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FHWA DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DIVISION OFFICE
FY05 YEAR-END REPORT
DECEMBER 2005

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  1. Our People

  2. Introduction

  3. Key FY05 Performance Plan Accomplishments

    1. Overall Status of 05/06 Performance Plan

      1. Summary Statistics

      2. Summary Observations

    2. Top Performance Plan Accomplishments

  4. FY05 Year-end Performance Measures

    1. Summary Table for Strategic Goal Areas

    2. Trend Charts for Strategic Goals

      1. Safety
      2. NHS Bridges
      3. All Bridges
      4. NHS Pavements

    3. Trend Charts for Key Business Measures

      1. Financial Management
      2. Project Delivery
      3. Planning
      4. Technology Deployment

  5. Other Accomplishments

I. Our People

II. INTRODUCTION

FY05 was a year that was marked by significant across-the-board accomplishments for the DC Division Office (the Division). Most, if not all, of these accomplishments were done so under the Division's comprehensive joint performance planning efforts with the District of Columbia Department of Transportation (DDOT). The multi-year FHWA-DDOT Joint Performance Plan (JPP), the first of its kind between the two organizations, was officially adopted in February 2004 and included nearly 170 activities covering all of the Federal-aid program areas. During the February 2005 update of the JPP, approximately 75 additional activities were added. By the end of FY05 (September 30, 2005), nearly 70% of these 245 activities were either fully completed or substantially advanced. Some of the most notable FY05 joint accomplishments include completion of program reviews related to project oversight, finance and civil rights: completion/significant development of key multiple control documents used by DDOT to carryout the Federal-aid program; launching of major Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) for high-profile projects included the District's Anacostia Waterfront Initiative (AWI); and numerous other technical assistance and training activities to further support the expansion of the FHWA-DDOT stewardship relationship while contributing to the advancement of national and local strategic goals. Without question, the most notable national and local strategic goal improvement, that was strongly supported by an abundance of joint performance activity and focus, was the 33% decrease in the number of traffic fatalities in the District between 2004 and 2005.

Below is a brief summary of the intended layout and design of this year-end report. In the following section, Section III - Key FY05 Performance Plan Accomplishments, we provide an overall summary of progress made on advancing the plan as an aggregate. This is followed by a brief sample listing of some specific joint performance plan accomplishments from a variety of the program areas represented in the plan. Then in Section IV, FY05 Year-end Performance Measures, we show trend data and charts for strategic national goals (fatalities, crashes, bridges and pavements) and select key business processes (financial management, project delivery, planning and technology deployment). The method of measuring/base lining a couple of the key business processes was reevaluated during the year and modified to reflect greater insight and accuracy. In these cases, a brief notation is made. The final section of this report, Section V – Other Accomplishments, provides a listing of some of the other significant accomplishments, related to leadership development, corporate contributions and national recognition achieved throughout the year by the Division's management and staff.

In summary, we are very proud of the work we were able to accomplish this year and look forward to building on this momentum in FY06. We hope you find this year-end report helpful in better understanding the focus, direction and efforts of the FHWA DC Division.

III. KEY FY05 PERFORMANCE PLAN ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

  1. Overall Status of FY05/06 Performance Plan

    1. Summary Statistics

      • Total number of activities in the two-year plan:

        • When initiated in Feb 2004 – 167
        • Added in Feb 2005 – 76
        • Total – 243

      • Number of activities completed during FY05 – 71/179 or 40% (vs. 64/167 or 38% in FY04)

      • Number of activities substantially advanced during FY05 – 34/179 or 19% (42/167 or 25% in FY04)

      • Number of activities completed or substantially advanced during FY05 – 105/179; 59% (vs. 106/167; 63%; in FY04)

      • Number of activities to be carried over to FY06 – 108 (vs. 103 in FY05)

      • Number of activities added in FY06 – Approximately 45 new activities have been proposed in draft update of joint plan. Many of these activities have multiple sub-activities/tasks. Final agreement on new activities/tasks expected by Feb 2006.

    2. Summary Observations

      • Significant progress made in advancing the FY04/05 Joint Performance Plan again during FY05.

      • Have completed or substantially advanced nearly 70% of the 243 activities that were in the initial Feb 2004 plan or added during the Feb 2005 update.

      • Running at a completion/significant advancement rate of approximately 60%/yr for first two years of joint performance planning with DDOT.

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  2. Top FY05 Performance Plan Accomplishments

IV. FY05 YEAR-END PERFORMANCE

A. Summary Table for Strategic Goal Areas

Goal Area Baseline 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
        
DDOT (Overall Satisfaction, 5.00 max) 3.57N/A N/A N/A 3.57N/A
Internal Employee Satisfaction:       
FHWA DC Division (Overall Satisfaction, 100 max) 75.9N/A N/A 75.9N/A 65
Program Performance       
Fatalities 4868476745N/A
Crashes 18,54318,26117,73417,48418,262N/A
NHS Bridges (% Deck Area Deficient) 69.753.853.657.95861.4
NHS Bridges (% Deck Area Structurally Deficient) 5.78.487.27.49.6
All Bridges (% Deck Area Deficient) 55.560.761.261.260.763.1
All Bridges (% Deck Area Structurally Deficient) 7.610.59.18.47.710.3
NHS Pavements (Average IRI) 251250259259280264
Key Business Processes:       
Financial Management - # Projects w/No Expenditure Change in the last year (>$50K) 147 10106147*
Financial Management-Total Amount Unexpended Balance, in millions, (>$50K) 64 1.41.40.864.0*
Project Delivery -% Aggregate Project Cost Change (>$1M) 13 1321.71717
Project Delivery - # Construction Change Orders (9 mos., Jan.-Sept.) 52 N/A 523340
Planning - % Projects Advanced from TIP 51 20787351**
Technology Deployment - # Technologies/Innovations Promoted 4 410149
Technology Deployment - # Technologies/Innovations Deployed 2 26810

*In 2005, changed from counting "only completed projects with no total project expenditure change for one year" to counting "all projects that had at least one program code with no expenditure change for one year"
**In 2005, changed from counting projects "with expenditures or moving to next phase" to counting projects "with expenditures or obligations."

B. Trend Charts for Strategic Goals

1. Safety

line graph: Traffic Fatalities graph

line graph: Crashes graph

2. NHS Bridges

line graph: NHS BRIDGES graph - percentage of Deck Area Sufficient

line graph: NHS Bridges - percentage of Deck Area Structurally Deficient

All Bridges

line graph: All Bridges (% Deck Area Structurally Deficient

line graph: All Bridges % Deck Area Structurally Deficient

4. NHS Pavements

line graph: Average IRI

C. Trend Charts for Key Business

1. Financial Management

line graph: Number of Projects w/No Expenditure Change In the last year

line graph: Total Amount Unexpected Balance, in millions (>$50k)*

* In 2005, changed from counting "only completed projects with no total project expenditure change for one year" to counting "all projects that had at least one program code with no expenditure change for one year."

2. Project Delivery

line graph: percentage of aggregate project cost change

line graph:Number of Construction Change Orders

3. Planning

line graph: percentage of projects advancing from TIP

** In 2005, changed from counting projects "with expenditures or moving to next phase" to counting projects "with expenditures or obligations."

Technology Deployment

Line graph: Technologies/Innovations Promoted

line graph: Technologies/Innovations Deployed

V. Other FYO5 Accomplishments:

Leadership Deployment

Corporate Contributions:

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