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Portland Earns What Works Cities Silver Certification
Portland has been awarded silver level certification from What Works Cities, a national recognition program for excellence in data-driver local governance.
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Portland Recognized for What Works Cities Honor Roll
The City of Portland is one of four cities that has recently been named to the 2020 What Works Cities Certification Honor Roll. This national recognition demonstrates Portland’s progress in becoming a city that advances the use of data to better serve members of our community.
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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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