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Richmond, VA’s Neighborhood KPIs

Richmond, VA’s Neighborhood KPIs

Richmond is in the process of aligning its priorities, goals, and metrics and has identified 44 KPIs in its seven focus areas to track progress toward the city’s strategic priorities.

Being ‘Sensitive’ about Data Sensitivity

Being ‘Sensitive’ about Data Sensitivity

Open data is great because it’s open. But not all data is meant to be open. A lot of it is “sensitive.” What could be “open data” is often classified as “sensitive data” to protect the personal information and identity of individuals. Sensitive data may be restricted...

Performance Measures – How Less Becomes More

Performance Measures – How Less Becomes More

One day last fall, I was talking with a colleague about a question that had come up from our partners in Baltimore’s performance management program, CitiStatSMART. Those folks were looking to identify key performance indicators (KPI) to use with certain city...