Providence selected to join national data-use initiative

PROVIDENCE – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza on June 13 announced that the city has been selected as one of 12 to join Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities initiative – one of the largest-ever philanthropic efforts to enhance the use of data and evidence in the public sector.

Launched in April 2015, the initiative is providing support to 39 cities in 25 states and will work with up to 100 midsized cities on a rolling basis through 2018, according to a news release.

The cities of Baltimore; Buffalo, N.Y.; Cape Coral and Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Greensboro, N.C.; Gresham, Ore.; Naperville, Ill.; Scottsdale, Ariz.; and Topeka, Kansas City and Wichita, Kan., were also selected to join the initiative. Boston has already been participating in the program.

 What Works Cities collaborates with the municipalities to review their current use of data and evidence, understand where they are utilizing best practices and identify areas for growth. Providence will work with the What Works Cities partners to expand the city’s use of data and evidence to develop a formal, citywide, open data policy framework to facilitate the release of open-government data, as well as adopt results-driven contracting strategies. •

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