Simpler/gov solves internal transparency and data sharing issues within government entities. Data in these organizations is often locked up (or rendered unusable) in old mainframe systems, data warehouses and proprietary systems. The Simpler philosophy, approach, and technology provides a platform for extracting this data and putting power and usability in the hands of the end-user.

At the same time it solves internal data sharing issues, simpler/gov provides an ideal platform for putting data on the web and into the hands of the general public. Cost and use of resources on the government side is minimal, while the interface delivers a high level of functionality and a user-friendly environment on the public side.

City of Long Beach

Prior to the simpler/gov implementation, users uniformly described spending the majority of their time gathering and formatting data from legacy mainframe systems with not much time left for analysis. Data was subject to manual handling multiple times, significantly increasing the chance for error. The benefits of simpler/gov have been notable, ranging from large increases in productivity (one hundred-fold) to several other laudable benefits such as employee empowerment, higher service levels, and greater job satisfaction.

California State Local Government Compensation

The power of simpler/gov to enable and support real transparency is illustrated by the local government compensation data released by the California State Controller’s Office. With simpler/gov users can instantly search, analyze, sort and essentially “surf” the data. Data that was nearly unusable in static formats becomes instantly valuable and interesting in simpler/gov.

Similar to government, private sector and quasi-government organizations may also experience internal data access or data usability issues. The simpler/biz platform and technology provides an attractive alternative to more traditional, and generally more costly and complex, data solutions.

With simpler/biz, data is published to the web where it can easily be shared both internally and externally, and the simple interface provides a powerful, interactive tool for presenting your data to partners, customers, or vendors.

And if you possess valuable data, simpler/biz can provide a platform for effectively delivering that data to the marketplace.

Direct Relief International

Direct Relief sends over thirty-thousand relief shipments all over the world, and creates a significant amount of internal data relating to those shipments. With simpler/biz, Direct Relief is able to easily share and present this shipment data, in meaningful ways, to donors, potential donors, partners and vendors. Simpler/biz helps Direct Relief tell the real story of what they do.

UCSB Economic Forecast Project

The UCSB EFP has a long-standing history of collecting data from various community resources, analyzing that data, and, in the past, presenting their analysis back to the community in more or less static formats – reports, presentations, etc. With simpler/biz, the EFP now has a platform for sharing not just their analysis, but the data itself, to those in the community. Forecast data now becomes dynamic and interactive, as opposed to single views or static snapshots. And with simpler/biz, the EFP can leverage a powerful, easy-to-use toolset on top of their data, in order to generate sponsorship and sell value-added services.