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Transparency: Moving ForwardTransparency: Moving Forward

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April 20, 2009April Gunn, CPA, CISAVirginia Auditor of Public Accounts

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Commonwealth Data Point BackgroundCommonwealth Data Point Background

• Result of legislation passed during 2005 General Assembly Session

• Legislator envisioned a public website with multiple years of data, as well as periodic analyses

• Required our office to create a searchable database containing a variety of state and local financial data

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Commonwealth Data Point BackgroundCommonwealth Data Point Background

• Currently contains demographic data, detailed state financial data, detailed local government data, and other analyses

• Currently has 6 full years of data and is updated quarterly

• Unaudited information

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Commonwealth Data Point BackgroundCommonwealth Data Point Background

• Development took 8 months

• Live November 1, 2005

• Resources: database and web server, software/licenses, and staff

• Issues: no single source of data, no data linkage, timeliness of data, warehouse structure

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Privacy ConcernsPrivacy Concerns

• Initial research/scrubbing

• Emergency Changes - HIPPA

• FERPA

• FOIA

• Other– General Citizen Inquiries– Police Officers

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Legislative/Stimulus UpdateLegislative/Stimulus Update

• Multiple bills to exempt information from VA’s FOIA – all referred to FOIA council– Teacher’s Salaries– Police Officer Information

• Stimulus.virginia.gov

• Privacy concerns with Stimulus funds

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Legislative UpdateLegislative Update

• Bill adds to requirements:• Capital Outlay

• Debt

• Audit Reports

• In future:• Commodity Information

• Performance measures link

• Copy of actual grant/contract

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Balancing Politics and OutcomesBalancing Politics and Outcomes

• Costs– Realistic expectations– Priorities

• Private entities

• Consistency

• Timeliness, Accuracy, Meaning

• Security/Privacy

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Where are we going from here?Where are we going from here?

• Site re-design

• Transparency Portal

• Mandated/Other improvements

• Follow Stimulus funds

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Commonwealth Data Point Contact Information Commonwealth Data Point Contact Information

http://datapoint.apa.virginia.gov

April Gunn

Director ~ Data Analysis

(804).225.3350 Ext. 330

April.Gunn@apa.virginia.gov