Government Transparency Suite

Promote accountability and build public trust

Transparency around public meetings is more important than ever. Citizens want to learn about policy decisions that affect their lives and see how their tax dollars are being spent. But, the burden and expense of managing this information is time consuming for government employees and can be cumbersome for citizens to find at complex government websites. What if you could automate this process and make it incredibly convenient for everyone?

The Government Transparency Suite helps agencies give access to all public meetings and important records online and creates an unprecedented level of openness. Leveraging a powerful media management solution, organizations can easily publish content at their website, link related documents, and provide keyword searching for citizens. Plus, using reports on visitor trends, agencies can quickly gauge interest in the most important issues.

Conveniently deliver content online and increase transparency

• Maximize public access with a searchable integrated public record.

  Empower citizens to find what they want, when they want it through a searchable public record on your website that contains all meeting audio, video, minutes, and agendas – all tightly integrated together.

• Deliver a rich user experience by linking documents to media.

  Citizens can watch indexed videos, browse agendas, and view supporting materials — staff reports, memos, and ordinances — all within a single multimedia player.

• Proactively inform citizens with agenda and keyword subscriptions.

  Allow citizens to subscribe to your agenda or particular keyword searches to get real-time notifications when new content becomes available.

• Offer downloadable podcasts for citizens

  Media files can be easily delivered as downloadable audio (MP3) and video (MP4) formats. Reach more citizens using mobile devices, dial-up computers, and popular media networks including iTunes.

• Ensure ADA compliance with a closed captioning integration.

  Easily stream meetings with scrolling closed captions. Also, quickly access and publish a full transcript and even search for any word spoken on the video

Save time and gain insight into public interest

• Save hours of time by importing agendas & indexing in real-time.

  Eliminate the time-consuming process of re-typing agenda titles and indexing video after an event has ended. Simply import agendas beforehand and automatically index video live during the meeting. After the meeting, produce a public record with the agenda linked to the video.

• Publish an agenda packet and review paperless materials.

  Automatically assemble all meeting materials, publish them to the web and give citizens access to the same information elected officials review. Let staff and elected members review published agendas and supporting documents, as well as bookmark and take notes on items, through a native iPad application.

• Measure and analyze public interest through a reporting dashboard.

  Get easy-to-use reporting tools and charts to conduct a real-time and historical analysis of visitor statistics: most popular content, number of live and archived views, length of time on site, and ratio of citizen to staff use.