Caltrans The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is responsible for funding, planning, building, and maintaining more than 50,000 miles of state and federal highways within the state of California. In the 2008-2009 fiscal year, Caltrans managed hundreds of projects worth nearly $4 billion in coordination with approximately 400 local, state, and federal partner agencies. In order to coordinate with partner agencies on the roles and responsibilities for each project, Caltrans produces a contract called a cooperative agreement. On average, Caltrans generates approximately 450 of these agreements annually. Manually producing cooperative agreements from hundreds of possible language options and moving completed agreements through formal approval is a cumbersome and lengthy proces

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