ITS Program Advisory Committee Agenda

One-Day Meeting: 8:30am-4:30pm, March 13, 2008
Location: US DOT Headquarters, West Building Conference Center, Oklahoma Room

8:30am Opening Remarks: Dr. Joseph Sussman, Chair

• Meeting Purpose and Agenda Review

8:45am Remarks: RITA Administrator

• DOT Goals, Vision 2030, RITA Strategic Plan

9:00am Review and Discussion of Advisory Committee Input from November 2007 Meeting (Sussman)

• Review of Committee Purpose and Charter
• Recap of Input from November Meeting
• Discussion

9:20am DOT-Wide Strategic Planning: Context and Details

• DOT Goals (Row)
• Commission Report (Bolle)
• UTC Program (Tompkins)
• RD&T RPIC Efforts (Brecht-Clark)
• Discussion plus Q&A

9:50 am Safe-Trip 21 (Ritter)

• Discussion plus Q&A

10:20am Break

10:35am ITS JPO Strategic Planning Results (Row)

• ITS JPO Management and Organization
• Q&A
• ITS JPO Proposed Mission
• ITS JPO Proposed Goals and Associated Objectives
• Programmatic Roles (ITS JPO, Private Sector, Public Sector)
• Other Critical Programmatic Activities (Modal Partners, Architecture/Standards, Long-Term Scanning, International Research)
• Discussion/Q&A

11:40am ITS JPO Proposed Mission, Goals, and Objectives (Sussman)

• Large Group Discussion
• Center on focus areas within each goal
• Address the following questions:
  • is there goal clarity – does everyone have the same understanding of the goals presented?
  • is there goal “fit?” – are these the right goal and focus areas for JPO? Some criteria coul class="ritafont"d include:
    • Do the mission & goals rise to the critical challenges of the next 10 years?
    • Are the goals feasible – financially, politically, and literally?
    • Do the goals represent the work that the JPO is best at?
  • is there goal agreement – how strong is the Committee’s agreement with these goals or are there significant questions?
  • shoul class="ritafont"d the mission statement remain as is or be strengthened, given the discussion above?

12:40pm Lunch

1:20pm ITS JPO Proposed Objectives, Metrics and Programmatic Possibilities (Sussman)

• Summary Presentation (Row)
• Small Group Breakout Discussion
• JPO staff/modal working groups have developed proposed objectives/metrics and program possibilities for each goal/focus area.
• Assign groups to specific goals
• Each group will have staff resource for reference, information and questions
• Each group will have specific questions to answer with respect to their goal(s)

2:15pm Small Group Report-out

2:45pm Break

3:00pm Programmatic Roles: ITS JPO, Private Sector, Public Sector (Sussman)

• Large Group Discussion
• What is JPO’s unique and most appropriate role within ITS work and within the federal government?

4:00pm Consolidation of Views and Recommendations (Sussman)

4:30pm Adjourn