Enabling Data-Driven Decisions in LA

2015

How building a showpiece unveiled the real challenges of PerformanceStat

In 2015, I built the LA Mayoral Dashboard, which is used regularly by the Mayor and Senior Staff to increase performance and accountability; the dashboard has saved the city over $180K, and has been freely reused by other cities.

Learn more about the learnings in the story, “What I’ve learned: Three Different Kinds of Civic Data.”

Partners & Case Studies

startup

citizen sentiment

Boosting Government Responsiveness with Data Science: Helping ZenCity Make AI Real, and Really Useful for Small Cities

government

data

COMPStat

Enabling Data-Driven Decisions in LA: How building a showpiece unveiled the real challenges of PerformanceStat

government

economic development

innovation

Helping Start Startups in Sacramento: Building the Mayor's Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Sacramento to grow the region's economy

startup

law enforcement

trust

How technology can increase trust between law enforcement and residents: Starting with a simple text reminders, SPIDR Tech's platform now enables realtime communication and feedback between the community and government

foundation

police

procurement

Boosting transparency around police use of force: Data collection problems can stifle reform efforts that rely on data, such as the New Jersey effort to create an "early warning" system for abuse

startup

workflow

SaaS

Letting governments build their own workflows on CityGrows: Accessible and affordable workflow automation for local governments to replace paper forms and pdfs in minutes

Enabling Data-Driven Decisions in LA

Partners & Case Studies

Boosting Government Responsiveness with Data Science: Helping ZenCity Make AI Real, and Really Useful for Small Cities

Enabling Data-Driven Decisions in LA: How building a showpiece unveiled the real challenges of PerformanceStat

Helping Start Startups in Sacramento: Building the Mayor's Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Sacramento to grow the region's economy

How technology can increase trust between law enforcement and residents: Starting with a simple text reminders, SPIDR Tech's platform now enables realtime communication and feedback between the community and government

Boosting transparency around police use of force: Data collection problems can stifle reform efforts that rely on data, such as the New Jersey effort to create an "early warning" system for abuse

Letting governments build their own workflows on CityGrows: Accessible and affordable workflow automation for local governments to replace paper forms and pdfs in minutes

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