banks
and
the
congratulations
for
the
hard
work
here.
I
would
only
add
to
that
and
the
note
that,
yes,
for
those
who
are
watching
at
home,
we're
following
along
elsewhere
that
sometimes
these
things
are
they
sound
like
they
ought
to
be
real,
easy
and
and
they're
not
and
I.
M
All
that
that
you
are
doing
and
I
think
that
there's
going
to
be
a
lot
of
dividends
that
are
gonna
pay
off,
we
still
have
some
hard
work
yet
to
be
done
and
that's
what
I
think
this
work
session
was
about.
There's
a
lot
of
good
progress,
a
lot
of
work
to
be
done,
and
there
will
be
dividends
that
we
will
see
from
that.
Thank.
B
I
wasn't
gonna,
say
anything
but
mislead,
so
I
want
to
go
back
to
something
you
said
which
I,
which
I
was
I,
which
which
I
was
really
struck
by
and
impressed
with
and
I
just
loved.
Your
comment
about
empowering
staff
on
a
department
by
Department
basis,
because
it
really
is
I,
think
kind
of
a
cultural
thing
that
we
need
to
do
within
County
government
too,
that
you
know
that
the
default
and
the
mindset
needs
to
be.
B
Let's
open
it
up,
let's
share
it
rather
than
let's
protect
it
and
keep
it
consistent
with
all
the
protocols
for
confidentiality
and
and
so
forth.
So
I
thought
that
was
excellent
and
I.
Another
comment
that
you
made
about
training
because
I
mean
you
know
we
do
need
to
educate
and
train
ourselves
as
well
as
staff,
so
I
very
much
appreciate
your
making.
Those
two
points.
Thank
you.
Okay,.
D
Mr.
rice,
so
in
summation
you
know
mr.
manager
I
you
with
the
comment
that
we
are
often
drowning
in
data
but
starved
for
information,
and
it
strikes
me
that
so
much
of
what
we've
heard
today
is
about
trying
to
ascertain
or
just
still,
information
out
of
data
so,
as
others
have
just
to
command
this
staff
work
and
the
citizen
body
for
their
work
and
trying
to
help
us
make
sense
of
this
data
and
draw
information
out
of
it
and
I
think
others
have
done
a
good
job
of
summing
up.
D
D
D
Not
only
of
ourselves
in
this
organization,
but
of
those
who
might
be
interacting
with
it
so
I
know
we'll
all
have
some
more
conversations
underway
with
regard
to
how
we
we
publicly
engage
and
communicate
in
this
brave
new
world,
but
appreciate
the
efforts
and
the
intentionality
that
have
been
brought
to
making
sense
of
this
information
and
this
data.
So
if
you
have
any
concluding
thoughts,
mr.
manager.
D
And
your
your
homemade
cookies
from
the
deputy
county
manager
for
Public
Engagement
will
be
on
your
desk
when
he
returns
all
right.
So
with
that
we
will
wrap
up
our
work
session.
We
are
going
to
go
into
a
closed
meeting
to
take
up
a
few
items
before
the
board,
so
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
make
the
following
motion
for
us
to
do
that.
D
Initially,
the
financial
interest
of
the
county
would
be
adversely
affected
to
matters
involving
the
acquisition
of
real
property
for
public
purposes
and
three
matters
involving
the
disposition
of
publicly
held
real
property.
Where
discussion
public
could
adversely
affect
the
county's
bargaining
position
and
consultation
with
the
county
attorney
concerning
the
meeting
and
interpretation
of
section
fifteen
point:
five
point:
nine
point:
C
of
the
arlington
county
zoning
ordinance.