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A five-member team composed of financial staff from FHWA and the FTA conducted the review. The team gathered information from States through distribution of a questionnaire (see Appendix E) to FHWA division offices in every State with an active SIB. The questionnaire addressed a range of SIB operational elements, including organizational structure, financial policies and outreach efforts.
To supplement the questionnaires, team members visited ten State DOTs. Of the States visited, seven were among the ten original States selected by FHWA to participate in the SIB Pilot Program authorized by the NHS Act, (Arizona, Florida, Missouri, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, and Texas). The remaining three SIBs (Maine, Michigan and Pennsylvania) were approved subsequent to the 1997 U.S. DOT Appropriations Act, which expanded the SIB Pilot Program. During these visits, State officials and SIB administrators answered questions regarding administrative procedures, financial policies, future capitalization plans, and the types of changes they would like to see implemented in the future for their individual SIB programs. In addition to interviewing State officials and SIB administrators, the FHWA/FTA staff toured projects that received assistance from a SIB. In total, 32 States (including the 10 States with site visits) responded to the questionnaire. This report is based on the information collected from the questionnaire and the responses of the State officials participating in the site visits.
