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 Atlantas
Transparency

Source: Public Interest Research Group : Transparency in City Spending: Rating the Availability of Online Government Data in
Americas 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, 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