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Fort Worth receives What Works Cities silver certification for data-driven decision making

3573402 · March 5, 2025
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Summary

Fort Worth announced it earned its first What Works Cities certification (silver), recognizing citywide use of data and analytics; city leaders say the Fort Worth Lab and cross-department collaboration were key and staff will pursue higher certification.

Christiane Simmons of the Fort Worth Lab announced at the council meeting that Fort Worth has achieved the What Works Cities Certification at the silver level, the first time the city has earned the recognition.

The certification, a program of Bloomberg Philanthropies and Results for America, recognizes cities that systematically use data to inform decisions rather…

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