socrata financial transparency suite
DESCRIPTION
Socrata’s suite of financial transparency apps combine a familiar, intuitive interface with powerful search and multi-faceted visualization capabilities. Built on the Socrata platform and delivered as turnkey cloud services, they can be deployed in minutes, ready for use from anywhere, and updated automatically. These applications are designed to enable • Enable better decisions with visualizations • Drastically reduce administrative and production costs • Encourage community self-service and discoverTRANSCRIPT
Introduction to the Socrata Financial Transparency Suite
Thom Robbins
Socrata
The concept of open data and public
sector data transparency is hardly
new. Providing constituents with
access to the important information
that impacts their lives and
communities is not just good policy,
it’s common sense.
What is Financial Transparency?Let’s get started
Open Budget
Enables users to navigate all
aspects of the capital and operating
budgets and view allocation at the
department, project, and individual
program level.
Open Expenditure
Track invoice-level detail to better
understand where public money
goes and which vendors receive it.
Socrata Financial Transparency SuiteThe apps
Why Financial Transparency?
Improves
Government
Builds
Public Trust
Strengthens
Citizen
Engagement
Reduces
Operating
Costs
Supports
Data-Driven
Decisions
Promotes
Economic
Activity
Why Financial Transparency?
LEVEL OF DATA MATURITY
Consumer-style web &
mobile interfaces
Accessible storytelling
tools for Publishers
Open Performance and
fact-based decision
making
Robust, high-
performance data APIs
and developer
resources
Automated, real-time
data publishing
Turnkey, UX optimized
apps for high-value data
LEVEL 4
Data as
a Platform
Automatic syndication to
the Consumer Web
Built-in Apps Ecosystem
Data for analytics and
predictive modeling
Intra-government data
federation
Open connectors to
enterprise systems
Domain-specific peer
benchmarking
Location awareness and
mobile by default
Crowdsourcing data and
insight
Sensor-based streaming
data and apps
Data science-enabled
semantic discovery
across the network
LEVEL 5
The Open
Data Network
Scattered spreadsheets
and PDFs online
Legacy custom
web apps
LEVEL 1
Pre Open Data Silos
Basic catalog of
downloadable files
(CSV, XLS, SHP, ZIP,
PDF)
Metadata/Catalog APIs
LEVEL 2
The Catalog Phase
IT resource-intensive
development project
Manual data publishing
Limited interactivity with
basic data tables, and
visualizations
Social sharing
LEVEL 3
Basic Interactive Experience
Our Approach to Customer ValueFinancial transparency products designed to support program maturity
Financial Transparency Apps
Humanize Complex Financial Issues
Citizens can find the
data that matters to
them most with
neighborhood-level
data.
Go Beyond Transparency
Foster an active
dialogue with the
public around the
budget.
Open Budget Demo
Promote Self-Service Access
Let citizens,
journalists, and other
stakeholders find the
exact data they need
with intuitive, easy-to-
understand drill
downs.
Open Expenditure Demo
Deploy Faster
Socrata’s Financial
Transparency Apps are
the fastest, easiest, and
most cost effective
solutions available.
Why Socrata?
Seattle-based software-as-a-service
provider with a global presence
Founded in 2007
World-leader in open
data and government performance
management
Focused exclusively on democratizing
access to public data to:
Improve citizen engagement
Increase transparency
Drive innovation
Make data-driven decisions
Socrata Overview
SolutionsOpen
Data Ecosystem
Socrata Open Connectors™
Open Data™
Apps Marketplace™
Open Performance™
Data Discovery
& Exploration
Chart & Map Visualizations
Publishing Workflow
Data Federation & Sharing
Financial Transparency
Suite
Government Admin Suite
Citizen Engagement Suite
Civic Apps Ecosystem
Performance Dashboards
Guided Goal Composer
Drag-and-Drop
Report Builder
PerformanceStat
Methodology
DATA ACCESS LAYEROpen Data API Query Engine Search Geocoding
Analytics
Data Cloud™API
Foundry™
Open Data
Developer Network™
Thank You!
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