Open Government Webpage

About the Program

Category: Financial Management (Best in Category)

Year: 2015

In support of the Chesterfield County (County) Board of Supervisor’s commitment to transparency and openness in government the County created an Open Government webpage, which serves as a central portal for citizens to find useful information such as vendor payments (checkbook online), financial statements, budgets, purchasing contracts and various other items of public interest. This required the collaborative efforts of County Leadership, staff from Information Systems Technology (IST), Accounting, Budget and Schools, as well as input received from citizens. The County evaluated multiple options to provide this information and elected to design the site with existing resources, which did not require additional funding from taxpayers, and could best meet the needs expressed by our citizens. The Open Government webpage was made available to citizens beginning November 2014.