From data
to decisions.

Inside Spotsylvania County’s
Grafana journey.

Hear how one county is connecting its systems, empowering its departments, and putting clearer insights in the hands of decision makers.

THU, NOVEMBER 12, 202611:00 AM to 12:00 PM EasternLIVE ONLINEMicrosoft Teams · 60 minutes
PRESENTED BY
SPSGrafana LabsCarahsoft
Built for the people who lead public service.

ONE COUNTY. A SHARED CHALLENGE.

Your data has a story.
Make it useful.

Workforce. Infrastructure. Resources. Service delivery. Public sector leaders need a clear view across all of them. Join a practical conversation about bringing disconnected information together and making it actionable.

01 / CONNECT

Bring the picture together.

Explore how existing systems and departmental reports can contribute to a shared view of county operations.

02 / UNDERSTAND

See what matters to your team.

Learn how dashboards can serve the priorities of CIOs, department heads, analysts, and operational teams.

03 / ACT

Follow the insight to the detail.

Explore the path from a high level indicator to supporting records, clearer priorities, and informed action.

BEYOND THE IT DEPARTMENT

Different missions.
A clearer view for everyone.

01

Human Resources

Workforce visibility and the information behind people decisions.

02

Public Safety

Operational context for the teams supporting critical services.

03

Utilities

Connecting system information with departmental priorities.

04

Facilities & more

Building conditions, maintenance information, and opportunities across county operations.

Explore Spotsylvania’s ongoing journey and opportunities across these lines of business.

STRATEGY MEETS EVERYDAY OPERATIONS

For the leaders asking
“What should we do next?”

Designed for public sector CIOs, technology leaders, department heads, and line of business managers. Bring your perspective. Leave with practical ideas for connecting data to the decisions your organization makes every day.

CIOs & IT leadersDepartment headsBusiness managersPublic sector teams

WHAT WE’LL EXPLORE

  1. The county perspectiveAligning technology with departmental priorities.
  2. The dashboard experienceTurning complex information into clear, interactive views.
  3. The path forwardLessons you can apply in your own organization.

NOVEMBER 12 · 11 AM EASTERN · LIVE ONLINE

See the journey.
Bring the ideas home.

Join Ed Dooley, SPS, Grafana, and Carahsoft for
a conversation about better decisions in public service.

Register for the webinarRegistration is hosted securely on Microsoft Teams.
EXPLORE MORE FROM SPS + GRAFANA
FROM OBSERVABILITY TO OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE

We do it all, from the data source to the decision.

Grafana is more than a pane of glass for IT. With SPS, it becomes a decision environment for executives, department leaders, analysts, supervisors and frontline teams. Each role gets the view, context and alerting it needs, grounded in shared definitions and authoritative data.

01

Connect anything

AS/400, IBM i, mainframes, databases, APIs, files, SaaS, cloud, logs, telemetry and real time operational systems.

02

Move nothing when required

Query and visualize data where it lives through secure connectors, federated access and governed integration patterns.

03

Deliver for every role

Executive outcomes, department operations, analyst exploration, supervisory alerts and frontline action queues.

THE DASHBOARD OF DASHBOARDS

Leadership sees the enterprise.
Departments see what to do next.

A cross agency command view connects fiscal health, workforce capacity, service demand, cyber risk, asset reliability and program outcomes. Leaders can move from an enterprise exception to the accountable department, location, program or event.

● ● ●Executive Mission CommandLIVE • ALL DEPARTMENTS
Public Safety92%Readiness
IT & Security7Priority risks
Utilities99.2%Service reliability
Finance+$4.8MForecast variance
Human Resources63Critical vacancies
Education96.1%Service on target
ENTERPRISE STATUSMission health
88
OPEN EXECUTIVE ACTIONS12
SERVICES ON TARGET84%
COMMUNITIES IMPACTED3
ATTENTION NEEDED

Workforce capacity and public safety demand are converging in District 4.

Two capital programs exceed forecast tolerance.

Department data→Shared definitions→Executive priorities→Accountable action

One view. Six missions. Clear accountability.

Department dashboards remain purpose built for their teams. The executive layer elevates only material outcomes, risks and dependencies, preserving context and a direct drill path back to the source.

  • See where enterprise attention is needed now
  • Correlate workforce, budget, technology and service demand
  • Move from an exception to the accountable owner
  • Track decisions, actions and recovery over time
Explore the executive experience ↗
LIVE ENTERPRISE SIGNALS

Watch the organization think as one.

Signals continuously move from departmental operations into a governed executive layer. Material changes are correlated, prioritized and routed to the leaders who can act.

On target Watch Action required
PUBLIC SAFETYResponse pressureDistrict 4 • +18%
WORKFORCECritical vacancies63 positions
FINANCECapital variance2 programs
CYBERPriority exposure7 assets
EXECUTIVEMISSION
COMMAND
Correlating live signals
08:42Cross department risk detectedPublic safety demand and workforce capacity now exceed tolerance in District 4
08:39Capital forecast changedUtilities renewal program moved 6.2% beyond quarterly forecast
08:35Service recoveredResident portal availability returned to target after infrastructure action
08:31Executive action assignedFinance and Public Works owners notified with shared decision context
BUILT AROUND THE LINE OF BUSINESS

A decision environment for every mission.

01

Public Safety

Demand, readiness, response, geography and incident accountability.

Explore dashboards ↗
02

IT & Security

Infrastructure, application, identity, vulnerability, service and cyber risk operations.

Explore dashboards ↗
03

Finance & Grants

Budget variance, vendor exposure, grant performance and fiscal risk.

Explore dashboards ↗
04

Human Resources

Capacity, vacancies, payroll, overtime, retention and workforce equity.

Explore dashboards ↗
05

Utilities & Public Works

Asset health, work orders, outages, field operations and constituent impact.

Explore dashboards ↗
06

Education & Human Services

Attendance, intervention, caseload, access, facilities and outcomes.

Explore dashboards ↗
See all departments, roles and use cases →
VALUE NOW. FOUNDATION FOR WHAT'S NEXT.

Connect. Understand. Act. Then scale.

Each connector powers live dashboards today and becomes a reusable asset for a future data lake, automation workflows and AI agents. Dashboards are the first return, with more value to follow.

Source systems→Secure connectors→Live dashboards→Alerts & workflows→Data & AI
START WITH ONE DECISION THAT MATTERS

See your mission clearly.

Bring us a question, a report, or a source system. SPS will map the signals and shape a measurable proof of value.

Schedule a working session ↗