New America Foundation's Gov 2.0 Report Highlights IT Dashboard

This morning the New America Foundation released a comprehensive Gov 2.0 report about how California’s local governments are using technology to connect with the public and improve services. “Hear Us Now? A California Survey of Digital Technology’s Role in Civic Engagement and Local Government” is a survey of 41 different innovations from across the state, including the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District’s app, which we’re helping spread across the country, Santa Cruz’s participatory budget process, San Francisco’s open-data clearinghouse, and more.

One of the report’s top recommendations is for communities to implement a version of the Federal IT Dashboard — the technology that we at Civic Commons helped the OMB open source earlier this year. The Dashboard tracks government technology spending — allowing the public to monitor how money is being spent. Earlier this year, it was estimated that the IT Dashboard had saved $3 billion. The New America Foundation recommended using the IT Dashboard as tool to track performance measures and metrics...