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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 WWC Data Certification Achieve Gold Certification (62% – Shared Services (Communication &
1.1.3 84%) Legislative Affairs)
Summary:
Data Governance
The City of Arlington participated in the What Works Cities  City of Arlington – 60%
program from July 2017 to February of 2018. The focus of  Cities our size – 26%
our work was data management, open data and Evaluations
performance management and analytics. As a next step  City of Arlington – 0%
for cities interested in ensuring that they are using their  Cities our size – 14%
data to its best effect, the What Works Cities program General Management
offers the What Works Cities Certification for cities to  City of Arlington – 67%
improve data usage in four areas – commit, measure, take  Cities our size – 47%
stock and act. Arlington’s goal is to improve our level of Open Data
achievement from our baseline established when we  City of Arlington – 75%
began the What Works Cities process, to achieve
 Cities our size – 48%
progressively higher certifications and to exceed the
Performance Analytics
achievements of other cities our size as measured by What
 City of Arlington – 86%
Works Cities.  Cities our size – 41%

Repurposing
Update:  City of Arlington – 75%
In September 2019, the City hired on its new Research and  Cities our size – 35%
Analytics Manager. This hire is now leading the WWC Results‐Driven Contracting
efforts and spearheading the 2019 recertification. The
project team is working with Results for America on  City of Arlington – 14%
completing 7 new certification criteria by the end of the  Cities our size – 17%
2019 calendar year to achieve a gold certification level. Stakeholder Engagement
 City of Arlington – 50%

 Cities our size – 20%

Certification Level – Silver at 53%

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