Case Studies

Clients struggled to reach constituents, increase government transparency, and simplify the public meeting process. With Granicus’ streaming media technology and public meeting tools, staff time is saved and their processes are more efficient. Because of these improvements, the public gains better access to their government, is more informed, and thus more active in the democratic process.

Commerce City, CO Achieves Legislative Management Success with an All-in-One Solution

When creating an online digital government, the tools we select to achieve success are just as important a decision as choosing to start the initiative. In the case of Commerce City, CO, finding the right tools ended up being a five year process of trial and error. The city finally realized the success they sought with Granicus’ Legislative Management suite. More...

City of Santa Rosa: Maximizes Transparency with Mobile Video Streaming

The City of Santa Rosa, CA has been broadcasting its council meetings online since 2004, however, this year they wanted to upgrade their video streaming infrastructure to accelerate transparency and reach the rapidly growing number of people using smartphones and tablets. More...

Murfreesboro Drastically Increases Web Traffic and Online Media Viewership

City leverages Granicus' Digital Media Player and receives over 12,000 hits in one month
The Murfreesboro Cable TV department wanted stronger viewership numbers from meeting and non-meeting content and felt that many videos were lost in their online video library. More...

Los Angeles Leverages Granicus’ Open Platform API

City integrates in-house live meeting technology with archived streaming media
Los Angeles City Council wanted to increase access to government meetings beyond live streaming and offer an archived, indexed, and searchable meeting record. The challenge was finding a vendor who could offer the streaming architecture and integrate with their existing live meeting system (DOVS). More...

Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Provides Greater Access to its Decision-Making Process

State agency strengthens public access using the latest innovations to deliver a searchable, online public record
PGCB was heavily scrutinized when they began overseeing a controversial industry. The agency wanted to improve access to public meetings and increase its overall level of transparency, but with few staff and limited resources, they were unsure how to accomplish this goal. More...

Hesperia Brings its Public Meeting Process into the Digital Age

City implements Granicus’ Legislative Management Suite to run more productive meetings with touch-screen voting systems
Hesperia’s public meeting process was outdated. Staff kept track of meeting actions on paper and took roll call votes, which lead to greater discussions and longer meetings. More...

Walnut Creek Saves $34,000 per Year with Granicus’ Meeting Efficiency Suite

City dramatically reduces costs and staff time dedicated to the public meeting process
The city clerk of Walnut Creek followed a time-consuming post-meeting workflow, taking her days to complete minutes. Her staff also received several public information requests each day and was burdened with processing each inquiry. The staff time alone dedicated to these requests cost Walnut Creek close to ten thousand dollars a year. More...

The City of Superior Deploys Granicus’ Open Platform

City saves financially by implementing a low-cost, streaming video solution
Superior wanted to reach a broader audience with government content, specifi cally non-cable subscribers, and needed to fi nd an alternative to cable broadcasting meetings and in-person attendance. Because they had to consider the city’s budget, they needed a cost-effective solution. More...

Olelo Expands Access to Locally Produced Programs

Olelo provides a convenient and flexible alternative to cable television through live and on-demand streaming with Granicus
Olelo wanted to improve public access and update its website to be a more user-friendly, community-content driven resource. With countless hours of broadcast footage, they needed to find a way to archive content without maximizing their bandwidth and producing poor quality programming. More...

The City of New Orleans Rebuilds Trust in its Community

Granicus provided streaming media technology to better inform residents and displaced citizens of the City’s redevelopment efforts
When Hurricane Katrina hit east of New Orleans in 2005, the City suffered a catastrophic failure of its levee system, flooding the city and forcing thousands of citizens to evacuate. Citizens were upset with the lack of communication and response from all levels of government. New Orleans struggled to keep all residents, specifically those displaced and living outside of the city and parish, informed on their revitalization efforts and rebuild trust. More...

Ivins City Improves Government Efficiency

Granicus provides digital audio streaming and minutes automation tools to streamline the public meeting process
Ivins City struggled with outdated meeting tools that required the City Recorder to spend weeks creating the minutes, fast-forwarding and rewinding dubbed audio tapes, to ensure an accurate transcription of the meeting. More...

The City of Arcata Uses New Ways to Engage Citizens

Granicus Connects Citizens with Government Using Web-Based Agenda Form
Arcata City Council was overwhelmed by the number of inbound letters, phone calls and emails from constituents regarding upcoming agenda items and needed a way to consolidate and organize this input. More...

Tennessee General Assembly Sets New Standards for Open Government

Granicus Provides Web 2.0 Technologies with Streaming Media and Integrates Legislative Content
The Tennessee General Assembly was using an outdated streaming video process to provide information to the public. The presentation quality was poor and it was difficult for citizens to find what they were looking for. The process to encode and stream video was cumbersome, a manual process that required up to 48 hours of staff time per week. More...

Ventura County Superior Court Enhances Community Awareness

Granicus strengthens citizen training services on legal representation
The Ventura County Superior Court of California staff was overwhelmed with the number of people seeking support and assistance with legal self-representation. Staff could not accommodate the amount of visitors and were forced to turn away dozens of people each day. More...

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