Open Data Leader Socrata Announces Breakthrough Suite of Financial Transparency Apps for Government | Business Wire

"Socrata, a Seattle-based cloud software company focused exclusively on democratizing access to government data, today announced the release of a suite of breakthrough open data financial transparency apps for government. Designed for quick deployment and citizen empowerment, the apps suite currently includes Socrata Open Budget™ and Socrata Open Spending™, with additional apps planned for later this quarter that focus on government contracts and revenue. “Financial Transparency Apps: Helping Citizens Better Understand Government Finances.” With Socrata's new financial transparency suite, governments large and small are now able, for the first time ever, to publish budget and spending data quickly, economically, and in a consumer-friendly way. Rather than wading through 700-page scanned documents of legal and financial information, citizens and staff see budget and spending data in vivid color. The charts, graphs, and images are attractive, navigable, and easy to understand ..."