Texas Transparency

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

This site, created to highlight transparency within the state’s budgeting and expenditures, provided open data in a number of categories and was awarded #1 State Government Transparency Website multiple times in the Texas Public Interest Research Group’s annual publication, Following the Money.

Participation

• Re-architected the Texas Comptroller’s popular Where the Money Goes site, expanding to include a Where’s the Money Come From? report
• Re-architected numerous budget and expenditure reports, moving from a text format to an easily scannable graphical format, for better ease of use
• Worked closely with IT to create the site’s Open Data portal, along with monthly update criteria and procedures
• Created large section with access to a number of database tools both within the Comptroller’s office and at other state agencies
• Created rich content area highlighting local government transparency efforts around the state
• Created additional content on the state budgeting process
• Assisted with HTML/CSS development

Project Team

• Tami Heaton: Project management, content strategy, copywriting, information architecture, HTML/CSS development
• Julie Lewis: HTML/CSS development
• Edd Patton: Design

Link

https://web.archive.org/web/20121005121658/http://www.texastransparency.org/