CITYSCORE RECOGNIZED AS 2017 HARVARD ASH CENTER BRIGHT IDEA IN
GOVERNMENT
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BOSTON - Friday,
January 20, 2017 - The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at
the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, has recognized
CityScore as part of the 2017 Bright Ideas in Government initiative. CityScore is part of a
cohort that includes programs from all levels of government - school
districts, county, city, state, federal agencies, and tribal nations, as well
as public-private partnerships - that represent the next horizon in
government work to improve services, solve problems and work on behalf of
citizens.
"It's an honor
for CityScore to be recognized as a 2017 Harvard Ash Center Bright
Idea," said Jascha Franklin-Hodge, Boston's Chief Information Officer.
"Since its creation last year, CityScore has become an invaluable tool
to monitor performance and create lasting improvements in Boston. We will
continue to develop and expand CityScore as part of our larger commitment
improve quality of life, government efficiency and public transparency."
CityScore is a
first-of-its kind tool created by the City of Boston to provide Mayor Martin
J. Walsh, City staff and residents a way to understand the overall health of
the City by scoring the City's performance on individual metrics and
delivering a single, indicative number to see how operations are going on a
day-to-day basis. By displaying near real-time data on City operations and
quality-of-life metrics, CityScore helps the City be more responsive and
effective.
Since its launch last
January, CityScore has helped improve the efficiency of core City services,
including increased resources for emergency medical services. Last August,
Mayor Walsh and the Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT) launched an open source toolkit
for CityScore to allow other cities and organizations to implement their own
version of CityScore.
"These programs
demonstrate that there are no prerequisites for doing the good work of
governing," said Stephen Goldsmith, director of the Innovations in
American Government Program at the Ash Center. "Small towns and massive
cities, huge federal agencies and local school districts, large budgets or no
budgets at all - what makes government work best is the drive to do better,
and this group proves that drive can be found anywhere."
This is the fifth
cohort recognized through the Bright Ideas program, an initiative of the
broader Innovations in American Government Awards program. For consideration
as a Bright Idea, programs must currently be in operation or in the process
of launching, have sufficient operational resources and must be administered
by one or more governmental entities; nonprofit, private sector, and union
initiatives are eligible if operating in partnership with a governmental
organization. Bright Ideas are showcased on the Ash Center's Government Innovators
Network, an online platform for practitioners and policymakers to share
innovative public policy solutions.
Visit the Government
Innovators Network at http://innovations.harvard.edu
for the full list of Bright Ideas programs and for more information regarding
the Innovations in American Government Awards.
About the Ash Center
for Democratic Governance and Innovation
The Ash Center for
Democratic Governance and Innovation advances excellence in governance and
strengthens democratic institutions worldwide. Through its research,
education, international programs, and government innovations awards, the
Center fosters creative and effective government problem solving and serves
as a catalyst for addressing many of the most pressing needs of the world's
citizens. For more information, visit www.ash.harvard.edu.
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