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™

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