We utilized a Management By Objectives approach to develop a long-term plan that identified both the current state of IT, as well as the roadmap to modernize state government over the next three to five years. It includes reducing unnecessary expenditures through comprehensive IT reform, leveraging technology as a force-multiplier for creating new jobs and businesses in Arizona, and protecting the security and privacy information of the state’s citizens.

The Arizona Department of Transportation, the Arizona Game & Fish Department and the Arizona State Parks Board are required to conduct a study every three years on watercraft fuel consumption and recreational watercraft usage. The fuel consumption data is collected to determine the allocation of motor vehicle fuel tax to the State Lake Improvement Fund. The information on recreational watercraft usage patterns on Arizona’s lakes and rivers is necessary, in part, to determine the distribution of SLIF funds to applicants.