Transparency in Government E-Checkbooks Council Member Felicia A. Moore District 9

Best Practice: City of New York, NY

City of Los Angeles Real-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”“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, 2013AJC, 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