NHTSA Report Year 1-ProjectRABIT

In 2017, the Vermont Department of Liquor and Lottery Office of Compliance and Enforcement developed an online data management system—the Resource Allocation Based on an Intelligence Toolkit (projectR.A.B.I.T.), to ensure its efforts are data-driven, and to increase the efficiency of its compliance, inspection, and investigation activity. As described in the Department of Liquor Control (DLC) website, projectR.A.B.I.T. is an “interactive dashboard to assist DLC to visualize, interpret, and drive decision-making based on data sources with relationships to alcohol and tobacco use, criminal and civil violations, and compliance programs throughout Vermont.” (https://liquorcontrol.vermont.gov/enforcement) This study examines the use of projectR.A.B.I.T. during the initial years of implementation. The purpose of this case study is to examine how investigators and stakeholders use projectR.A.B.I.T., how it has changed their capacity to use data, the value it adds, and identify areas of potential improvement.