Transparency in Government Presentation

Transparency in Government
E-Checkbooks
Council Member Felicia A. Moore
District 9


Best Practice:
City of New York, NY

City of Los Angeles
Real-Time Data
City of Prairie Village, KS
*Developed City of Atlanta website






City of Austin, TX
*Live, Real-time Data
 State of Montana

State of Montana


State of Georgia

“F” Rating for Atlanta’s
Transparency

Source: Public Interest Research Group : “Transparency in City Spending: Rating the Availability of Online Government Data in
America’s Largest Cities”

How did Atlanta get an 46 or F?
 Baltimore spent $24,000 on a transparency website, while
San Francisco spent $30,000. Seattle and Sacramento
shelled out $45,000 and $50,000, respectively. New York,
by contrast, spent about $2.4 million, according to the
report. –AJC, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013
 City Cost per Person (Cents)
 Baltimore 3.9
 New York 29.2 (Most expensive)
 Sacramento 10.7
 San Francisco 3.7
 Seattle 7.4
What does transparency costs?
 State of Indiana
 State of Delaware
 State of Texas
 State of Arkansas
 State of Kansas
 State of Alaska
 State of Tennessee
State Jurisdictions with E-
Checkbooks and Transparency
Projects
 City of Tallahassee, FL
 City of Denver, CO
 City of Santa Fe, NM
 City of New York, NY
 City of Reno, NV
 City of Albuquerque, NM




City Jurisdictions with E-Checkbooks
and Transparency Projects