{"id":1153,"date":"2018-06-01T11:05:18","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T18:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2023-06-26T13:35:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T20:35:18","slug":"a-clear-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/2018\/06\/01\/a-clear-view\/","title":{"rendered":"A clear view"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We owe the residents of Pierce County as much insight into how their government operates as possible.\u00a0 That\u2019s why a team of County employees have spent the better part of the last few months designing and developing a suite of online platforms for reporting about Pierce County operations and performance.<\/p>\n<p>Under an initiative called \u201cOpen Pierce County,\u201d we have made important strides in \u201copening up\u201d the County to our residents. For example, earlier this year we launched the new portals for requesting public records and reporting nuisance properties. These sites have made interacting with the County and fulfilling requests much easier.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we are launching the next phase of Open Pierce County.<\/p>\n<p>There are three main components:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Open Performance<\/strong> provides employees and the public with data-driven dashboards on strategic measures from our updated balanced scorecard<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Open Budget<\/strong> provides an interactive view of the County\u2019s financial operations in a more transparent and accessible format<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Open Data<\/strong> allows anyone to search open datasets and interact with that data through preview, filter, and visualization tools<\/p>\n<p>We plan to launch the site with the public at the end of the month. \u00a0Until then, County employees can check out the new website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.piercecountywa.gov\/open\">www.piercecountywa.gov\/open<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to sign on using this option:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1155 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2018\/06\/socrata.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"317\" height=\"52\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2018\/06\/socrata.jpg 408w, https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2018\/06\/socrata-300x49.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2018\/06\/socrata-400x67.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I also think this site will be helpful for many our employees too!\u00a0\u00a0 During this internal launch, I hope you will take a tour around Open Pierce County and use <a href=\"https:\/\/my.co.pierce.wa.us\/FormCenter\/Communications-8\/Open-Pierce-County-Feedback-180\">this tool<\/a> to let us know what think. Your feedback will help us make sure the platform is ready for the public launch on June 29.<\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to Julie Demuth, \u201cthe Jasons\u201d \u2013 Jason Buckingham and Jason Barnes, and Kyle Schmidtke for their tremendous work to make our new suite of tools available and accessible for both internal and external users.\u00a0 They had great support from Brian Hardtke, Libby Catalinich, Gary Robinson, Chris Cooley, Danni Colo, and many others.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading,<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-78 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2017\/01\/Bruce-blue-signature.png\" alt=\"Bruce\" width=\"105\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2017\/01\/Bruce-blue-signature.png 680w, https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2017\/01\/Bruce-blue-signature-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 105px) 100vw, 105px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bruce<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We owe the residents of Pierce County as much insight into how their government operates as possible.\u00a0 That\u2019s why a team of County employees have spent the better part of the last few months designing and developing a suite of online platforms for reporting about Pierce County operations and performance. 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