254 OpenGov Testimonials

"The ease-of-use is great,For the first time, government officials and citizens can take our financial data and transform it into useful information."

“To Sugar Land, transparency means ensuring that residents feel that we are accessible and open. We want them to understand the ‘why’ behind decisions we make, policies we enact, or programs we offer, even if they don’t agree with the why.”

“OpenGov provides the tools to evaluate both the simple and the complex. We now have a tool to help us make our case and prove our value to the community.”

“Now when people have questions about student fees, we can quickly show them any of the information they want in an easy-to-use, interactive format, There is definitely that ‘wow’ moment when students see the platform. Visualizing our budget shows students how a specific line item fits in the entire budget. They see the big picture."

"If we did not have OpenGov, it’s possible that night we would not have been able to pass that tax measure. By passing that measure and adding four firefighters to the community, it has definitely made an impact, especially to [heart attack victim] Bob Frey."

“OpenGov is very helpful in identifying where trends have been, and how to estimate future years. It allows us to see where we need to focus our financial energies.”

"The core of what we're trying to do (with Open Data) is drive better outcomes out in the community and enable better decision-making at the executive level."

"(Open Data) is flexible, it's scalable, it's interoperable, and that provides us with a platform to make our data the most useful as possible."

“Before OpenGov, my budget consisted of three spreadsheets with a total of 70 tabs. It was very difficult to keep it straight and not end up with an error. Now I don’t have to spend as many late nights; I can actually have a life."

“By enabling citizen engagement through Open Town Hall, the discourse and debate is a much more elevated conversation that can drive good decisions for a community.”

“OpenGov came along and I soon realized it would be the perfect tool to help us meet our disclosure requirements, and [avoid] a fire drill every time a legislator asks us a question.”

“Without data, decision-makers are pretty much blind to what’s going on. With OpenGov, they can ask and answer questions right from their desktops without a team of analysts with them.”

“We view OpenGov as a strategic partner. They’ve taken the time to listen to what we wanted and built a true partnership with us. You don’t see that at other software companies -- especially bigger software companies like SAP where we never would get that interaction. Their responsiveness and collaboration is impressive.”

“When we transmitted the info to [our citizens] with OpenGov, it provided a better educated question that came back to me versus ‘what’s your general fund balance?’ or ‘what’s your revenue and expenditures.’ The questions became ‘why are you spending so much on this?’ So it's given me a better sense of what the community’s real issues were.”

“I walked over to the OpenGov demonstration and started asking questions, The clear platform, ease of access to information and the ability to drill down through pivot tables and graphs was really exciting.”