Israel, L. C. (2016). Optimizing local spatial data usage (optical spade): Spatial data infrastructure (SDI) for Cauayan City (Unpublished master's thesis). Public Management Development Program, Development Academy of the Philippines.

Public Management Development Program Middle Managers Class Batch 9 Thesis (MMC)--Development Academy of the Philippines.

The ReP entitled, "Optimizing Local Spatial Data Usage: Spatial Data Infrastructure for Cuayan City" was conceptualized to strengthen data management in the bureaucracy through the collaboration of NEDA, DSWD, DILG and Cauayan City. The framework of the ReP is based on the initiative of NEDA and along its role of providing technical assistance to local government units (LGUS) for an opportunity to improve their capability. The ReP was viewed as an opportunity for the pilot city in improving decision-making process at the local level. The ReP focuses on the soft introduction of Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), which is the next phase for the data management with all the rapid advancement in technology which agencies and LGUs have to explore for seamless data sharing. Migrating to SDI lays down "technical interoperability" within the bureaucracy enabled by open standards and easier institutional coordination. The attainment of the ReP objective was planned and schedules through the Logical Framework Approach containing relevant inputs, activities, budget and outputs. A Gantt Chart and a template for budget estimates along with a risk management plan and communication plan were used as references and aids in the implementation, monitoring and management of the ReP implementation process. The integrated data highlights visual information and human dimension to spatial data and will reduce cost, avoid overlapping initiatives and eventually facilitate decision-making for an efficient delivery of public services. The ReP was implemented uses existing data to include the CBMS, NHTS and the spatial data from the city with the need to tweak on these data for interoperability. The piloted areas are 13 barangays of the city, namely: Alicaocao, Andarayan, Carabatan Chica, Carabatan Bacareno, Carabatan Grande, Carabatan Punta, Catalina, Duminit, Gagabutan, Guayabal, Mabantad, Nagcampegan and Villa Luna. With the implementation of the ReP, the following deliverables were realized: a) a Comprehensive Procedure on Collaboration and Cooperation between Cauayan City, NEDA, DILG and DSWD; b) a separate document on Procedures manual for an Interoperable Integrated Database; and c) the conduct of trainings to Key Stakeholders on Data Access and Use. The ReP implementation also serves as a way to put into action the theoretical learning that the scholar has gone through during the residential phase and an avenue to further improve his managerial capability. There were a lot of learning in the entire implementation process with greater appreciation of what evolved in the process. It is also a realization that there are still "few good men/women" in government who are more than willing to share their time, knowledge, skills and experiences in improving how things should be done within the government bureaucracy. There is also the shared optimism for public servants to always "think outside of the box".