“Before implementing OpenGov, the engineers had no real pavement management program. They had spreadsheets and an old Access database that ran some software, but they weren’t very confident in the results.”

“OpenGov has helped justify to our Board that working from home makes sense when our teams have the ability to do their work collaboratively and efficiently."

“It’s not just me managing the contracts anymore. The departments are taking that ownership of managing those contracts and making sure that they’re staying on top of all the notifications whether it’s insurance that’s expiring, or milestones and performance metrics that need to be met.”

“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. …

"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."

"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 …

“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 …