Becoming Open & TransparentDustin Haisler

“Innovation: The Best Way To Predict The Future Is To Create It”

~Moliere~

Texas Financial Transparency: Open & Online 4/23/2010

What is a QR Code?

• Stands for Quick Response (QR) Barcode • Is A 2-D Barcode That Can Be Decoded (Using Free

Software) With Most Newer Model Camera Phones• QR Codes Have Different Levels Of Error Correction

Built Into Them. Up To 30% Of The Image Can Be Covered Up Or Destroyed, While Still Having The Information Completely Readable.

• Trackable (With URL Linking)

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http://www.cityofmanor.org/smartcodes/DF2342EFGKL39

What’s Encoded?

What’s Encoded?

What’s Encoded?

Our Program

Manor Digital Stop

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VERSION 2.0

Manor’s SmartTour Program

• 24 QR-Codes (15 Equipped with RFID) Currently Deployed.

• Current Codes Are Deployed On City Projects, Places of Interest, City Buildings, and even a Lift Station.

• Businesses/Developer Training Program

• Pilot Testing 20 Additional QR-Codes Affixed To City Vehicles.

Total Cost of Program (Phase 1)? $400.00

Currently Deployed Examples

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In-Field Example

Our Current Uses Of QR-Codes

• Open Government Initiatives

• Capital Projects

• Historical Buildings

• City Infrastructure

• Vehicle Tagging

How To…

How To Enable Your Phone To Read QR-Codes

• Find A Compatible Reader For Your Phone– Go To www.i-nigma.mobi From Your Phone.– If Your Use An iPhone or G1 (Google Phone), Download

A Free Reader Application From Your Application Store. (NeoReader, ScanLife, etc.)

– If All Else Fails Go To www.cityofmanor.org/qrcodereaders.xls For A Comprehensive List Of Other Compatible Readers

• There are also numerous desktop readers (Quickmark, iCandy, etc.), and Google offers a free service to decode QR-code pictures if no reader is available.

Social Media

Traditional Means of Communication

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Communication With Web 2.0

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Web 2.0

Online Offline

• Social Networks

• Open Data

• Online Integration

• Business Processes

• Ways To Disseminate Data

• Online/Offline Data Integration

Results

Manor Labs

The Purpose

Build ParticipationENGAGEMENT

The Platform

www.ManorLabs.org

Current Government Innovation?

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Manor Innovation

Submit Ideas With Ease

We Want Your Ideas, Even If You Don’t Live In Manor

Example Idea

PROMOTE Ideas You Like

And DEMOTE Ideas You Don’t

Be Rewarded For Participation

Users Receive “Innobucks” For Participation (Which Can Be Traded In

For Real Products) & Are Ranked Based Upon Their Value

Ranking Through Leaderboards

Collaboration Element

What should Financial

Transparency look like?

1. Understandable

Typical Flow of Data

2. Comparative

3. Dissectible

4. Sustainable

Closing Thoughts

Thank You For Your Time

Dustin Haisler, Assistant City Manager & CIO

(512) 272-5555

dhaisler@cityofmanor.org

Text “Haisler” To 50500 For My Contact Information

MANOR.GOVFRESH.COM