Panel Discussion

Personalize Priority Setting

—Robert Cheetham, Founder & President, Azavea

President Obama called for greater transparency, participation, and collaboration to improve the quality of government and strengthen democracy. Creative partnerships and out of the box thinking are powerful steps, made even more powerful when matched up with new technology and policy tools. Leveraging the Internet and GIS technology presents a whole new way to inform decision makers and engage the public. Complimentary policies driving government performance and accountability can help focus new efforts. This panel will feature an overview from the perspective of the White House combined with real examples of where technology and policy are helping to make government work better.

In problem solving many of us reuse the same data but want to combine it with different data and prioritize it differently. This task of ranking importance and prioritizing has become much easier. Tools embedded in a web interface can now allow any user to run prioritization models based on individual preferences. Check out this easy to use interactive analysis tool.