Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Transparency Dashboard topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
BET unveils new public dashboard to track requests, work plan and deliverables
Summary
Board adviser Christina Kiderlein demonstrated a new BET activity dashboard Nov. 12 that will link work-plan items to meeting records, be updated in near real time and be embedded on the BET public page within 1–2 weeks pending IT work.
Board adviser Christina Kiderlein presented a demonstration of a new Board of Estimate and Taxation activity dashboard at the Nov. 12 meeting and described steps to make it public and updated in near real time.
Kiderlein said the dashboard is currently hosted on the board’s internal SharePoint and links each work-plan item to the meeting where the board requested action. "If you go and hover over, for example, BET 25 0 0 3, it'll actually link you to the BET meeting where you brought up that issue or you discussed it or you told me to go take action on it," she said. She told commissioners IT work should allow the dashboard to update in real time within about one to two weeks and that the city’s data source page would be the place it is embedded publicly.
The dashboard is intended to increase transparency and accountability by showing current request status and administrative deliverables assigned to BE staff. Kiderlein said the board’s dashboard will follow a pattern similar to other departmental dashboards already published by the city.
Commissioners asked about access and the existence of a BET-specific social media account. Kiderlein said two social profiles currently exist for the president and vice president but not for the board as a whole; she offered that the board could direct staff to create a board-level social media account if desired.
Kiderlein invited commissioners to suggest additional metrics or layout changes to improve usability. Staff said embedding and public access depend on coordinating with city IT and data-source teams; Kiderlein said she expected that work to be done in one to two weeks.
