A state Department of Transportation unified reporting across 8 bureaus, automated monthly reports, and delivered 14 executive dashboards in Azure Government.
A state Department of Transportation with 4,200 staff across 8 bureaus generated monthly reports in Excel. No unified data warehouse. No cross-bureau visibility. No real-time dashboards.
Each bureau reported separately: project status, spend, staffing, infrastructure condition. Data lived in 8 different systems (project management, finance, HR, maintenance logs). The state DOT director received roll-up summaries weeks after month-end, built manually by analysts combining spreadsheets.
No real-time visibility. No way to cross-check spending across bureaus. GIS data on road conditions and asset maintenance sat in a separate system, rarely integrated. Monthly reporting took 300+ hours of analyst time.
Azure Government and Power BI offered a path to centralized reporting. A single data warehouse could pull from all 8 source systems, apply row-level security to maintain bureau-level data access, and serve live dashboards for executives and bureau directors.
Automation could replace manual month-end consolidation. GIS integration would enable visual asset and condition reporting. StateRAMP-aligned infrastructure would meet compliance requirements.
We built a data integration and reporting platform on Azure Government, respecting state data boundaries and bureau autonomy.
We didn't force data standardization or consolidate bureau systems. We built a reporting layer on top of existing systems, with row-level security that let each bureau see only their data by default. Security and autonomy, plus visibility at the state level.
Integrating ArcGIS unlocked visual, spatial analysis of road conditions and asset maintenance. Executives could now see where potholes were concentrated, where maintenance was overdue, and prioritize spending geographically. Map-based insights drove better decisions.
The first month revealed data inconsistencies: project codes that didn't match across systems, spend allocated to wrong cost centers, incomplete maintenance logs. We built reconciliation dashboards that surfaced these discrepancies weekly. Bureau directors quickly fixed data entry processes.
Building on Azure Government and documenting controls upfront meant compliance reviews were straightforward. No retrofit. The system was born StateRAMP-aligned, which shortened agency sign-off and reduced ongoing audit risk.
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