Transparency in Government

E-CheckbooksCouncil Member Felicia A. Moore

District 9

Best Practice:City of New York, NY

City of Los AngelesReal-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