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Put Technology to Work

Goal 1: Ensure Availability of Information, Programs, and City Services
Objective 1: Provide for the Efficient Access and Appropriate Management of the City’s Data
Project Performance Measure(s) City Service Team (Department)
PTW Data Governance and  Data innovation webpage Management Resources, Economic
1.1.4 Innovation Team (What  Data Certification from WWC Development and Capital Investment
Works Cities)  Data released on (CDP), and Finance (Budget)
OpenArlington.com
Summary:
Milestone Status
Arlington has completed its workplan with the What Committee meeting schedule set Completed
Works Cities program. This year, we will work to Data sets released (10) Completed
establish the Data Governance and Innovation Team What Works Cities Data Silver In Progress
(DGIT) by creating processes to institutionalize both data Certification completed
transparency and innovation in our culture. This effort Innovations developed (10) In Progress
will ensure the organization treats data as a strategic Webpage released to public Completed
asset and focuses on making data more consumable,
reliable, and readily available for residents,
departmental staff. The Committee will also be
responsible for adopting changes to gain the What
Works Cities Data Certification for the City

Update:
During the fourth quarter, the Data Governance and
Innovation Team launched internal dashboarding
capabilities. This new tool allows cross‐departmental
analysis of data to aid in the development in innovative
process improvements.

Arlington has release 7 Data in Action stories each
accompanied by a news article and social media posts.
These articles serve to highlight the City’s work using
data to tell the story and to engage

The City of Arlington has been selected to be part of the
What Works Cities 2.0 cohort to advance its data
practices for the purposes of providing better public
services.

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