"Data is the new hammer. Having that data in the field, with the iPad, is a great benefit to any utility, any public works, any government. It is a true worker's app. It gives the worker in the field exactly what they need to see, and it helps them to …

"North St. Paul is special because the people truly care. They truly care about their neighbors, they truly care about their city and their community.”

"It was such an easy implementation to do. It was just me that did the implementation. I didn’t need IT’s help to build the site."

“With OpenGov, Palm Desert found a procurement solution that was intuitive and helped us automate the solicitation development. Also, to our staff’s relief we are moving away from lengthy, in-person supplier scoring sessions toward a more streamlined, transparent, and collaborative process."

“As Palm Desert continues to grow and evolve, so do the needs of our community. Our local supplier network helps us meet those needs, so it makes a lot of sense to make it easier for these businesses to submit bids to supply goods and services to the City."

“We needed a system that could be implemented quickly and easily. All of the other systems we reviewed had at minimum a two-year timeline. We were able to go live with Permitting & Licensing in six months.”

“Switching to Open Gov’s online permitting has really improved the permitting experience for our customers as well as our staff. Our customers now have real-time information on where their submitted permit application is in our system and allows them to receive nearly instant notifications if more information is needed or …

“Don’t be afraid of making the change. Don’t be afraid to try new things. Don’t be afraid of technology, and don’t be afraid of how people will react. You can’t let anything hold you back.”

“We were given the direction from our leadership that this needed to happen sooner rather than later.”

“[OpenGov Procurement] is night and day above the rest of its competitors.”

“When systems are too complex and hard to use, people avoid them and revert back to paper. So, you might as well not have them at all.”

“We jumped from a word processing operation to a collaborative tool. It really moved us forward.”

“With OpenGov Procurement, we worked with our senior services manager and staff person in real time, making changes, getting live updates and discussing (the RFP). We were able to turn it around by the end of business that day, and within 17 days we had our first shipment delivered on …

“I’ve been doing this for 25 years, and I have never worked with a company like OpenGov. It has made a world of difference in how we do our daily work. It’s changed my professional life.”

"It was the fastest we had ever gotten the budget submission done."