Baltimore, MD evaluates violence prevention efforts with its Public Safety Accountability Dashboard
The Microsoft Power BI dashboard supports accountability requirements in the Comprehensive Violence Prevention Plan. The Crime Summary tab provides year-to-year comparisons of homicides, violent crimes, and property crimes by neighborhood or police district. Interactive crime and arrest maps track data in both categories back to 2012. The dashboard includes a case disposition graph and a map of Community Violence Intervention partners.
Baltimore, MD
United States
Nashville and Davidson County, TN tracks neighborhood improvement projects with interactive map
The Neighborhoods Improvement Tracker presents a color-coded display of capital projects across Nashville. Eligible projects feature budgets of at least $50,000 and a use-life of at least 10 years. Planning officials divided 800 improvement projects at the tracker's introduction into categories including community safety and education. Tracker users click on each pinpoint for project details such as work completed percentage, budget, and estimated completion date.
Nashville And Davidson County, TN
United States
Austin, TX Warrant Amnesty initiative builds community trust in criminal justice system
The month-long program seeks resolution for city-issued citations and warrants for local traffic violations. Participants visiting the Municipal Court or Community Court can waive their warrant fees by starting payment plans, applying for hardship waivers, or participating in community service. Municipal judges and prosecutors are available to answer questions as they review each case. Austin's pre-pandemic warrant amnesties resolved 37,500 warrants and tickets over three years.
Austin, TX
United States
Philadelphia, PA Workforce Diversity Dashboard shows trends in employee ethnicity, gender, and race
The Municipal Workforce tab compares monthly demographic data for public employees compared to city residents. A Senior Leadership section digs deeper into these comparisons for the Mayor's Cabinet and department heads. Dashboard users learn more about salary disparities by race in the Salary tab. Additional features include a map of employees by ZIP code and a year-to-year demographic analysis back to Fiscal Year 2019.
Philadelphia, PA
United States
Philadelphia, PA increases transparency of campaign finance reporting with a new dashboard
Philadelphia built the dashboard in-house after working with an external vendor through 2019. The Campaign Finance Dashboard supports searches for city candidate transactions, debts, and contributions by ZIP code. Additional features include visualizations of filer categories, comparisons of competing candidate finances, and searches for filers by ward. The Office of Innovation and Technology produced a video tutorial and documentation for dashboard use.
Philadelphia, PA
United States
Welland, ON produces What's Up Welland? podcast for improved engagement with public services
What's Up Welland? is a weekly podcast exploring the ins and outs of the local community. The 43-episode first season began with a chat about the upcoming year with the mayor. Municipal employees were interviewed about topics like water treatment, proxy voting, and civil infrastructure. The podcast hosts also explored visiting attractions like the Femmes du Feu Creations circus and local fixtures like the Jackfish baseball team.
Welland, ON
Canada
Whistler, BC Community Monitoring Dashboard tracks progress toward Official Community Plan goals
The dashboard gathers data from local surveys, Statistics Canada, and service providers. There are performance snapshots of recent trends in OCP core pillars including Tourism Based Economy and Sense of Place. A Corporate Indicators section evaluates positive, neutral, and negative trends in six corporate plan goals like Accountability and Infrastructure. Dashboard users also learn about trends in resort development, snowfall, and population growth in the Facts & Figures section.
Whistler, BC
Canada
Fairfax County, VA simplifies search for retail food inspection reports with new mapping tool
The interactive map tracks health inspections of more than 3,500 permitted eateries. Users can search by restaurant name or open pinpoints from the map interface. The Retail Food Inspection Report app presents the last two years of reports for each location as downloadable PDFs. Fairfax County leveraged existing GIS tools for increased transparency of work done by the Environmental Health team. This map also improves customer service by eliminating FOIA requests for inspection records.
Fairfax County, VA
United States
Birmingham City Council, GB presents local data trends on The City Observatory platform
Local officials worked with Birmingham City University during the open data platform's development. Portal users access a growing list of data sets by searching keywords or selecting from 10 themes like deprivation and housing. The City Observatory highlights data dashboards on topics including the Homes for Ukraine and Clean Air Zone initiatives. Each dashboard combines maps, visualizations, and topic overviews for easier use by residents.
Birmingham City Council, GB
United Kingdom
Sacramento, CA ARPA Community Impact Hub increases transparency about federal recovery spending
City officials introduced the Hub to track projects paid for by $112 million in federal ARPA funds. The online portal explains five priority areas for funding including commercial corridor revitalization and the creative economy. Hub users learn about budgeted and spent funds for each priority area through easy-to-read visualizations. Additional features of the ARPA Community Impact Hub include project-by-project budgets and stories about the city's recovery from the pandemic.
Sacramento, CA
United States
San Jose, CA improves public access to police misconduct complaints with its SB 1421 Records Portal
California's SB 1421 expands public records access to complaints about officer-involved shootings and bodily injury cases. The Mayor's Office of Technology and Innovation and the Independent Police Auditor developed a portal for complaint searches dating back to 2000. Users can peruse a list of the most recent complaints or filter by complaint type and date. The SB 1421 Records Portal will hosts complaints related to discriminatory behavior, unlawful searches, and use of excessive force by 2023.
San Jose, CA
United States
Wellington, VIC Our Sustainability Impact tool tracks progress toward council's net-zero goals
This interactive tool provides transparency for the shire's climate mitigation and adaptation efforts. A Virtual Tour presents revegetation, EV charging, and solar power projects taking place throughout Wellington. Community members also find detailed plans in five areas including Environmental Stewardship and Low Carbon Economy. Each section contains planned council projects and metrics for success as established in Wellington's Sustainability Strategy 2020-24.
Wellington, VIC
Australia