May 18, 2021 | STATESCOOP With just three metrics in hand, Florida officials were able to accelerate a host of projects during the coronavirus pandemic, the state Department of Transportation’s chief information officer said during an online event Tuesday. Greg Smiley said that with just a few simple measurements — the percentage of staff who had laptops, the percentage of state-owned machines that were aging out of use and the number of staff who were working remotely — his department was able to accelerate and complete a surprising number of projects during the health crisis. “From those things, I can be very confident at the decisions I was making,” Smiley said during the Data in Action summit hosted by FedScoop. “We went from 72% mobility to I think 97% mobility within a week. Because we were able to do that, we were able to accelerate road projects and take advantage of lower traffic counts.”