spotlightonspend is a managed service which enables public sector organizations to effortlessly

publish complex financial information so that it can be easily accessed and understood by its citizens.

Citizen Friendly Transparency in spotlightonspend is underpinned by a robust data capture,

transformation, and management infrastructure, and is presented in a relevant, meaningful, accessible and easy-to-understand format.

Greater transparency is an important policy commitment on the part of many public sector organizations and its importance is growing across the country. Proactive transparency is about much more than providing citizens with access to data; it is a statement that an administration intends to manage its affairs in an open and transparent manner.

THE REALITY TODAY

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SEE FOR YOURSELF

• Increases trust and accountability of your organization– Providing easy and intuitive fiscal transparency helps to restore faith

in civil servants and elected officials. It’s a clear sign to your constituents that you have nothing to hide.

• Increases engagement and opportunity– Increased transparency showing how much is spent, on what and

with whom, makes it easier for small, local and minority owned businesses which aren’t already engaged in the procurement process to identify opportunities to deliver better value services to your organization.

KEY BENEFITS OF SPOTLIGHTONSPEND

• Easily implement proactive transparency – spotlightonspend requires no hardware or software purchase, rental,

cloud storage or server purchase or lease, direct integration with any of your computer systems or installation of additional software or hardware. Typically, spotlightonspend is published with only 16-24 hours of effort on the part of your organization.

• Reduced data risks– There are many different types of transactions in Accounts Payable

and Enterprise Resource Planning systems which are not actually spend on goods and services, some of which are protected under data privacy laws. The data transformation process underpinning spotlightonspend helps to reduce your risk of accidentally publishing data that you shouldn’t.

KEY BENEFITS OF SPOTLIGHTONSPEND

16-24 hours of time and effort required by the customer organization• Attend project kick off web meeting• Extract data close to specification• Upload data to Spikes Cavell• Respond to a Data Fitness Check• Review data prior to release to the public• Post hyperlink on your organization’s website

Typical project start to finish is 6-10 weeks based on the data extraction start date and responses to a Data Fitness Check provided.

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE?

Fixed, Transparent and Inclusive FeesThe spotlightonspend Program includes• Annual data transformation and publication

– Collect, cleanse, classify, enrich, redact and collate expenditure data

• Setup, hosting and maintenance of spotlightonspend for your organization

• Web, e-mail and phone support to assist in reviewing the data before and after publication

• There are no additional integration, hosting, maintenance or other IT related costs

Fees range from $15,000 to $60,000 for the complete program based on the size (spend on goods and services) and type of customer organization.

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?

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To contact Spikes Cavell• Call: (800) 990-0228

• E-mail: info@spikescavell.com• Website: www.spikescavell.com