TOWN
OF ABINGDON, VIRGINIA
TOWN
OF ABINGDON, VIRGINIA
Town of
Abingdon, VA Launches Interactive Financial Transparency Platform
OpenGov
platform engages residents with instant access to budget data
The Town of Abingdon, VA announces the launch of a new
digital platform powered by OpenGov that provides residents, elected officials, and staff unprecedented
access to the town’s finances. The OpenGov platform transforms complex
financial data into an interactive, digital format that enables better analysis
and understanding of the town’s finances. The intuitive design makes it easier to explore how taxpayer
money is collected and spent. The platform
may be accessed at https://abingdonva.opengov.com.
The OpenGov platform displays the past three (3) fiscal years plus
the current fiscal year of
government spending and revenue detail in a user-friendly portal. Users can view historical revenue
and expenditure trends over time and explore multiple views of financial data,
including by fund, department, expense, or revenue type. For example, visitors
to the platform may answer frequently asked questions such as “What did the
town spend on capital improvements over the past three (3) years?” or “How much
did the town collect in property tax in the last two (2) years?” and then share
that information directly from the platform via email or on social media.
Abingdon is the thirteenth (13th)
organization in Virginia using OpenGov to analyze, share, and compare its
financial data. The town led the initiative to make the finances more
transparent and understandable.
“This is one of many measures that the Town
has taken over the course of the past two years to revamp its finance
department and to streamline the public’s ability to access up to date
financial information of the Town, free of charge, without having to make a
formal request for the same,” said Town Manager, Greg Kelly. “It is my hope
that the OpenGov portal will prove to be an effective tool to demonstrate to
the public that the Town of Abingdon wants to be as open and transparent as
possible regarding its fiscal revenues and expenditures both in its general
fund and in its enterprise (Sewer Department) fund.”
Beyond sharing information with the public, the Town of
Abingdon, VA can also use OpenGov internally
to create custom reports, manage operations to budget, and keep
administrators informed. With
today’s launch, Abingdon, VA joins a
growing list of more than 1,000 leading towns, counties, state agencies, school
systems, and special districts across the country that leverage OpenGov
technology.
“By making its financial data easily accessible in an
intuitive, digital format, the town is demonstrating its commitment to
efficient, data-driven and open government,” commented Zac Bookman, CEO and co-founder of
OpenGov.
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