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2019 Certification Report
Portland first applied for What Works Cities certification in 2019, achieving 33% of the 45 certification criteria.
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GATR Sessions Put Emphasis on Performance Management
One focus of Portland's participation in What Works Cities has been the enhancement of its Citywide Performance Management program. Government Accountability, Transparency, and Results (GATR) sessions put the focus on performance Citywide.
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Reporting on our Progress - 2018 Final Report
At the close of the first phase of the What Works Cities project in 2018, WWC helped the City of Portland assess our progress in the areas of open data, performance management, behavioral insights, results-driven contracting, and process improvement.
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Portland Joins What Works Cities Initiative
Portland joined the What Works Cities initiative in 2016, gaining a new partner in its work to create better community outcomes through use of data and evidence.
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Know Your WWC Criteria: Citywide Training
What Works Cities certification provides a national standard for management of local governments using data and evidence. In this blog series, we highlight WWC certification criteria and what the City of Portland is doing to achieve them.
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