Abstract

Performance accountability application engages stakeholders in restoration of Puget Sound
Track: State and Local Government
Authors: Greg Tudor, Scot McQueen, Jennifer Burke

The Washington State Legislature created the Puget Sound Partnership to prioritize and coordinate efforts to protect and restore Puget Sound. The Partnership's accountability mandate requires it to keep elected officials, agency leaders and stakeholders informed about where and how much progress is being made toward restoring Puget Sound. The Partnership had access to several years' worth of data about restoration projects, yet there was no easy way to consolidate or report that information spatially. GeoEngineers addressed the challenge by developing the Performance Accountability Application (PAA) using Esri's ArcGIS Server to manage the data and serve that information to a web application. GIS facilitated the public's ability to track projects in their neighborhood, city, county or region. PSP uses this application as a key component of its communication to the public on the restoration efforts within Puget Sound. Learn how GIS can promote transparency and accountability within your own organization.