As Federal Data Disappears, New Tool Gives Power to Smaller Cities

San Rafael is one of a dozen cities that recently began testing a new tool created by the Redwood City, California-based OpenGov https://opengov.com/ , which organizes and visualizes data from local governments. Called Performance Metrics, it enables people like Woodbury to easily create visuals that track everything from brush fires to local greenhouse-gas emissions.

"I’ve always been jealous of the bigger cities that have data teams and data officers," Woodbury says. "This gives more power to smaller cities that don’t have data teams and graphic designers."

Issie Lapowsky

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